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CBC/Radio-Canada to scrap much-maligned 'performance pay' for managers

14-05-2025 23:45 via cbc.ca

After a wave of criticism for handing out so-called "performance pay" to managers when it was considering layoffs, CBC/Radio-Canada's board of directors is ending the practice altogether after a third-party review, the corporation said Wednesday.

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13 Trudeau-era ministers survive Carney's cabinet overhaul

14-05-2025 23:11 via cbc.ca

When Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his new cabinet this week, there were 15 fresh faces among the group. There were also 13 who had served in the previous cabinet of Justin Trudeau.

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Woman's testimony ends after 9 gruelling days of questions at world juniors sex assault trial

14-05-2025 23:10 via cbc.ca

We're back at Superior Court in London, Ont., to bring you the latest updates from the ongoing trial of five former world junior hockey players.

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New foreign minister says Israel using lack of food as 'political tool' in Gaza

14-05-2025 22:46 via cbc.ca

Newly named Foreign Minister Anita Anand accused Israel on Wednesday of using a lack of food as a political tool in its Gaza operation and urged further work on a ceasefire with Hamas, the militant group that controls the Palestinian enclave.

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Man who killed B.C. university security guard gets 15 years, as judge highlights drug-induced psychosis

14-05-2025 22:40 via cbc.ca

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has sentenced a Kelowna man to 15 years in prison for killing a female security guard on UBC's Okanagan campus in 2022.

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In Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, Tom Cruise shows off his Jesus complex

14-05-2025 22:00 via cbc.ca

While not the series’ best movie, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning is solidly middle-of-the-pack — and as always, the set pieces are reliably thrilling. But beyond Tom Cruise's seemingly boundless appetite for grabbing onto the outside of airplanes, this is a film aware of the mythos he's created.

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Union representing Air Canada's flight attendants files for conciliation as talks stall

14-05-2025 20:44 via cbc.ca

The portion of CUPE that represents 10,000 Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flight attendants says its main priority is to boost employees' pay.

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Canucks promote Adam Foote to head coach, replacing Rick Tocchet, who joins Flyers

14-05-2025 19:50 via cbc.ca

The Vancouver Canucks have named Adam Foote as their new head coach. Foote becomes the 22nd head coach in franchise history and replaces Rick Tocchet, who parted ways with the Canucks on April 29 and is the Philadelphia Flyers' new bench boss.

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Woman tells Crown she felt she 'had to go along' with alleged sexual assaults by world junior players

14-05-2025 19:09 via cbc.ca

We're back at Superior Court in London, Ont., to bring you the latest updates from the ongoing trial of five former world junior hockey players.

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Woman testifies she only intended sexual encounter with 1 ex-world junior player accused of assault

14-05-2025 17:34 via cbc.ca

We're back at Superior Court in London, Ont., to bring you the latest updates from the ongoing trial of five former world junior hockey players.

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Crown re-questions woman in sex assault trial of ex-world junior hockey players after marathon cross-exams

14-05-2025 16:38 via cbc.ca

We're back at the Superior Court in London, Ont., to bring you the latest updates from the ongoing trial of five former world junior hockey players.

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Toronto MP says he feels 'disrespected' after being dropped from cabinet

14-05-2025 16:29 via cbc.ca

Former housing minister Nate Erskine-Smith says it's "impossible not to feel disrespected" after being dropped from cabinet.

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Cassie feared release of 'freak-off' videos, she testifies at Sean (Diddy) Combs trial

14-05-2025 16:22 via cbc.ca

R&B singer Cassie returned to the witness stand Wednesday in ex-boyfriend Sean (Diddy) Combs's sex trafficking trial and described a vicious beating he gave her that was caught on surveillance video at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.

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Head of Russia's only independent election watchdog receives 5-year prison sentence

14-05-2025 15:54 via cbc.ca

Russia has sentenced Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of independent election watchdog Golos, to five years in a penal colony.

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Canada ranked 19th out of 36 countries in child well-being, UNICEF says

14-05-2025 15:18 via cbc.ca

A global study from UNICEF suggests many Canadian kids are unhappy, with social struggles such as bullying and difficulty making friends among the sources of their anguish.

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Investigation underway after on-duty lighthouse keeper dies alone, west of Prince Rupert, B.C.

14-05-2025 15:00 via cbc.ca

The Canadian Coast Guard and a federal workers’ agency are investigating after an on-duty lighthouse keeper died in April at the Triple Island Lighthouse Station, 40 kilometres west of Prince Rupert.

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Lac du Bonnet wildfire forces out nearly 1,000 people during 'very dark day' in eastern Manitoba

14-05-2025 14:54 via cbc.ca

Hundreds of people have been forced out of a swath of cottage country in eastern Manitoba as a raging out-of-control wildfire near Lac du Bonnet quickly grew in intensity through the late afternoon and evening on Tuesday.

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Missing Alberta toddler found in a field following extensive search

14-05-2025 14:36 via cbc.ca

It took the efforts of 200 local volunteers, a helicopter, drones and ATVs to track down a missing two-year-old boy in the pitch-black night of Alberta's Peace Country.

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Carney says Canadians 'weren't impressed' by U.K.'s offer of second state visit to Trump

14-05-2025 14:21 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canadians "weren’t impressed" when the U.K. decided to offer U.S. President Donald Trump an unprecedented second state visit while he was threatening Canada’s sovereignty.

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Politics! Carney's new team, recount conspiracies

14-05-2025 14:00 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Carney’s new cabinet features plenty of new and familiar faces. Plus, why riding recounts are fuelling election conspiracies.

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Trump meets with Syria's president Sharaa at Saudi royal palace

14-05-2025 13:15 via cbc.ca

U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the first such encounter between the leaders of those two countries in 25 years.

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Why do some Albertans want to separate? Committed, curious pack Calgary banquet hall

14-05-2025 13:00 via cbc.ca

A crowd of roughly 1,000 turned out Monday for a town hall on separatism organized by the Alberta Prosperity Project. CBC News went to find out what is drawing people to the cause.

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Israeli military airstrikes kill at least 70 in Gaza

14-05-2025 12:47 via cbc.ca

Israeli military strikes killed at least 70 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, local health authorities said, in an intensification of the bombardment as U.S. President Donald Trump visits the Middle East.

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Israeli military airstrikes kill at least 50 in Gaza

14-05-2025 12:47 via cbc.ca

Israeli military strikes killed at least 50 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, local health authorities said, in a significant escalation of the bombardment as U.S. President Donald Trump continued his visit to the Middle East.

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Feds fight to keep suspected Swedish criminal kingpin behind bars pending deportation

14-05-2025 12:30 via cbc.ca

Lawyers for Canada's Ministry of Public Safety will be in Federal Court Thursday, trying to prevent the release of an alleged Swedish criminal kingpin pending his deportation after nearly four months in Immigration custody.

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'Definitely my son's voice': Manitoba woman targeted by AI phone scam

14-05-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca

A Manitoba woman is speaking up after getting a phone call she said was an AI scam impersonating a loved one's voice. One expert says using the use of artificial intelligence by fraudsters is the latest in phone scams.

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'Throwing money at Band-Aids': Advocates tell N.S. government to do more on gender-based violence

14-05-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca

A panel of advocates and experts on gender-based violence told the legislature’s health committee that it needs to turn talk into action.

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What women need to know about hair loss

14-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca

According to the Canadian Dermatology Association, roughly 40 per cent of women will experience some form of thinning hair by the age of 50. Research suggests that those numbers increase during menopause.

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Pikangikum First Nation takes federal government to court over lack of water, wastewater infrastructure

14-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca

Pikangikum First Nation is seeking $2 billion in damages from the federal government over ongoing challenges with its water and wastewater infrastructure. The remote Ojibway community has no running water in people's homes, and low water pressure means there's not enough capacity to effectively put out fires. Here's why community leaders say urgent action is needed.

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Immigrant women call for better interpreter access during births in Quebec City hospitals

14-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca

One English-speaking woman says she did not have access to an intepreter during the birth of her first child, which left her hospitalized for a week. She says she does not feel as if staff made sure she understood what was going on.

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Battery plant in Port Colborne, Ont., to see 'minimal' impact from Honda investment withdrawal: partner

14-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca

In 2024, Japanese multinational Asahi Kasei Corporation and Honda Canada formed a joint venture to make battery separators in Niagara. Despite Honda pausing $15 billion in EV investments, Asahi Kasei says the project should continue with 'minimal' impact.

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Athletes' injury risk altered by menstrual cycle, research indicates

14-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca

A recent study from the University of Vigo in Pontevedra, Spain found that a woman’s monthly hormonal changes could alter biomechanics and movement patterns, creating a higher chance for injury.

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Alessia Cara on her new album, new tour and old secrets

14-05-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca

Canadian musician Alessia Cara sits down with CBC to talk about her new album, her return to touring and advice for up-and-coming musicians.

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Ottawa Charge take control of PWHL semifinal series with shutout win over Montreal Victoire

14-05-2025 04:15 via cbc.ca

Mannon McMahon broke a scoreless tie at 8:42 of the third period to lift the Ottawa Charge to a 1-0 playoff victory over the Montreal Victoire Tuesday night.

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Ottawa Charge take control of PWHL semifinal series with shoutout win over Montreal Victoire

14-05-2025 04:15 via cbc.ca

Mannon McMahon broke a scoreless tie at 8:42 of the third period to lift the Ottawa Charge to a 1-0 playoff victory over the Montreal Victoire Tuesday night.

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Erik and Lyle Menendez move closer to possible freedom as judge reduces their sentence

14-05-2025 03:33 via cbc.ca

Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after spending 35 years behind bars for the 1989 murder of their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday when he reduced their sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life.

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Top-ranked marathon qualifier to skip World Athletics Championships and focus on breaking Canadian record

14-05-2025 02:51 via cbc.ca

Athletics Canada on Tuesday unveiled its marathon team for this year's World Athletics Championships in Tokyo — three men, three women — but its top qualifier, Rory Linkletter, is skipping the event to attempt a national record in the fall.

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Deadly Israeli strikes target 2 separate Khan Younis hospitals in 1 day

14-05-2025 02:31 via cbc.ca

An Israeli missile strike at the European Hospital in Khan Younis Tuesday killed at least 16 people, wounded about 70 others and forced patients and doctors to evacuate the building. It was the second Israeli attack of the day to target hospitals in the Gaza Strip where Israel's military said Hamas terrorists were operating, after a dawn airstrike hit the Nasser Medical Complex, killing two patients, including a well-known journalist.

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Second dead grey whale in less than a week washes ashore in B.C.

14-05-2025 02:02 via cbc.ca

A second dead grey whale has washed ashore in British Columbia in less than a week. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has confirmed that the latest dead whale was reported on May 11 in Haida Gwaii and a marine mammal response team is working with local First Nations to co-ordinate a necropsy.

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Prime Minister Carney to attend Pope Leo's inaugural mass

14-05-2025 01:27 via cbc.ca

The pontiff, who was elected in a conclave that ended last Thursday, will be officially installed as the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics at a mass in St. Peter's Square on Sunday. A number of world leaders are expected to attend.

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5 million and counting? StatsCan model suggests Alberta has hit population milestone

14-05-2025 00:24 via cbc.ca

Late Sunday night, ATB’s chief economist Mark Parsons was watching his phone screen, waiting for a Statistics Canada computer model to predict that the province had its fifth millionth resident.

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