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Victims of alleged Chinese currency exchange scam want investigation into millions lost
Eva Uguen-Csenge | News/Canada/British Columbia | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 07:00:00 ESTVictims say they have lost hundreds of thousands in foreign currency exchanges with an alleged fraudster. According to experts, exchange businesses, while legal, operate in an area that lacks regulation, making consumers vulnerable to fraud and creating the potential for millions of dollars to be laundered into British Columbia. read more
Train derailment in southeastern Saskatchewan leads to massive fire
CBC News | News/Canada/Saskatchewan | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 13:26:19 ESTThick black smoke and fire emanated from oil tankers and cable cars carrying vehicles after a train derailed in southeastern Saskatchewan Thursday morning. read more
N.S. doctors want employers to stop asking for sick notes — but the requests keep coming
Carolyn Ray | News/Canada/Nova Scotia | Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:00:44 ESTDoctors Nova Scotia says physicians are being asked for more and more sick notes, despite a plea from the province's chief medical officer of health for employers to stop using them. read more
She unlisted her condo on Airbnb when Quebec changed its law. She still got fined $3,750
Steve Rukavina | News/Canada/Montreal | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:00:00 ESTAshley Werhun's story highlights ongoing confusion about the rules for Airbnb hosts in Quebec that has left many fuming after paying thousands in fines. read more
Budgets, bridges and tires — why Metro Vancouver seems to struggle with a moderate amount of snow
Justin McElroy | News/Canada/British Columbia | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 06:00:00 ESTWhy does southwest B.C. seemingly struggle with what much of the country manages with more ease? read more
Concerns grow that Alberta's Sovereignty Act will drive investment from province when it's needed most
Kyle Bakx | News/Business | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:00:00 ESTThe business community is speaking out about Premier Danielle Smith's new provincial legislation and how it could drive investment from Alberta at a time when the oilpatch is finally back on its feet after several years in a downturn and as the province tries to keep its economy growing amid a possible recession. read more
N.L. real estate agents, lawyers say they're facing a 'tsunami' of Crown Lands disputes
Darrell Roberts | News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:30:00 ESTA Catalina couple fighting to gain title to the land where they lived for 40 years aren’t alone in their plight, according to three real estate experts who say soon, even more people in Newfoundland and Labrador could be facing similar problems. read more
PQ denied entry to Quebec's National Assembly after refusing to swear oath to King
Laura Marchand | News/Canada/Montreal | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 10:34:25 ESTThe PQ had previously refused to swear allegiance to King Charles III, Canada's monarch — despite it being a requirement to sit in the National Assembly. The PQ chose to swear an oath to the Quebec people and the province's constitution instead. read more
Stacey DeBungee's family to wait months to learn Thunder Bay officer's fate for flawed death investigation
Logan Turner | News/Canada/Thunder Bay | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:00:00 ESTThe penalty hearing for a Thunder Bay, Ont., police officer who led the flawed investigation into the 2015 death of an Ojibway man has wrapped up, and the family now must wait to see how he'll be disciplined. read more
Jurors in Hamilton hear dramatic 911 call made moments after Peter Khill shot and killed Jon Styres
Bobby Hristova | News/Canada/Hamilton | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 09:52:10 ESTMoments after hearing a 'bone-chilling' blast from a shotgun and seeing sparks fly in front of her home, Melinda Khill testified Wednesday she called 911 on a February night in 2016. Jurors heard the 16-minute call, which showed what Peter Khill and his now-wife Melinda said after Jon Styres was shot dead that night. read more
Inuit organization drops support for government bill proposing reconciliation oversight body
Olivia Stefanovich | News/Politics | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:00:00 ESTThe national organization representing Inuit is pulling its support for a federal government bill that would create a national reconciliation oversight body. read more
Thousands of N.S. homes, businesses without power after widespread rain, wind
CBC News | News/Canada/Nova Scotia | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 06:21:27 ESTThousands of homes and businesses are without power in Nova Scotia after widespread rain and wind overnight. read more
Why Ontario buyers are scooping up investment properties in Calgary
Paula Duhatschek | News/Canada/Calgary | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:00:00 ESTIn recent years, the Calgary real estate market has seen a significant amount of investment from out-of-province buyers, particularly those in Ontario. read more
New data says more Manitobans getting HIV, with higher proportions of women, Indigenous people
Nathan Liewicki | News/Canada/Manitoba | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 06:00:00 ESTThe Manitoba HIV Program unveiled its 2018-2021 report findings Thursday — World AIDS Day and the start of Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week — by highlighting an overrepresentation of Indigenous people living with HIV, and more women being diagnosed. read more
What these constitutional law experts have to say about Alberta's proposed Sovereignty Act
Mark Gollom | News/Politics | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:00:00 ESTAlberta Premier Danielle Smith's newly tabled Sovereignty Act immediately prompted accusations that it was undemocratic and constitutionally unsound. CBC News contacted experts in constitutional law to get their take on the proposed legislation. read more
'This is not inclusion': Canadian hockey parents frustrated as foreign-born kids asked to apply for transfer
Andrew Lupton | News/Canada/London | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 06:18:55 ESTHockey parents of children born outside Canada are bristling at a rule that requires them to apply for a transfer from their birth country before they can take the ice. read more
Woman says Fredericton police didn't thoroughly investigate sexual assault allegations
Karissa Donkin | News/Canada/New Brunswick | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 05:00:00 ESTRecords shared with CBC News show that a detective didn't interview Jordan MacEachern-Johnson until nearly four months after she first went to police, and that he closed the case before picking up medical evidence from a sexual assault examination kit. read more
Young and old more likely to face severe flu. Here's why doctors think it happens
Amina Zafar | News/Health | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:00:00 ESTCanadians have been getting sick enough with seasonal flu to land in hospital, say doctors with suggestions on who is most at risk and what it could mean for festive gatherings. read more
Canada not doing enough with its highly educated immigrants, StatsCan says
Jessica Wong | News/Canada | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 04:00:00 ESTThanks in part to highly educated immigrants, Canada has the highest percentage in the G7 of working-age people with college or university credentials, according to Statistics Canada. Yet the agency suggests we're 'leaving talent on the table' by failing to recognize their qualifications. read more
Wind warnings ended, but thousands still without electricity in P.E.I.
Kevin Yarr | News/Canada/PEI | Thu, 1 Dec 2022 05:20:12 ESTThree schools had to close and the opening time was delayed for others as thousands of homes and businesses on P.E.I. began Thursday without power because of an overnight windstorm. read more
Train derails in southeast Sask. causing low visibility for 2 kilometres
Canada/Fire/Estevan | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 19:02:02 +0000A train derailment between Midale and Macoun has closed Highway 39 in both directions. read more
Wage top-ups, one-time payments coming for Alberta early childhood educators
Canada/Education/Money | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 19:00:04 +0000For the first time since 2018, early childhood educators in Alberta will see an increase to the wage top-up program. read more
Ban on UFC bets: Ontario gaming operators ordered to stop accepting wagers
Canada/agco/Gambling | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:52:55 +0000"This is not a decision we take lightly, knowing the popularity of UFC events in Ontario's sports books," Tom Mungham, the AGCO's registrar and CEO, wrote in a statement. read more
‘Freedom Convoy’ protests: Military told to prepare to step in, official says
Canada/Emergencies Act/Emergencies Act inquiry | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:47:41 +0000The Defence Department's top official says while word was sent to the military to prepare, the Liberal government was adamant the Armed Forces should be used only as a last resort. read more
Federally regulated workers eligible for 10 days of paid sick leave under new rules
Canada/Canada Paid Sick Leave/federal government paid sick leave | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:41:24 +0000In a news release, Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says the paid leave means "more workers won't have to choose between getting well and getting paid." read more
Regina residents flock to Agribition as day 4 continues
Canada/Entertainment/Agribition | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:39:42 +0000Lakota Bird, one of the competitors in the breakaway roping event at the Maple Leaf Finals Rodeo, says she's been roping since she was a little kid. read more
Canada’s prison needle exchange program failing amid poor rollout: advocates
Canada/Canada News/canada prison needle exchange | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:16:58 +0000A report published this week by the HIV Legal Network says the program continues to exist in only nine prisons and is inaccessible to most people behind bars. read more
N.S. opening emergency shelter in Lower Sackville with $380K funding
Canada/News/Emergency Shelter | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:46:00 +0000In partnership with Beacon House Interfaith Society, the province is working to open an evening and overnight shelter at St. Elizabeth Seton Church in Lower Sackville, N.S. read more
Not everyone thinks Canada’s new immigration plan will grow the economy the way it should
Canada/Canada immigration backlogs/Canada Labour Market | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:37:38 +0000Not everyone agrees Canada's new immigration plan will solve labour shortages, especially in the retail and service sectors. read more
FIFA World Cup: Montreal’s Moroccans cheer as Canada falls in final match
Canada/Sports/FIFA | Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:20:37 +0000Canada and Morocco had faced each other three previous times, with Morocco winning twice and the teams drawing once. read more
