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Trudeau non-committal on using tariffs or joint action with U.S. to help oilpatch

28-03-2020 19:14 via cbc.ca

As the price of oil crashed to record levels, the federal help flagged on Wednesday to arrive in "hours, possibly days" by federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau took on new importance in Canada's energy sector.

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The National | Lindsey Vonn airlifted after Olympic crash

09-02-2026 03:00 via cbc.ca

Feb. 8, 2026 | U.S. downhill skier Lindsey Vonn is airlifted to surgery after a terrifying crash ends her Olympic comeback. Investigators seek more clues in the abduction of Nancy Guthrie. And, the dramatic mountain rescue of a hang-glider in B.C.

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150 vehicles abandoned on Ontario's Highway 402 in weekend blizzard, police say

09-02-2026 00:48 via cbc.ca

As parts of Lambton and Middlesex counties dig themselves out of another winter storm, stories of people going above and beyond to help each other are emerging.

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Olympic viewing guide: Canadian medal chances on Monday

09-02-2026 00:45 via cbc.ca

CBC Sports' daily Olympics newsletter recaps a not-so-super Sunday for Canada at the Milano-Cortina Games and looks ahead to the Canadian medal contenders and other interesting stuff on Day 3.

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After 6 decades, Steve's Music to close most locations in Ontario, Quebec

09-02-2026 00:33 via cbc.ca

It's been an institution in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal for decades, but soon Steve's Music will be mostly falling silent — save for one store.

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Woman dead, 22 others sent to hospital after charter bus rolls over in northwestern Alberta: RCMP

08-02-2026 23:58 via cbc.ca

A woman is dead and 22 other people were taken to hospital with injuries of varying degrees, after a charter bus rolled over on a highway in northwestern Alberta Saturday night, RCMP said.

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Doctor, virologist caution against attending large public gatherings if unvaccinated against measles

08-02-2026 23:41 via cbc.ca

With the number of measles cases in Manitoba swelling, experts caution those who aren't vaccinated for the disease to stay away from large public gatherings until the outbreak settles down.

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Elly Alboim, former CBC parliamentary bureau chief and political consultant, dead at 78

08-02-2026 22:43 via cbc.ca

Elly Alboim, a former CBC parliamentary bureau chief, longtime political consultant and professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, has died at 78, his family tells CBC News.

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Despite disastrous crash, Lindsey Vonn’s return was neither selfish or unwarranted

08-02-2026 22:23 via cbc.ca

All the emotions swirling around Lindsey Vonn’s crash, and questions about why she decided to compete in the first place, are blowing up the internet. But for elite athletes, it’s not the glory but the challenge and knowing your body to believe in what’s possible.

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Despite disastrous crash, Lindsey Vonn’s return was neither selfish nor unwarranted

08-02-2026 22:23 via cbc.ca

All the emotions swirling around Lindsey Vonn’s crash, and questions about why she decided to compete in the first place, are blowing up the internet. But for elite athletes, it’s not the glory but the challenge and knowing your body to believe in what’s possible.

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Japan's ruling party secures landslide supermajority in lower house election

08-02-2026 21:24 via cbc.ca

The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a key parliamentary election Sunday, Japanese media reported citing preliminary results, earning a landslide victory thanks to her popularity.

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Iran adds 7 more years to sentence of jailed Nobel Peace laureate, supporters say

08-02-2026 20:12 via cbc.ca

Iran sentenced Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to over seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said Sunday, as Tehran cracks down on all dissent following nationwide protests and the deaths of thousands at the hands of security forces.

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Canadian figure skater Madeline Schizas gets university assignment extension at Olympics

08-02-2026 18:33 via cbc.ca

Canadian figure skater and McMaster University student Madeline Schizas was granted an extension on her sociology assignment one day after going viral with her request on Instagram.

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Sidney Crosby named captain of Canada's men's hockey team

08-02-2026 16:25 via cbc.ca

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Sidney Crosby was been named captain of Canada's men's hockey team at the Milan Cortina Games.

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Suspect in shooting of senior Russian officer detained, Russia says

08-02-2026 14:45 via cbc.ca

Russia’s Federal Security Service said Sunday that the man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency in Moscow was detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia.

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Central Alberta clinic pioneers ‘first-of-its-kind’ sexual assault care

08-02-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca

This ‘first-of-its-kind’ centre in Red Deer, Alta., is diverting over a third of sexual assault cases away from busy hospital emergency rooms, providing patients with a calmer and more private health experience.

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Characters in Oscar-nominated short brought to life by award-winning actor Colm Feore at Kitchener studio

08-02-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca

An animated Canadian film produced by the National Film Board of Canada which has been nominated for an Oscar has local connections. The Girls Who Cried Pearls is a stop-motion film that tells the story of a poor boy in early 20th century Montreal who falls in love with a girl whose tears turn into pearls. It features the voice of actor Colm Feore who recorded the 17-minute short at Fred Smith Studios in Kitchener.

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Apartment residents say fatal carbon monoxide poisoning of 11-year-old was preventable

08-02-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca

A man who lives in a Regina apartment building says the carbon monoxide detector in his unit sounded just hours before another resident, an 11-year-old boy, died.

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Provincial officials still trying to find way to raise abandoned tidal turbine

08-02-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca

Ten months after the Nova Scotia government’s Energy Department took the lead on finding a way to recover an abandoned tidal turbine from the depths of the Bay of Fundy, officials still cannot say when — or if — the device might be removed.

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With Maduro gone, Venezuelans test freedom to criticize leaders

08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

Just over one month after the United States captured then-President Nicolas Maduro, some Venezuelans opposed to the government have become increasingly bold in challenging the new authorities.

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Why Spain is aiming to regularize half a million undocumented migrants

08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

While the United States has intensified its immigration crackdown and deportation effortsand European countries are closing their borders one after the other, Spain's left-wing government last month approved a royal decree to regularize several hundred thousand undocumented people who already live and work in the country.

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Watch these ice climbers scale Hamilton’s Tiffany Falls

08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

Climbing company Muskoka Mountainworks took a group to Tiffany Falls in Hamilton for the first time last month. Two of the climbers tell CBC Hamilton they've long wanted to scale the frozen waterfall. They say ice climbing has been a great way for them to embrace winter.

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Toronto's young transit enthusiasts 'bamboozled' by Eglinton Crosstown's day 1 speed

08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

It might be chilly out, but that's not stopping excited Torontonians from piling into the newly launched trains along Line 5 Sunday. The controversial Eglinton Crosstown LRT has launched 15 years after construction first started.

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No place for politics in F-35 cockpits as Canadian fighter jet pilots get ready to train at U.S. base

08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

While procurement for Canada’s complete fighter jet fleet remains up in the air, advocates say politics need to be set aside as members of the Royal Canadian Air Force head to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona later this year to train on the F-35 when Canada eventually takes possession of the 16 jets it’s committed to buying.

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No desks, no strategy: Experts say government's latest return-to-office order ignores reality

08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

With federal public servants mandated to return to the office four days a week this summer, experts and unions are sounding the alarm over a lack of clear strategy or infrastructure to support such a move.

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Most of the world doesn’t require a prescription for birth control. Why do Canadians still need one?

08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

Some Canadian doctors say patients on birth control need monitoring. But medical authorities in other countries increasingly disagree.

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Man behind the Clarity Act has choice words for Alberta separatists and Danielle Smith

08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

Former Liberal cabinet minister Stéphane Dion is lambasting the brewing separatist movement in Alberta and demanding Premier Danielle Smith clarify her position and lay out the next steps depending on the outcome of a possible independence referendum.

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I wanted to complete a triathlon. My first step? Learning to swim

08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

At the age of 37, Alberto Ortiz's swimming had been casual dips in lakes or resort pools. But when a cousin made a joke about training for a triathlon, the idea stuck. When the training started, it didn't take long before he'd signed up for a full-distance Olympic triathlon.

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How Scholastic became a cultural rite of passage for Canadian kids

08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

For decades, Scholastic has been a fixture in Canadian elementary schools, introducing children to reading while helping fund under-resourced libraries. Despite growing criticism over cost and commercialization, the book fair remains a nostalgic — and enduring — rite of passage.

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Civil rights pioneer says after almost 70 years, story of the Little Rock Nine still 'resonates'

08-02-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca

Long before her work as an anti-racist educator and environmental campaigner in Canada, Minnijean Brown-Trickey showed enormous courage as one of the Little Rock Nine — a group of Black teenagers who integrated Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1957.

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