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Former chief of Canada's largest First Nations police service sues claiming wrongful dismissal

07-02-2025 23:56 via cbc.ca

The former chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service has filed a more than $2.5 million lawsuit against its oversight board, alleging he was wrongfully terminated. NAPS is Canada's largest First Nations police service.

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Trailblazing N.Y. Philharmonic bassist says she's nothing special. Her niece — and the Oscars — disagree

07-02-2025 23:52 via cbc.ca

The Only Girl The Orchestra, about Orin O’Brien’s career as the first woman in the highly esteemed New York Philharmonic orchestra, is nominated for an Academy Award.

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Freeland targeted by 'malicious' WeChat campaign with alleged ties to China: Threat task force

07-02-2025 23:40 via cbc.ca

Chrystia Freeland's leadership campaign has been targeted by "co-ordinated and malicious activity" traced back to a WeChat account accused of having ties to the Chinese government, according to the task force set up to monitor foreign election interference.

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A$AP Rocky's friend testifies that the rapper fired prop gun in 2021 shooting

07-02-2025 23:27 via cbc.ca

A$AP Rocky's longtime friend and collaborator testified at his Los Angeles trial Friday that the hip-hop star fired a starter pistol that he carried as a prop during a scuffle with a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021.

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‘Problematic behaviour’ rising sharply on Montreal Metro, new figures reveal

07-02-2025 23:08 via cbc.ca

As the city grapples with growing homelessness and drug use issues, Montreal’s transit authority says it’s intervening in more than 70 cases every day on average of what it calls problematic behaviour or incivility, while overdose incidents are doubling every year.

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This hurts me to say: Love Hurts is garbage

07-02-2025 22:40 via cbc.ca

Love Hurts — an action vehicle about a hitman drawn back in for one last job — doesn’t deserve the space it would take up in your brain. Which is a sad statement, given the role it could play in Ke Huy Quan's comeback.

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Kanye West suggests autism explains his 'episodes.' Advocates say that's harmful — and false

07-02-2025 22:36 via cbc.ca

Kanye West, the musical artist whose reputation plummeted in recent years due to his controversial statements and actions, revealed this week that he's been diagnosed with autism and suggested it's behind some of his erratic behaviour.

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Plan to run electric ferries between downtown Vancouver, Bowen Island and Gibsons a step closer

07-02-2025 21:54 via cbc.ca

A plan to have two all-electric, 150-passenger ferries run between downtown Vancouver, Bowen Island and Gibsons by 2027 is one step closer after City of Vancouver officials announced motions to expedite land use at Harbour Green Dock.

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30-tonne pile of garbage dumped illegally leaves English town residents stinking mad

07-02-2025 21:24 via cbc.ca

The historic English town of Lichfield was rocked in January when residents discovered an enormous heap of trash piled up on a road. Now they’re left asking: who could have done this?

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Flu season intense in U.S., on the rise in Canada, reports say

07-02-2025 21:17 via cbc.ca

The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.

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Karina Gould raises $125K needed to pay latest Liberal leadership race fee

07-02-2025 21:15 via cbc.ca

Liberal leadership hopeful Karina Gould says she has overcome the third financial hurdle for candidates, which is due Friday evening.

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All 5 candidates clear latest Liberal leadership financial hurdle

07-02-2025 21:15 via cbc.ca

Liberal leadership hopefuls have overcome the third financial hurdle for candidates, which was due Friday evening.

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Invictus Games bring community, inspiration and purpose to B.C.

07-02-2025 21:02 via cbc.ca

For participants in the Invictus Games, kicking off Saturday with an opening ceremony in Vancouver, the event is an opportunity to build a community of peers with similar experiences as military veterans.

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Hamas names hostages set to be released, accuses Israel of violating ceasefire deal

07-02-2025 20:12 via cbc.ca

Hamas on Friday announced the names of three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners after a delay that underlined the obstacles hanging over a fragile deal meant to end the war in Gaza.

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Blair lauds Swedish troops joining Canadian-led NATO brigade in Latvia

07-02-2025 20:00 via cbc.ca

The multinational brigade is composed of up to 3,500 soldiers from 14 NATO countries — including roughly 1,500 Canadian Armed Forces members. The brade was scaled up to fortify the border with Russia after the country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Quilt sewn with stories from residential school survivors passed to Sask. Polytechnic

07-02-2025 19:56 via cbc.ca

About 15 women sewed a quilt, decorated with objects that represented their residential school experiences, that will now be displayed at Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Saskatoon.

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Here's why Trump wants to start stockpiling U.S. wealth | About That

07-02-2025 19:28 via cbc.ca

U.S. President Donald Trump wants to plug America's wealth into the stock market. The question is: where's he getting the cash? Andrew Chang breaks down what we know about a possible U.S. sovereign wealth fund and what it could mean for the trillions of dollars in U.S. debt. Images supplied by Reuters, Getty Images and The Canadian Press. (Additional credits: 6:55: NBC Chicago/YouTube; 6:58: Reuters/YouTube; Source: Economic Club of New York)

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It's 'every kid's dream,' says the only Canadian who'll play in Sunday's Super Bowl

07-02-2025 19:09 via cbc.ca

It won't be a first when Kansas City and Philadelphia square off in the Super Bowl on Sunday. What will be new is that Eagles safety Sydney Brown will become the first London, Ont., player to be in the big game, and he'll also be the only Canadian competing for the NFL title.

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Surgeons successfully transplant genetically edited pig kidney into U.S. man

07-02-2025 18:20 via cbc.ca

A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment.

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Canada is pushing to build more homes. Many could end up in the path of floods, fire, report warns

07-02-2025 18:04 via cbc.ca

With the push on to build more housing in Canada, new research is warning that tens of thousands of those homes could be built in flood- and fire-prone areas if governments don't step in.

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America alone: What the U.S. is exiting on the global stage

07-02-2025 17:30 via cbc.ca

Early in Donald Trump's second, non-consecutive presidential term, the U.S. has signalled its intent to leave several global bodies and alliances, as well as gutting Washington's primary humanitarian aid agency operating around the world.

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Hwy. 11 closed both ways in Orillia, Ont., after 'very serious' multi-vehicle collision

07-02-2025 17:26 via cbc.ca

Provincial police are warning drivers to avoid the section of Highway 11 between Coldwater Road and Line 15 in Orillia.

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Hwy. 11 closed both ways in Orillia, Ont., after multi-vehicle collision

07-02-2025 17:26 via cbc.ca

Provincial police are warning drivers to avoid the section of Highway 11 between Old Barrie and Coldwater roads in Orillia.

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1 dead, multiple people injured in 'very serious' multi-vehicle collision in south-central Ontario

07-02-2025 17:26 via cbc.ca

Provincial police are warning drivers to avoid sections of Highway 11 in both directions in Orillia as they investigate a fatal multi-vehicle collision.

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1 dead, multiple people injured in 'very serious' collision on Hwy. 11 in Orillia, Ont.

07-02-2025 17:26 via cbc.ca

Provincial police are warning drivers to avoid sections of Highway 11 in both directions in Orillia as they investigate a fatal multi-vehicle collision.

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1 dead, multiple people injured in 'very serious' 50-vehicle collision in south-central Ontario

07-02-2025 17:26 via cbc.ca

Provincial police are warning drivers to avoid sections of Highway 11 in both directions in Orillia as they investigate a fatal multi-vehicle collision.

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Man charged with 1st-degree murder in 1998 killing of pregnant woman in Toronto

07-02-2025 16:43 via cbc.ca

Toronto police have charged a 50-year-old man with first-degree murder in a cold case homicide from 1998. Donna Oglive, 24, was found dead at 130 Carlton St. in March 1998, Toronto police said.

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Man charged with 1st-degree murder in 1998 homicide of pregnant woman in Toronto

07-02-2025 16:43 via cbc.ca

Toronto police have charged a 50-year-old man with first-degree murder in a cold case homicide from 1998. Donna Oglive, 24, was found dead at 130 Carlton St. in March 1998, Toronto police said.

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Marineland euthanizes 7-year-old beluga after medical struggles

07-02-2025 15:03 via cbc.ca

Marineland says it has euthanized a seven-year-old beluga whale after a long battle with several different medical conditions.

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'Death dealers': Toxic-drug traffickers should face murder charges, victims' families say

07-02-2025 15:00 via cbc.ca

As threats of U.S tariffs place renewed attention on the deadly flow of fentanyl, the CBC looks at efforts to hold dealers directly accountable for the deaths they cause.

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'Sometimes the sea is unforgiving': Captain of the Fortune Pride remembered

07-02-2025 14:59 via cbc.ca

The two men who died after a fishing boat capsized in Halifax on Thursday have been identified as John Allen Baker, the captain, and deckhand Philip MacInnis.

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All 4 crew members located after fishing boat capsizes near Halifax, but status unknown

07-02-2025 14:59 via cbc.ca

Four people have been taken to shore after a fishing vessel capsized near Halifax Thursday night. The vessel in question is the Fortune Pride.

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2 crew members dead after fishing boat capsizes near Halifax, 2 others released from hospital

07-02-2025 14:59 via cbc.ca

Two of four fishers who were pulled from the water after a vessel capsized off Halifax have died. Their deaths were confirmed Friday by Jose Teixeira, owner of the 18-metre boat that capsized on Thursday night.

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1 person missing, 3 others brought to shore after fishing boat capsizes near Halifax

07-02-2025 14:59 via cbc.ca

One person is missing and three others have been brought to shore been rescued after a fishing vessel capsized near Halifax Thursday night. The vessel in question is the 18-metre Fortune Pride.

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Unemployment rate ticked down to 6.6% in January as economy sees solid month of job gains

07-02-2025 14:37 via cbc.ca

Canada's unemployment rate unexpectedly fell and the economy posted another solid month of job gains, Statistics Canada says, signalling that joblessness has started to ease.

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Unemployment rate ticked down to 6.6% in January

07-02-2025 14:37 via cbc.ca

The Canadian economy added 76,000 jobs in January and the jobless rate ticked down by 0.1 percentage points to 6.6 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

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Missing plane fell, slowed down suddenly before signal was lost in Alaska

07-02-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca

A single-engine plane flying over water in Alaska just south of the Arctic Circle with 10 people on board experienced a sudden loss in elevation and speed just before its signal was lost, authorities said Friday.

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All 10 on board missing Alaska plane found dead, U.S. Coast Guard says

07-02-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca

All 10 people aboard a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska are dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Friday.

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Alaska search ongoing for missing small plane carrying 10 people

07-02-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca

An aircraft carrying 10 people across Alaska's Norton Sound south of the Arctic Circle went missing Thursday afternoon and rescuers searched into the night for any sign of the aircraft.

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10 confirmed dead after missing commuter plane found on Alaska sea ice

07-02-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca

All 10 people aboard a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska are dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Friday.

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These 4 people have been missing for years. Guelph, Ont., police renew calls for help to find them

07-02-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca

The Guelph Police Service in southern Ontario released four photos this week of missing persons, in cases dating back to the mid-1970s. Investigators hope the photos will tweak a memory of anyone who may have spotted the people when they were first reported missing or years later.

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Manitoba Tory leadership candidate jokes about letting polar bears loose to combat homelessness

07-02-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca

Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party leadership candidate Wally Daudrich joked to a group of party members that he could reduce homelessness in Winnipeg by letting polar bears loose downtown.

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A curling tournament between 2 northern Ontario towns has been going on for 100 years straight

07-02-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca

A curling tournament between two northeastern Ontario towns is celebrating 100 years without interruption; even through a world war and global pandemic.

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Watch this N.B. artist create a massive moose in the snow using his footprints

07-02-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca

Graphic artist Eric Goggins of Salisbury, near Moncton, spent three hours outside his cottage designing a moose, using only his footprints and some fishing twine.

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She feared she'd be homeless after abusive ex was jailed. Here's how she won her eviction case

07-02-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca

Chantelle Edgar was terrified she'd have to live in a tent with her two-year-old daughter after her ex-boyfriend was jailed for assaulting her. But now that Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board has sided with her, she's being allowed to stay in her rental.

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N.B. artist makes massive moose in the snow with his footprints

07-02-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca

Graphic artist Eric Goggin of Salisbury, near Moncton, spent three hours outside his cottage designing a moose, using only his footprints and some fishing twine.

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N.B. artist creates massive moose in the snow using his footprints

07-02-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca

Graphic artist Eric Goggins of Salisbury, near Moncton, spent three hours outside his cottage designing a moose, using only his footprints and some fishing twine.

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When is a deal really a deal? We tracked prices at Old Navy and Canadian Tire to find out

07-02-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca

Marketplace tracks sale items at popular stores and reveals false discounts, including products that are always on sale and some that are advertised on big sales days, but are actually cheaper during other times of the year.

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Trump's threat to annex Canada 'real' and motivated by access to critical minerals, Trudeau tells crowd

07-02-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told business leaders at the Canada-U.S. Economic Summit in Toronto that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to annex Canada "is a real thing."

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Trudeau hosting summit today aimed at boosting economy amid Trump tariff threats

07-02-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca

With Canada not yet out of the woods when it comes to U.S. tariffs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is meeting with Canadian business and labour leaders this morning in Toronto to chart a way forward.

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