Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The federal government is giving provinces and territories an additional $5.4 billion over two years for the national $10-a-day child-care program…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have signed new collective agreements, ending years of labour uncertainty and turmoil as the parties tried to reach a new deal. This comes after the union gave the contracts the green light at the end of May, with…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Bagpipes and ceremonial formality set the tone as the Belleville Police Service, staff, and community members marked the service’s 190th anniversary. “This has been a long time in the making to have this event,” said deputy Chief Sheri Meeks “But it’s also a 190 years of a…
This is Part 1 of CBC Calgary’s coverage of the growing waitlist for kids with disabilities. An estimated 20,000 children are stuck on Alberta’s Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) waiting list, facing years of delays to get speech, behavioural and other treatment or therapy for autism and various disabilities. Caseworkers within the provincial…
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Innu Cultural Guardian Jodie Ashini says she thought National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, would be the perfect day to open…
LISTEN | The legacy of Agent Orange: The Sunday Magazine23:3060 years on, veterans are still fighting for recognition over Agent Orange spraying at CFB Gagetown Gary Goode remembers digging foxholes and crawling through thick brush nearly 60 years ago at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown. The landscape in his mind remains vivid: dead leaves hanging on…
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. An archaeological field school at a national historic site near Fort St. John, B.C., is offering a look into 12,500 years…
Medical assistance in dying (MAID) was legalized in Canada on June 17, 2016. Here’s a look at some notable numbers since that time. These numbers are current as of Dec. 31, 2024, which is the most recent data available from Health Canada. 76,475 — The number of people who received medical assistance in dying between…
Mayor Denise O’Connor concedes that Lytton, B.C., looks “pretty empty” these days, aside from the homes of about 75 residents and a couple other buildings. It’s almost five years since a wildfire killed two people and nearly wiped the village off the map. There are plans for major infrastructure — including a $26-million community hub —…
Data suggests homeowners’ insurance in Alberta increased nearly five times in a 20-year period — the highest increase of any province. That data, part of a study released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday, indicates homeowners’ insurance premiums in Alberta went up 391.6 per cent from December 2005 to December 2025. More recently, rates have jumped 55.8 per cent in Alberta from…