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CommentMisc CDN | 9:44 AM on Saturday
The company behind the GED test is ending service in Canada this year and there's no alternative right now, which means adults wanting the equivalent of a high school diploma or to advance their education will face barriers.
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CommentLaw & Order | 9:29 AM on Friday
After nearly 15 years of legal battles, Jacques Delisle, a former justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his wife.
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CommentLaw & Order | 6:57 AM on Friday
A Peachland, B.C., couple is facing the threat of a $1,000 fine and legal action if they do not remove their custom-built tiny home from their rural property by the end of April.
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CommentPolitical | 7:26 PM on Thursday
Despite the guaranteed result, the Kremlin is keen to make the election appear legitimate.
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CommentLaw & Order | 7:25 PM on Thursday
A 43-year-old man is in custody after a woman was found dead inside a Scarborough home early Thursday, Toronto police say.
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CommentBusiness | 7:01 PM on Wednesday
A company that owns nearly two dozen newspapers in Atlantic Canada has debts of almost $100 million and is filing for creditor protection. SaltWire Network made the application in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, according to court documents filed on
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CommentFunny | 5:07 PM on Wednesday
"I want you to see the tray of all of the roaches, major rodents on the floor, the cockroaches, the rats eating our marijuana. They're all high," Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told the Criminal Justice Committee on Monday about the evidence room.
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CommentBusiness | 6:45 AM on Wednesday
In an attempt to combat theft, Loblaw is testing receipt scanners at four of its stores, the grocery giant told CBC News. Customers who use self-checkout must scan their receipt's barcode — confirming that they paid something — which opens a metal gat
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CommentBusiness | 6:44 AM on Wednesday
An FAA audit of the Boeing 737 Max's production found "dozens of problems" during a six-week audit, according to a report from The New York Times.
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CommentBusiness | 7:21 PM on Tuesday
It may be warming up this week, but it’s tough to forget the extreme cold that swept across Western Canada in mid-January. It turns out that deep freeze cost about $180 million in insured damages across the region.
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CommentBusiness | 7:18 PM on Tuesday
Edmonton police posted about seeing the cave on Facebook on Monday. They said someone found it in the river valley and alerted them to the hole.
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CommentEnvironmental | 5:28 PM on Tuesday
Scientists with Ocean Networks Canada predict an underwater rupture in the Earth's crust could happen 260 kilometres west of Vancouver Island, after they detected up to 200 small earthquakes per hour in the area last week.
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CommentLaw & Order | 12:52 PM on Tuesday
Justice Minister Arif Virani is defending his government's Online Harms Bill after celebrated Canadian writer Margaret Atwood shared views comparing the new legislation to George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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CommentMisc CDN | 3:59 PM on Monday
The federal fisheries minister says the lucrative elver fishery will stay closed for the 2024 season.
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CommentLaw & Order | 4:17 PM on Monday
Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.
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CommentHealth | 7:44 AM on Monday
New food packaging products sold in the U.S., such as takeout boxes and fast-food wrappers, will no longer contain harmful "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
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CommentHealth | 7:06 PM on Sunday
MONTREAL — More than 120,000 Quebecers found themselves without power on Sunday after snow and strong winds buffeted parts of the province.
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CommentBusiness | 8:02 PM on Saturday
Companies that build multimillion-dollar fortified homes and bomb shelters say that while work has been steady for a while, they have seen a significant uptick in recent years. And when the ultra-rich invest in a bunker, they inevitably do it in style.
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CommentLaw & Order | 7:06 PM on Saturday
China officially denies that these workers are in the country, but a team of researchers identified 15 seafood processing plants that have used more than 1,000 North Korean workers since 2017
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CommentMisc World | 3:39 PM on Friday
The Canadian government has confirmed it will restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. The government suspended funding in January after Israel alleged 12 employees of the agency were involved in the October 7
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CommentPolitical | 4:17 PM on Friday
The former Progressive Conservative leader says "the choices are not great for me" when considering how to vote in the next federal election.
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CommentLaw & Order | 7:10 AM on Friday
Residents of the south Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven say they are struggling to process the horrific mass killing of a Sri Lankan family, including a mother, her four young children and a family acquaintance, by a young man who was living with them.
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CommentLaw & Order | 6:10 AM on Friday
CBC’s Marketplace documented driving schools and instructors in Ontario offering a shortcut to beginner driver education certificates for a fee, making drivers eligible for insurance discounts and a reduced wait for road tests.
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CommentHealth | 6:06 AM on Friday
Scientists link tiny particles in blood vessels with substantially higher risk of death
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CommentEnvironmental | 6:05 AM on Friday
Mexico is waiting for the United States to prove imported genetically modified (GM) corn is safe for Mexicans, said Deputy Agriculture Secretary Victor Suarez on Wednesday, as a dispute between the two countries plays out under an international trade pact
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CommentSports | 3:46 PM on Thursday
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will fight social media star-turned-boxer Jake Paul on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex.
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CommentPolitical | 1:48 PM on Thursday
Fewer Canadians than at almost any point since the party was elected with Justin Trudeau as leader are considering voting for the federal Liberals, according to the latest tracking by Nanos Research.
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CommentMilitary | 1:23 PM on Thursday
The federal government is “constrained” on more defence spending given the “current fiscal environment,” Defence Minister Bill Blair says.
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CommentMilitary | 11:54 AM on Thursday
Only 58 per cent of the Canadian Armed Forces would be able to respond if called upon in a crisis by NATO allies right now — and almost half of the military's equipment is considered "unavailable and unserviceable" — says a recent internal Department
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CommentFunny | 7:10 PM on Wednesday
According to a court filing, the groups say the RCMP did not properly investigate before publicly accusing them of being linked to foreign interference, an allegation they deny.