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Carney pushes back when questioned about financial assets

Mon, 2025-03-17 18:11

Prime Minister Mark Carney pushed back on reporter questions about his financial holdings during a news conference on Monday.

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No penalty for man who returned UBC library book 64 years late

Mon, 2025-03-17 17:50

An Edgewood, B.C., man is being commended for his thoughtful maintenance of a library book that he returned to the University of B.C. this January — nearly 65 years after he took it out.

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Trying to buy Canadian, this P.E.I. shopper wants more transparency on grocery labels

Mon, 2025-03-17 16:18

With many Islanders committed to buying Canadian products in the midst of a trade war with the United States, some are learning that figuring out what country a product is from can be complicated. 

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Residential school denialism: what is it and how to recognize it

Mon, 2025-03-17 16:12

Residential school denialism does not deny the existence of the school system, but rather downplays, excuses or misrepresents facts surrounding the harms caused by it, experts say.

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Man faces rare charge of advocating genocide against Jewish community, Toronto police say

Mon, 2025-03-17 15:11

A Toronto man is facing the rare charge of advocating genocide, in addition to more than two dozen other offences allegedly motivated by hatred toward the Jewish community, police say.

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'Till death do us part,' Alberta woman tells undercover cop she hired to kill husband

Mon, 2025-03-17 14:48

When Audra Lynne Symbalisty used the phrase “till death do us part,” she was in a gas station parking lot in Carstairs, trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband on the couple’s 18th wedding anniversary. 

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Manitoba's canola industry, farmers call for federal action on looming tariffs from China

Mon, 2025-03-17 14:28

Impending Chinese retaliatory tariffs on some canola products has led Manitoba farmers and industry members to critique the Canadian government for not doing enough to protect farmers from financial harm and make amends with China.

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2nd set of remains found at Manitoba landfill confirmed to be Marcedes Myran

Mon, 2025-03-17 11:52

A second set of remains found at a Winnipeg-area landfill have been identified by police as those of Marcedes Myran, one of the victims of a serial killer in 2022, the province said.

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Poilievre says he would repeal federal carbon pricing for industrial emissions

Mon, 2025-03-17 09:57

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a government led by him would repeal both the federal consumer carbon tax and standards for pricing greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial emitters.

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Ex-University of Waterloo student sentenced to 11 years in prison for classroom stabbings

Mon, 2025-03-17 09:31

A former University of Waterloo, Ont., student who pleaded guilty to stabbing several people in a gender-studies class in 2023 was sentenced Monday to 11 years in prison. The judge said Geovanny Villalba-Aleman's actions were a "particularly grave hate crime," while the instructor wounded in the attack said "work to cultivate inclusive spaces of belonging continues."

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B.C.'s chief coroner looks at new approach to tackling the overdose crisis

Mon, 2025-03-17 06:00

Nine years after the start of a public health emergency that has killed more than 16,000 people, B.C.'s new chief coroner says he wants to take a bit of a different approach. 

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Early spring melt leads to school closures, evacuations, flooding in parts of Quebec

Mon, 2025-03-17 05:34

A number of Quebec communities are under flood watch Monday after mild weather and rain resulted in overflowing rivers and high water levels.

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Hunters, advocacy groups raise concerns about hunting pregnant elk as Sask. extends season

Mon, 2025-03-17 03:03

Animal rights and Indigenous groups are calling on the Sask. government to cancel hunting licences that extend the hunting season into March. They say hunting pregnant elk is unethical and breaks cultural norms.

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Undercover officers in 'Mr. Big' sting spent months befriending accused in 2007 Manitoba killing: court docs

Mon, 2025-03-17 03:00

At least 18 RCMP officers spent more than seven months on an elaborate "Mr. Big" sting operation that involved getting close to the suspect in an MMIWG cold case murder through going to Canucks games and skydiving, and staging a fake crime scene.

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Tariff fears and high stakes for Atlantic Canada at the Boston seafood expo

Mon, 2025-03-17 01:30

As seafood industry delegates from more than 50 countries gather in Boston for an exciting three days at Seafood Expo North America, Atlantic Canadians there are dealing with fears of potential tariffs from the United States and China.

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DynaLife insolvent less than 90 days into contract for lab services, government documents show

Mon, 2025-03-17 01:00

Documents obtained by CBC News show that a private medical testing company contracted by the Alberta government became insolvent and requested an additional $70 million in funding, which was denied. DynaLife's owners soon asked the province to buy the company, which it ultimately did at a cost of almost $100 million.

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Hair loss drug finasteride can cause debilitating side-effects, men say

Mon, 2025-03-17 01:00

For decades, millions of men around the world have turned to a drug — finasteride, or Propecia, its most well-known brand name — to slow hair loss. But an increasing number of experts are sounding the alarm that this medication can cause rare but serious side-effects, which can persist after stopping treatment.

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Police chief in Windsor, Ont., made racist comments, internal investigation finds

Mon, 2025-03-17 01:00

An internal investigation into allegations Windsor, Ont.'s police chief made racist remarks to a Black officer has found the claims to be true, CBC News has learned.

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Gotta buy 'em all: Pokemon card game is under threat from scalpers, fans say

Mon, 2025-03-17 01:00

Over the past few months, the Pokemon card hobby has been plagued by scalpers and resellers buying up a large portion of the stock, then asking for double the price on the secondary market.

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U.S. firms won $210M in Toronto city contracts in last 2 years. Why a ban on their bids matters

Mon, 2025-03-17 01:00

A CBC Toronto analysis of competitive city contracts awarded in Toronto since late 2022 found that 10 per cent were won by American-owned companies, worth about $210 million. Experts say those numbers are significant and a ban on U.S. bids could have an impact on the trade war.

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