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Eric Dejaeger was granted bail Tuesday while awaiting his trial on eight new counts of sexual assault. Eric Dejaeger was granted bail Tuesday to a supervised facility in Kingston A former Catholic priest who worked in Nunavut and has previously been convicted of dozens of charges of sexual abuse has …

The San Juan County Sheriff's Office says it has recovered the bodies of two people from its waters, but their identities have yet to be confirmed. The discoveries come three days after a search began for two kayakers last seen off the shore of Sidney, B.C. Daniel MacAlpine and Nicolas …

Fresh research suggests Western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound is the slaughter of hundreds of wolves, a policy that will likely have to continue for decades. Finding puts wildlife managers in a tough spot, co-author says, as …

Joy Thompson has finally reunited with her daughters in Canada. It comes after a CBC investigation last year uncovered a tangled tale that began in 2018 when they tried to get jobs in the country where their mother has been living since 2004. Good Samaritan gets involved, helping reunite family …

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's new book, Closer Together, is out Tuesday. Part memoir, part self-help guide, it looks at emotional well-being in today's world. New book, Closer Together, explores building 'emotional literacy' in difficult times Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's new book isn't going to have the "gossip" that some people may be …

First Nations leaders didn't hold back at a news conference at Queen's Park on the unresolved deaths of Indigenous people in Thunder Bay, Ont., and called for the police service to be disbanded in the wake of the latest OPP charges. But it was the stories of the families of …

Miriam Jarjour says she's shocked, exhausted and devastated. Several weeks after her father died of a heart attack while swimming at a beach on vacation in Cuba, his body was supposed to have been repatriated by a Cuban government agency. Faraj Jarjour died March 22. His family still doesn't know …

A report released this month cited hundreds of service disruptions over four years due to rural health-care staffing shortages along with morale issues among workers. Researchers counted 533 service disruptions in 4 years Suzanne Kuchinka, mayor of the village of Macoun in southeast Saskatchewan, says it's been a struggle for …

Systemic racism and inequity in health care may be contributing to why First Nations patients in Alberta disproportionately leave emergency departments without being seen, or against medical advice, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. A Siksika Nation councillor says the study reflects community members' …

Earlier this month, changes to B.C.’s Motor Vehicle Act quietly came into effect, prohibiting the use of fully automated self-driving vehicles. Transport Canada doesn’t currently permit the purchase or import of automated vehicles Earlier this month, changes to B.C.'s Motor Vehicle Act quietly came into effect, prohibiting the use of …