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The inquiry’s three commissioners are investigating systemic issues with the child protection system and will make recommendations to improve the system.  Commissioners are investigating systemic issues with the child protection system. WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Emotional moments lead to pauses and embraces at the inquiry into the treatment …

David Johnston, tasked earlier this year with investigating foreign interference in Canadian politics, is expected to take pointed questions from MPs later this morning about his report on election meddling — and about claims that he’s unfit for the job because of his connections to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.  Former …

Five of the city’s top candidates for mayor will be at the CBC Toronto building Tuesday to square off in what could be a pivotal debate with just weeks to go before election day.  Tune in for a live debate from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET featuring 5 top …

Sarah Alsaleh, 25, came to Canada in February 2022 with her parents, sister and nieces. The family was hopeful they could start a new life and be with their relatives. Now Alsaleh and eight of her family members are facing deportation.  Sarah Alsaleh, 25, says she had a miscarriage after …

A man has died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a vehicle early Saturday evening, Ottawa police say.  The crash happened at about 5:45 p.m. at the intersection of Donnelly Drive and Joe Drew Lane, just east of the Burritts Rapids lockstation along the Rideau River, the force …

As firefighters rushed to protect communities under threat, more than 160 forest fires continued to burn in Quebec, the vast majority of them out of control, coating much of the province in thick smoke and haze.  The fires prompted air quality warnings across Quebec on Monday morning, including in Montreal, …

Tenants in two Toronto neighbourhoods are on strike against rental increases. It’s not the first time renters have waged direct action against their landlords.  Tenants in two Toronto neighbourhoods are on strike against rental increases. In Toronto, about 200 residents of a highrise are on strike — they’re refusing to …

More than 100 tenants in a Thorncliffe Park apartment complex have stopped paying rent to protest proposed above-guideline rent increases of almost 10 per cent over the last two years, according to a tenant advocacy group.  Building owner says rent strike is ‘poorly timed and misguided’ given rent hikes aren’t …

Alberta’s Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service recently ruled that his landlord’s rent increase “was not a genuine rent increase, but rather an economic eviction,” according to a copy of the decision obtained by CBC News.  Norris Turner’s rent was hiked from $870 a month to $1,500. Norris Turner is unpacking …

Parents are struggling to find child care after two daycare centres were lost in the wildfire near Halifax.  Loss of 2 daycares in fires near Halifax makes existing child-care shortage even worse, parents say. Parents are struggling to find child care after two daycare centres were lost in the wildfire …