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Organized crime groups driving Canada’s worst-ever auto theft epidemic are adapting by increasingly selling hot vehicles in Canada to unsuspecting buyers with little protection, police say. Veteran investigators argue they exploit a weakness in provincial registration systems that needs to be fixed. Nearly 1/3 of stolen vehicles may now have …

CBC’s research found more than one-third of the allegations leading to officer suspensions since 2013 involved gender-based violence including sexual assault, domestic violence or sexual harassment. Women officers who are also survivors of abuse say the policing system is unsupportive and rife with professional conflict. CBC News data reveals 1 …

Never mind the fact that consumer sales have yet to live up to the superlatives: Honda is about to cast a massive vote of confidence in Canada’s electric vehicle sector. Here’s what we know so far and the questions that remain. What to watch for as Honda announces its new …

A controversial road through a wetland inhabited by the western chorus frog, a threatened species, is soon set to be completed in Longueuil, Que. While efforts to boost the frogs’ population get underway, conservationists say more needs to be done.  Conservationists worry not enough is being done to protect the …

As the rain started to fall toward the end of March, Doug Allen sensed the inevitable. He moved the furniture out of his cabin. The unwanted visitor he had dreaded for years arrived about a week later. “The water was rising one inch per hour on the lake,” he said …

Amid calls for the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) to be disbanded, its chief says much work to rebuild community trust has been done, but it’ll take time to address outstanding concerns. Darcy Fleury spoke following the police oversight board’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, a day after First Nations leaders …

Quebec prosecutors initially said they had “overwhelming evidence” Daegun Chun was the mastermind of a Canada-wide prostitution network. But all charges against Chun were eventually stayed and the case never went to trial. The charges were quietly stayed, but Daegun Chun says they ruined his life. Daegun Chun, accused by …

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’s new book, Closer Together, is out Tuesday. Part memoir, part self-help guide, it looks at emotional well-being in today’s world.  New book, Closer Together, explores building ’emotional literacy’ in difficult times. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’s new book isn’t going to have the “gossip” that some people may be …

Systemic racism and inequity in health care may be contributing to why First Nations patients in Alberta disproportionately leave emergency departments without being seen, or against medical advice, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.  A Siksika Nation councillor says the study reflects community members’ …

Joy Thompson has finally reunited with her daughters in Canada. It comes after a CBC investigation last year uncovered a tangled tale that began in 2018 when they tried to get jobs in the country where their mother has been living since 2004.  Good Samaritan gets involved, helping reunite family …