Canada

'Beyond the crash': TV series on paralyzed Humboldt Bronco player set to air

Ryan Straschnitzki's life has been an open book since he was seriously injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, and his story is soon to be shown on TV. The 26-year-old from Airdrie, Alta., was paralyzed...

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Liberal government to table federal budget this fall, PM Carney says

ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday the Liberal government will present a federal budget in the fall, allowing time for clarity on some key economic and fiscal issues to emerge. Speaking to...

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Elections Canada confirms win for NDP incumbent Lori Idlout in Nunavut

IQALUIT — Elections Canada has confirmed NDP incumbent Lori Idlout has won the riding of Nunavut over Liberal challenger Kilikvak Kabloona. The results were posted on Elections Canada's website Friday...
Renewed ground, air search efforts planned for missing Nova Scotia children

Officials are planning air and ground searches today for two Nova Scotia children who have been missing for over two weeks. Six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack Sullivan were...
Deadly E. coli outbreak in Walkerton changed everything 25 years ago

Bruce Davidson remembers the E. coli outbreak that ravaged his hometown 25 years ago as a "strange dream." The hospital in the small Ontario community of Walkerton usually wasn't busy, but it suddenly...
CBC has escaped defunding, for now. So what happens next?

OTTAWA — At the beginning of the year, CBC was facing the very real prospect of being defunded by a Conservative government. But after the political winds shifted in favour of Mark Carney’s Liberals,...
Carney reaffirms Canadian support for Ukraine in first meeting with Zelenskyy

ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney reaffirmed Canada's "steadfast and unwavering support" for Ukraine in his first meeting with the country's president on Saturday in Rome. His meeting with Volodymyr...

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Hockey Canada interviews among evidence excluded from ex-junior players' jury trial

Three of the five hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2018 spoke about the events of that night with an investigator hired by Hockey Canada, but those...
Canada Post report puts union in tight spot, experts say

OTTAWA — A consequential report on Canada Post largely backs the Crown corporation's story about its flagging business, experts say, and bodes poorly for the union attempting to negotiate a better deal...
Big streamers tell CRTC they should have more flexibility than broadcasters on CanCon

OTTAWA — A group representing big foreign streamers told a CRTC hearing Friday that those companies shouldn't be expected to fulfil the same responsibilities as traditional broadcasters when it comes...