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Condo board backs down after trying to restrict visitors with service dogs
The board of a Toronto-area condo is reversing course on an order that forced a disabled woman with a service dog to register with the property manager every time she wanted to visit the building, where her mother and sister live.
'Everybody needs friendship': How Helping Hands Street Mission in Hamilton is meeting that need
Friendship is at the heart of everything the small staff and volunteers do at Helping Hands Street Mission in Hamilton, and the organization's executive director says it's especially important over the holidays.
Months after a violent attack in Panama, Gatineau couple focuses on recovery
After experiencing a violent attack in Panama, Geneviève Plouffe and Martin Audette are back in Canada. They are now trying to recover from their physical and psychological injuries.
Heli-skiers 'lucky' to be rescued after avalanche buries group north of Whistler, B.C.
Four heli-skiers and their guide had to be rescued after an avalanche buried them near Whistler, B.C., on Monday.
Pioneering Métis human rights advocate Muriel Stanley Venne dies at 87
Venne, born in Lamont, Alta., was one of the first appointees to Alberta's Human Rights Commission in 1973 and later served as chair.
B.C. law to push through Vancouver housing project unconstitutional, court rules
The provincial government had adopted the law at the request of the City of Vancouver in 2023 to push through a 12-storey housing development at Arbutus Street, featuring units open to low‑income residents and users of support services.
Edmonton shuts down building where security guard was shot, citing 'serious safety concerns'
A little more than two weeks after 20-year-old Harshandeep Singh was killed in a shooting while working as a security guard in a central Edmonton apartment building, the city is shutting the property down under an emergency order.
Ottawa proposes tougher rules for airlines
The Canadian Transportation Agency, the quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator tasked with enforcing air passenger rights and compensation rules, has unveiled proposed amendments to the Air Passenger Protection Regulations.
Newborn orca calf spotted, raising a little hope for endangered southern resident killer whales
A newborn orca calf has been sighted in Puget Sound in Washington state, sparking cautious hope for the endangered southern resident killer whale population.
Canada set for world junior quest on home soil: 'Make dreams become reality'
Easton Cowan was seated on Canada's bench at last year's world junior hockey championship when the Czech Republic scored late for a 3-2 quarterfinal upset. He is among five returnees from that underachieving squad eager to write a different script in Ottawa.
Canadian economy grew 0.3% in October, lifted by manufacturing, oil and gas extraction
The Canadian economy grew 0.3 per cent in October, Statistics Canada said in its monthly GDP release, helped by strength in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector, following a 0.2 per cent increase in September.
Owner of Montreal jewelry store fights back after thieves crash car through shop in brazen robbery
On Saturday, a car rammed into a Montreal jewelry store and masked robbers carrying weapons burst in. The situation escalated when the owner fought to protect his business.
How officials tried to contain fallout after a Halifax school bus went missing for 4½ hours
Documents obtained by CBC News show that a French school board member had previously warned the bus service was 'already a big problem, that it wasn't going to improve, and in fact, it was going to get worse.'
Drug precursors the new 'primary threat' entering Canada as fentanyl imports drop
With criminal networks shifting to domestic production of fentanyl and other opioids, the focus at Canada’s borders has now shifted to the chemicals used to make the deadly drugs.
This boy hurt in collision didn't have an Indian status card, so Ottawa wouldn't pay for medical evacuation
The family of a Deer Lake First Nation boy who was denied medical transportation coverage because he didn't yet have an Indian status card is calling for changes to the Non-Insured Health Benefits program. It comes as health-care workers and community leaders in northwestern Ontario say problems with the federal program are leading to poor health outcomes for First Nations people.
This Alberta town has mountains on one side, Calgary on the other — and some big growing pains
Tucked away in a picturesque river valley at the foot of the Rocky Mountains is the town of Cochrane, Alta. A short drive from Banff National Park to the west and City of Calgary to the east, it has become the fastest-growing community in Canada’s fastest-growing province.
B.C. village mourns deaths of 2 longtime residents in landslide
Barbara and David Enns were residents of the Village of Lions Bay for several decades until they died last weekend in a landslide, says the town's mayor.
WATCH | Montreal jewelry store owner tries to fight off robbers
Surveillance video shows the owner of a Montreal jewelry store trying to fight off robbers after they drove a vehicle into the building. The thieves made off with more than $600,000 in merchandise in the latest violent robbery to hit Ontario and Quebec.
Drug 'superlabs' leave a toxic mess. Some say B.C.'s cleanup rules are a mess, too
As clandestine drug labs become larger and more complex, so does the toxic mess they leave behind and the tools required to clean them up, creating expensive and dangerous situations for both people and the environment.
B.C. city looks to cement status as speed skating powerhouse with new college program
Host to one of only three full-length indoor ovals in Canada, Fort St. John now plans to harness that facility to launch a college speed skating program — believed to be the first in the country.