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, …
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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 »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 »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 …
Read More »How to 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 »Edmonton police release suspect images from deadly gang-related shooting of father and son
Police have released a photograph and surveillance footage of the suspects in a gang-related shooting that left an Edmonton father and his 11-year-old son dead. 'A seemingly insignificant detail can be immensely helpful to our investigation' Edmonton police have released a photograph and surveillance footage of the suspects in a …
Read More »Child-care workers in N.S. struggle to afford daycare for their own children
Many early childhood educators have young families of their own, but say they don't earn enough to afford daycare. Persistent low wages plague sector that also has a severe shortage of spaces Meghan Croft found herself scrambling just a month before school started this year when the daycare her six-year-old …
Read More »This therapist can’t afford her dream job — and gave it up so she could pay rent
Kelsey Arsenault is a music therapist. But she had to give it up to make ends meet. Now she's working a desk job to pay off the degree she got for a job she just can't do. Kelsey Arsenault was working 3 jobs to get by before she had to …
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