Sort Of's co-creator and star Bilal Baig speaks to CBC News about the legacy and impact of the show, ahead of its final season. CBC series to begin airing final season Friday, concluding with finale on Dec. 8 Not even three years after one of the unlikeliest shows to succeed …
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After a decade apart, Burnaby, B.C., father reunites with his children from war-torn Gaza
For years, Mohammed Fayad had longed for this day — but especially over the past month, when war broke out between Israel and the militant group Hamas in Gaza, where his two children were living, leaving him worried that they would become casualties and he would never see them again. …
Read More »This Ontario parent has paid nearly $700 in parking tickets to drop his child off at school
A parent at an Old South elementary school in London, Ont., says he's paying hundreds of dollars in parking tickets just to bring his child to school because there are no pickup and drop-off zones. Lack of parking pushes parents into no-parking zone at Old South elementary school A London, …
Read More »Nathaniel Veltman guilty of 1st–degree and attempted murder in 2021 attack on Muslim family in London, Ont.
After less than six hours of deliberations, the jury in the Nathaniel Veltman murder trial in Windsor, Ont., has reached a verdict of guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder related to the truck attack on a Muslim family in London in 2021. On …
Read More »He was wrongfully kicked out of his apartment. Why hasn’t his landlord been fined?
A CBC News investigation has found no evidence that any fines have been dished out since the Newfoundland and Labrador government beefed up a law five years ago to make sure landlords and tenants were made more accountable. The residential tenancies board doesn’t impose fines meant to ensure compliance. So, …
Read More »Trial of former RCMP official accused of leaking secrets moves to closing arguments today
The jury will hear closing arguments today in the trial of a former senior RCMP intelligence official accused of offering top-secret information to police targets for money. Cameron Ortis is accused of leaking special operational information to police targets The jury will hear closing arguments today in the trial of …
Read More »Drugs like Ozempic are popular for weight loss. That’s because there’s been little other help: obesity doctors
Despite widely publicized reports of rare but severe side effects, obesity doctors say Ozempic and drugs like it have the potential to vastly medical help for a chronic illness that patients have been forced for too long to try to cure on their own. New data also shows a reduced …
Read More »Social media gets teens hooked while feeding aggression and impulsivity, and researchers think they know why
Both regulation and more parental involvement needed to rein in social media experiment, psychiatrists and scientists say. Canadian scientists view changes in brain's reward system as people watch clips Kids who spend hours on their phones scrolling through social media are showing more aggression, depression and anxiety, say Canadian researchers. …
Read More »Son of Vivian Silver, Winnipeg-born humanitarian killed in Hamas attack on Israel, moved by Canadians’ support
The son of a Jewish humanitarian who was killed in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel says he was moved by the support for his mother from Canadians during the weeks when it was believed she was being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza strip. On Monday, the family …
Read More »‘An attack against … all Canadians’: Victim’s mom reacts to murder conviction in attack on Muslim family
After less than six hours of deliberations, the jury in the Nathaniel Veltman murder trial in Windsor, Ont., has reached a verdict of guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder related to the truck attack on a Muslim family in London in 2021. On …
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