Agriculture Canada says that research fields would be ‘unusable’ because of the shadows cast by the towers on Carling Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) is warning that two towers planned for the edge of the Central Experimental Farm would block light for important crops and make a large section of its fields “unusable” for most…
Cybercriminals may have gotten people’s SSNs, addresses, passport numbers, and driver’s license numbers A cyberattack on three websites run by the Health Employers Association of British Columbia may have given hackers access to the personal information of thousands of people who work or want to work in the public health care sector of B.C. CEO…
The proposal is not mentioned in the most recent justice mandate letter The official plan for the Alberta government to get rid of the RCMP and start a new provincial police force has been scrapped. But Justice Minister Mickey Amery says that the idea isn’t dead and that his department will keep talking to Albertans…
A lawsuit says that Gilbert Plains’s former chief administrative officer changed bank statements A lawsuit filed last month says that a former chief administrative officer stole more than $500,000 from the bank account of a municipality in western Manitoba. He then tried to cover it up by making up a story about a cyberattack and…
Mark Fuhrmann, who is 65 years old, started his trip last June in N.S. He paddled all the way to the Gulf of Mexico and back in a kayak Last year, a Canadian kayaker set out on an 11,000-kilometer solo trip from Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico and back up the Atlantic coast.…
Officials say that a key risk assessment could be done soon Transit riders in Ottawa are waiting to hear what the next steps will be to get the light rail line back up and running. At 4 p.m., city officials will hold their latest news conference. CBC will carry it live above. The Confederation Line…
Jean Teillet says that the three main political parties don’t have detailed vetting procedures or none at all Jean Teillet, a lawyer and great-grandniece of Métis leader Louis Riel, says that the political parties in Manitoba are not doing enough to make sure that candidates’ claims to being Indigenous are true. CBC News asked all…
Residents want to know why empty units can’t be filled up sooner Residents of Dryden, Ont., like Dody Ridgway, 88, have wanted to know for a long time when empty apartments in a seniors’ building will be filled. Some people have been on the Patricia Gardens wait list for years. Now, after a rally on…
The education minister said that wait-list fees don’t fit with the goal of affordable child care for everyone A daycare chain that parents in the Halifax area have been upset about in recent months says it will stop asking for deposits from families who want to get on its waitlist. Kids & Company used to…
In 2023 and 2024, the Doug Ford government will change the curriculum and require school boards to report on new things The government of Ontario, led by Premier Doug Ford, is pushing schools to focus on “getting back to the basics of education.” This push from Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce will get a…