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Lowertown residents living in the struggling heart of the nation’s capital say their community is on the front lines of the fentanyl crisis. Drug possession arrests down 36% as police adapt strategy to new reality A glimpse into the drug crisis in the heart of the nation's capital 4 hours …

Days after the death of Sharif Rahman, the wife and young daughter of the Owen Sound, Ont., man who police say was attacked outside his restaurant over an unpaid dining bill are struggling to comprehend what life might be like without him. 'We just started our beautiful family,' Shayela Nasrin …

Fluent Home has a track record of hard-to-reach customer service agents and an inability to cancel contracts, according to multiple past and present customers interviewed by CBC. Its practice of renewing contracts without approval has also caught the attention of investigators at Service Alberta. Fluent Home customers report impossible-to-cancel contracts, …

A young girl from Swift Current, Sask., had waited three years for a life-saving bowel transplant. Just over a week ago, she got it. Her positivity became an overnight sensation on TikTok in 2021, after her mother posted a video of her drawing a fox for a short story. Bella …

The New Brunswick chief coroner, who oversees the child death review committee, hasn't filed a public report on the committee's work in more than two years. N.B. chief coroner is required to file public reports on the child death review committee’s work At least 11 children known to the Department …

Experts say that although international students are particularly vulnerable to Canada's housing and affordability issues, they're increasingly being blamed for worsening these problems and could face a cap on their entry into the country as a result. International students are particularly vulnerable to housing and affordability issues, advocates say Canada, …

Hundreds of people assembled in Saskatoon Sunday afternoon, protesting new policies around students’ pronouns and sexual education in schools. Schools must get consent to change name, pronouns of students under 16 Hundreds of people assembled in Saskatoon Sunday afternoon, protesting new policies around students' pronouns and sexual education in schools. …

A memorial totem pole belonging to members of the Nisga'a Nation in northwestern British Columbia is about to begin its journey home from the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, where it has been on display for nearly a century. Historic totem pole was taken without consent in 1929 from …

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says that while the high number of international students entering Canada does have some effect on housing, his primary concern as minister is the integrity of Canada's immigration system. Marc Miller says around 900,000 students will enter Canada this year Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the …

Faced with a rising tide of plastic waste, the federal government is pursuing a plan to get supermarkets to cut down on their use of plastic packaging — a measure that could mean big changes to the shopping experience. Ottawa wants to reduce plastic food packaging and is proposing new …