A B.C. senior has achieved internet fame thanks to a video recorded at CBC's Vancouver studios more than 65 years ago. Ninety-year-old Kathy Brady says she's pleasantly surprised that a cooking segment filmed in 1957 for a TV pilot — in which she tells viewers all about a "popular Italian …
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N.W.T. election results start to come in; incumbents take early leads
Incumbent candidates in some ridings were struggling, and CBC News has so far projected the winner in one Yellowknife area riding. Shauna Morgan is project to win in Yellowknife North. She was leading candidate Bruce Valpy by more than 200 votes with five of 14 polls reporting. In Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh, …
Read More »Montreal police hate crimes unit investigating after at least 15 Metro stations vandalized
Station doors, walls and some bus stops were plastered with pro-Palestinian posters and some graffiti overnight. Stations, bus stops plastered with pro-Palestinian posters, graffiti Montreal police are investigating a string of vandalism incidents overnight at more than a dozen Metro stations across the city. Police say at least 15 different …
Read More »Border agency says employee exposed himself to ‘hostile’ espionage by seeking out sex parlours
A Canada Border Service Agency employee opened himself up to the threat of exploitation by "hostile intelligence services" after visiting massage parlours in China, Japan and Canada, documents obtained by CBC News reveal. The case is just one of more than 500 allegations the CBSA deemed 'founded' last year A …
Read More »140 athletes set to represent Canada at Parapan Am Games in Chile
In the wake of strong performances by Canadian athletes at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, it's time for the country's top Para athletes to compete, with the seventh Parapan Am Games opening Friday in the Chilean capital. Opening ceremony Friday at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBCSports.ca, CBC Sports app, …
Read More »Carol Fournier was on a safety plan. Police say intimate partner violence killed her anyway
Sudbury Police issued two arrest warrants for Rick Jones in late October following domestic violence incidents involving Carol Fournier. They were unable to locate him and enforce the warrants in the weeks leading up to Fournier’s death. Police were unable to locate her boyfriend Rick Jones in the weeks leading …
Read More »Doug Ford government paying for-profit clinic more than hospitals for OHIP-covered surgeries, documents show
Premier Doug Ford’s government gives a for-profit clinic more funding to perform certain OHIP-covered surgeries than it gives Ontario’s public hospitals to perform the same operations, CBC News has learned. Discrepancy raises questions about plans to do more surgeries outside of Ontario's public hospitals Premier Doug Ford's government gives a …
Read More »Sarah Bernstein wins $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize for novel Study for Obedience
The annual prize is the richest in Canadian literature. Study for Obedience explores themes of guilt, abuse and prejudice through the eyes of its unreliable narrator. The annual prize is the richest in Canadian literature Sarah Bernstein has won the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel Study for Obedience. …
Read More »Tune into the 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize
The 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize gala will be broadcast live on CBC radio, television and online on Monday, Nov. 13. The ceremony will be hosted by comedian, TV personality and author Rick Mercer. Watch on television: CBC at 9:00 p.m. local time (11:30 p.m. AT/12:00 a.m. NT). Watch online: CBCBooks.ca, …
Read More »Non-existent trail removed from Google Maps after another rescue in Vancouver’s North Shore mountains
A search-and-rescue organization says it has finally been successful in getting Google to remove a non-existent trail from its Maps app, after crew members were again called to pull a stranded hiker out of dangerous terrain in the North Shore mountains near Vancouver. 2 hikers recently saved from steep, dangerous …
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