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If I can't afford a house, can I afford a second kid?

Sat, 2024-11-30 01:00

James Morrison did everything that he was told to live a successful life: go to school, get a job and save money. Now at 36, he says he can’t afford to buy a home and is weighing the costs of having more children.

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Report into destructive 2023 Okanagan wildfires details how fire spread

Fri, 2024-11-29 21:32

A new report on the destructive and costly 2023 Central Okanagan wildfires is detailing how flames spread in communities and why some homes were more likely to catch fire while others were spared.

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Call to reopen search for missing paramedic comes after hiker survives 50 days in northeast B.C. woods

Fri, 2024-11-29 19:18

Paramedic Jim Barnes was reported missing the same day as Sam Benastick, who was recently found alive after surviving nearly seven weeks in the wild.

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Media outlets, including CBC, sue ChatGPT creator

Fri, 2024-11-29 16:26

A group of Canadian news outlets — including CBC/Radio-Canada, Postmedia, Metroland, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail and the Canadian Press — has launched a joint lawsuit claiming copyright infringement against ChatGPT creator OpenAI.

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Hiker who survived 50 days in northeast B.C. woods released from hospital

Fri, 2024-11-29 15:28

An inn owner who spoke to Sam Benastick says the 20-year-old told him he got lost after being chased by a wolf.

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John Herdman resigns from Toronto FC while still embroiled in Canada Soccer drone-spying scandal

Fri, 2024-11-29 13:27

John Herdman, embroiled in the drone-spying scandal that has dogged Canada Soccer, has resigned as coach of Toronto FC.

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Father and son face charges in southwest N.S. lobster-buying intimidation case

Fri, 2024-11-29 11:57

A Lamborghini-driving lobster dealer in southwest Nova Scotia and his son have been charged with intimidating a buyer whose home was shot up last weekend, the latest in a number of allegations against the father related to threats and intimidation.

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Special interlocutor still waiting for Canada's response to report on disappeared residential school children

Fri, 2024-11-29 10:13

Kimberly Murray says she's received no word from Canada a month after she hand-delivered her two-volume final report in Gatineau, Que., finding that children who died and were buried at Indian residential schools were victims of a crime against humanity.

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SunFed cucumbers sold in U.S. and Canada recalled due to salmonella risk

Fri, 2024-11-29 08:19

Canadian officials say SunFed Produce brand whole, fresh, American cucumbers have been recalled due to potential salmonella contamination. The cucumbers were sold in several Canadian provinces in October and November.

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Canada's economy grew 1% in the third quarter from higher government, household spending

Fri, 2024-11-29 05:36

The Canadian economy grew at an annualized rate of one per cent in the third quarter, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

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Plea deal in U.S. reveals how migrants were smuggled across B.C. border in freight trains

Fri, 2024-11-29 05:00

At the same time as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump accuses Canada of failing to secure its border with the United States, an Oregon man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport dozens of undocumented migrants smuggled across the B.C. border by foot and freight train.

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Fatal MMA fight near Edmonton prompts calls for tougher combat rules in Alberta

Fri, 2024-11-29 05:00

The death of 33-year-old Trokon Dousuah following a charity mixed martial arts bout is raising questions about regulations in place to govern combative sports in Alberta and what changes are needed to maintain fighter safety. 

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Thousands still without power in N.B. after wet, heavy snowfall

Fri, 2024-11-29 03:53

Almost half the customers who lost power during New Brunswick's first snowfall of the season early Friday were still without it late in the day.

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Are stiff sexual assault sentences deterring guilty pleas, forcing too many victims to testify?

Fri, 2024-11-29 02:00

One of Nova Scotia’s top provincial court judges is suggesting too many victims of sex crimes must face the difficult task of testifying in court because stiff sentences offer no incentive for offenders to plead guilty and forgo a trial.

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$9.8M stolen from FACTOR bank account, Canadian provider of music grants alleges

Fri, 2024-11-29 01:00

A major Canadian music grant provider alleges that nearly $10 million of federal government money was stolen from its bank account, in a case that will go before a judge in Toronto on Friday morning.

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Australia is banning social media for those under 16. Is it a solution for Canada?

Fri, 2024-11-29 01:00

Australia's new law banning social media for those under 16 will likely move the needle on Canadian efforts demanding more online protections for young people, experts say, though they call the 'sledgehammer approach' of a total ban an imperfect solution.

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Hamilton man charged in 2022, 2023 sexual assaults after extradition from U.S.

Fri, 2024-11-29 01:00

A 22-year-old Hamilton man who was recently extradited from the U.S. to Canada has been charged following a two-year investigation into sexual assaults — one on a trail in 2022 and another during a 2023 home invasion — after forensic evidence found a link between the two.

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CRA duped yet again in Ontario construction tax credit scheme

Fri, 2024-11-29 01:00

The Canada Revenue Agency is being hit again with revelations it failed to detect a scam, one so obvious that, according to insiders, a simple Google or corporate registry search would have prevented it. But this time there’s a twist.

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More and more places are asking for tips. Hidden cameras reveal who is and isn't getting them

Fri, 2024-11-29 01:00

Marketplace visited 100 businesses undercover to find out who’s asking for tips and where they end up. Data also shows employees across Canada have filed hundreds of complaints about "tip theft".

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Fate of cybersecurity bill targeting Huawei uncertain after senator finds 'drafting error'

Fri, 2024-11-29 01:00

The future of a Liberal government bill meant to protect vital infrastructure from cyberattacks and enable Ottawa to ban telecommunications providers from partnering with what it considers risky vendors — including Huawei — is in doubt after senators studying the bill found what one senator called a "drafting error."

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