Nearly 2.5 million Canadians have indicated they want to be organ and tissue donors, thanks to a Conservative private member's bill that lets people tick a box on their annual tax return. Conservative private member's bill allowed Ontario and Nunavut residents to tick box during 2022 tax season Nearly 2.5 …
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Up to 900 foreign workers coming to Windsor to help build EV battery plant, NextStar says amid backlash
Amid pushback over plans to use foreign workers, NextStar Energy has confirmed it wants to hire hundreds of technicians from South Korea to help set up the government-subsidized electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont. Company confirms job figures for first time since reports of use of South Korean workers …
Read More »Niagara Falls, Ont., mayor hopes Rainbow Bridge will reopen by sometime Friday after blast killed 2 people
The mayor of Niagara Falls, Ont., expects the Rainbow Bridge to reopen Thursday or Friday after a car crash and explosion Wednesday killed two people on the American side of the Rainbow Bridge. FBI said investigators found no connections to terrorism after explosion shut border crossings for hours The mayor …
Read More »Relatives of family killed in London, Ont., truck attack worry about more hate, call for humanity
A week after the man who killed their family members was found guilty for multiple counts of first-degree murder, Ali and Hina Islam sat down with CBC's Adrienne Arsenault to discuss the aftermath of the Islamophobic attack and how they are healing. Ali and Hina Islam are the aunt and …
Read More »A glimpse inside the ongoing cross-border smuggling operations near Akwesasne
A high-speed car chase, a missing man presumed dead and a family legacy of human smuggling. Find out why some locals in a Haudenosaunee community that straddles the Canada-U.S. border have been caught up in what seems to be a never-ending cycle. Dozens of human smuggling attempts have been uncovered …
Read More »Ortis was ‘on the cusp’ of passing state secrets to foreign entity at time of arrest, Crown alleged
During his bail hearings in October 2019, federal prosecutor Judy Kliewer alleged former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Ortis was in the final stages of a plan to pass state secrets to a "foreign entity." Information presented at RCMP analyst's bail hearing can be published for the first time Cameron Ortis, …
Read More »2 dead after blast at Rainbow Bridge linking Ontario-N.Y., governor says ‘no sign’ of terrorism
There's no indication that a vehicle crash and explosion Wednesday that killed two people on the American side of the Rainbow Bridge, which connects Ontario and New York, is linked to terrorism, says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. The explosion closed four bridges, with all but the Rainbow reopening later …
Read More »Man rescued by helicopter after online map directs him down unmaintained logging road
A man whose truck got stuck in the snow west of Kelowna, B.C., needed to be rescued by an RCMP helicopter on Tuesday. Kelowna RCMP warn of 'increasing trend' of motorists relying on online maps, which can be inaccurate A man whose truck got stuck in snow while exploring the …
Read More »Former RCMP intelligence official found guilty of violating secrets act
A jury has found Cameron Ortis, the former RCMP intelligence official accused of leaking secret information to police targets, guilty of all charges against him. Cameron Ortis was accused of violating the Security of Information Act A jury has found Cameron Ortis, the former RCMP intelligence official accused of leaking …
Read More »A walk-in visit could kick you off a family doctor wait-list
An Ottawa woman says she was kicked off an Ontario waiting list for a family doctor after visiting an Appletree clinic where she says she was rostered with a family doctor without her knowledge. Charlotte Coates, 30, joined the Health Care Connect wait-list — a government-run matching program — in …
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