Around Canada

Seven years after Tim Rose was denied access to an Air Canada flight because of the size of his power wheelchair, the Canadian Transportation Agency ruled the country’s largest airline needs to do more to accommodate passengers with mobility devices.  Community applauds decision, but says ultimate goal is to be …

The mayor of Conception Harbour says the rural Newfoundland town is owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes and municipal grants, and until the situation is resolved, services like garbage collection and town lighting will suffer.  Provincial Department of Municipal Affairs is helping to sort out the town’s …

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doubled down on his promise to balance the federal budget when he took the stage at his party’s national policy convention Friday evening — and to invoked his political rivals’ predecessors while doing so.  Delegates defeat push by social conservatives to overhaul nomination process. Watch Poilievre’s …

If an election were held tomorrow, polls suggest Pierre Poilievre would defeat Justin Trudeau and become the 24th prime minister of Canada. And if an election were to happen tomorrow, the Conservative leader says the choice would be quite straightforward.  Tory leader’s speech focuses on housing and inflation — but …

Experts say Ontario’s Greenbelt has not only accomplished its original purpose of containing sprawl, but helped offset the effects of climate change.  ‘Over the years, it has performed what it was meant to do,’ says veteran farmer. In 45 years of farming beans, wheat and corn on his rolling acreage …

A ballooning E. coli outbreak connected to Calgary-area daycares is sending dozens of children to hospital, some with serious illness, and sparking concern among parents and doctors alike.  Nine of 25 hospitalized children have severe complications as a daycare outbreak grows. A ballooning E.coli outbreak connected to Calgary-area daycares is …

Hurricane Lee rapidly intensified into a scale-topping Category 5 storm on Thursday night, leap-frogging its way into the upper echelon of Atlantic hurricane history after an astounding bout of strengthening. Forecasters expect Lee to maintain its tremendous strength for the next several days, likely remaining an intense major hurricane through …

A Toronto police officer is facing charges in connection with the shooting of a man in a northwest city park earlier this year, according to the province’s police watchdog. In a news release Friday, Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said Const. Andrew Davis is facing the following criminal charges: One …

Tanisha Edison and her partner had to welcome the newest addition to their family more than 1,000 kilometres away from home.  ‘It’s hard to be in a different community … when you have a new baby,’ says Tanisha Edison. Tanisha Edison and her partner had to welcome the newest addition …

CBC Meteorologist Ryan Snoddon has a closer look at Hurricane Lee and the main factors for the eventual path of the storm. The hurricane may threaten Atlantic Canada late next week Hurricane Lee is a powerful hurricane slowly tracking through the Caribbean. There is good forecast model agreement that Lee …