A Toronto investor who lost thousands to Ontario's self-proclaimed Crypto King is one of five men facing charges connected to the alleged kidnapping, forcible confinement and assault of Aiden Pleterski last December, CBC Toronto has learned. CBC received an edited video of a visibly beaten Aiden Pleterski the same day …
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Mother of 2 frustrated by mixed messages over CERB eligibility, clawbacks
After the CRA withheld her tax refund, a London, Ont., woman says she's been given different answers from different departments about her CERB eligibility. 2 letters from different departments give 2 different answers about woman's eligibility When Ashleigh Buchanan had her hours cut and was eventually put out of work …
Read More »Sask. high court upholds decision to not pay insurance to estate of man who died of drug overdose
A Saskatoon mother is angry that two insurance companies continued to take premiums from her son while knowing that he was addicted to cocaine, and then denied coverage after he died of a cocaine overdose in 2018. Insurers continued taking premiums knowing Josh Jantzen was addicted Val Jantzen is angry …
Read More »Military support arriving in B.C. to fight close to 380 wildfires across province
The British Columbia government says military support is arriving for deployment after it asked for Ottawa's help in fighting hundreds of wildfires. More wildfires are burning in B.C. than anywhere else in Canada The British Columbia government says military support is arriving for deployment after it asked for Ottawa's help …
Read More »Wildfire fighter in Northwest Territories dead after suffering injury battling blaze
A wildfire fighter who was injured battling a blaze in the Fort Liard District, N.W.T, has died, government officials confirmed on Sunday. On Friday, B.C. wildfire fighter Devyn Gale died after she was hit by a falling tree while fighting a blaze. The death marks the 2nd wildfire fighter killed …
Read More »Canada’s first pediatric stool bank opens at Hamilton children’s hospital
McMaster Children’s Hospital wants your kids’ poop — so they can add it to their collection of frozen stool and use it to help other children. The frozen collection of children's poop can help kids with gut infections like C. diff McMaster Children's Hospital wants your kids' poop — so …
Read More »Protesters remain at Winnipeg’s Brady Road landfill a day after injunction delivered
The main entrance to the city-owned Brady Road landfill has been blocked for more than a week in response to the provincial government's decision not to fund a search of the Prairie Green landfill, north of Winnipeg. Protesters have said they intend to remain peaceful A small group of protesters …
Read More »The bride’s mom wanted to be at the wedding. So this B.C. couple is marrying at an Ontario care home
Sarah Joy Hopkin’s original plan was to get married next summer, but when the Vancouver resident heard her mother’s health was failing, she says moving the date up a year and having the event at a Waterloo, Ont., long-term care home was a no-brainer. 'There is really nothing more that …
Read More »Indigenous culture in the spotlight at North American Indigenous Games in Halifax
The 2023 North American Indigenous Games in Halifax will mark the first time the gathering is held in Atlantic Canada and organizers say Indigenous culture will share the spotlight equally with sport. President of NAIG says culture and sport will play equal roles As thousands of people from across the …
Read More »Canada helped make NATO a political forum. Now it struggles with its own creation
Canada can, in some respects, blame itself for some of the scalding political and economic arguments surrounding its NATO contributions. It was a Canadian who helped turn the military alliance into geopolitical forum at its inception. Now, the current Liberal government is struggling to meet expectations. Lester B. Pearson is …
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