Conservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection result ( www.cbc.ca )
Quebec's housing crisis goes beyond supply and demand, says new report ( www.cbc.ca )
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'Give us $600 and also we hate you': WestJet's new UltraBasic fare gets roasted online ( www.cbc.ca )
If there's anything people can agree on these days, it's that flying sucks....
Cash transactions are way down. These advocates say the feds need to do something ( www.cbc.ca )
A consumer group is urgently calling on the federal government to follow other jurisdictions in the U.S and Europe and bring in legislation to stem the slide toward a cashless society....
Can a diet that's good for the planet reduce your risk of dying from disease? ( www.cbc.ca )
How the automobile industry turned us into SUV drivers ( www.cbc.ca )
This woman pays 100% of her income on rent ( www.cbc.ca )
Investors reshaped Canadian home real estate. Something similar is happening in agriculture ( www.cbc.ca )
When asked if young, aspiring farmers ever inquired about buying his farm, Marcus Collinson just laughs....
Gig workers in B.C. to be paid minimum of $20.88 an hour ( www.cbc.ca )
Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer advocates warn ( www.cbc.ca )
Poilievre says Tories will vote against capital gains tax hike, calls it a 'job killer' ( www.cbc.ca )
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday his party will oppose the government's proposed capital gains inclusion rate increase — a tax hike that is projected to pull in roughly $19 billion in new revenue....
Trudeau says he considered stepping down during marriage difficulties ( www.cbc.ca )
Health-care system is 'broken,' Niagara woman says after dad dies suddenly in emergency room ( www.cbc.ca )
The (Ontario Health) coalition, which advocates for improvements to the public health care system, is documenting experiences like Zammit's at hearings around rural Ontario this month. With input from opposition critics, the network of over 400 grassroot organizations wants to draft recommendations on how to improve local...
Canadians who have lost their sense of smell say it's misunderstood, undervalued — and deserves more attention ( www.cbc.ca )
For millennia, the sense of smell has been widely undervalued — ranked far below vision by the likes of Immanuel Kant and Sigmund Freud. In 2021, a survey in the journal Brain Sciences found that people consistently ranked smell below vision and hearing — and even below commercial products. One quarter of college students...
Alberta government calls bill about backing up environmental claims an 'agenda to create chaos' ( www.cbc.ca )
That legislation is Bill C-59, which would require companies to provide evidence to back up their environmental claims. It is currently awaiting royal assent....
B.C. coal mining company fined for more than 400 violations ( www.cbc.ca )
A B.C. coal mining company in northeastern B.C. has been fined more than $45,000 for repeated violations of the province's environmental protection rules, including the failure to monitor mine waste into fish-bearing water and failure to limit particulate being put into the air....
Cubs of rare white grizzly bear killed in highway collision in Yoho National Park ( www.cbc.ca )
The deaths of two bear cubs of a well-known rare white grizzly — known as Bear 178, but nicknamed Nakoda by locals — in Yoho National Park this week has reignited calls for increased awareness and highway safety for those visiting the mountains....
Long delays and collapsed cases are eroding faith in the justice system, lawyers warn ( www.cbc.ca )
Two and a half years after Norman Tate's son was killed in a car accident, he's still struggling to come to terms with how the justice system handled the aftermath....
He can't afford to rent an apartment. So this man secretly sleeps in an office ( www.cbc.ca )
A man in St. John's rents office space, but he doesn't have an office job....
Conservative MP shares inaccurate, ChatGPT-generated stats on capital gains tax rate ( www.cbc.ca )
With Trudeau on the ropes, Liberals contemplate the next election with hope and anxiety ( www.cbc.ca )
The polls are not good for the Liberals — in fact, they're struggling to overcome the 15 to 20-point gap that separates them from the Conservatives. But those close to the prime minister like to point out that their leader is used to being underestimated and performs well under pressure....