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One of the scientists who was fired from Canada’s top infectious disease laboratory “intentionally” shared scientific information with China — potentially putting people’s health in jeopardy, says an assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). Documents say Dr. Xiangguo Qiu’s decisions ‘could have impacted public safety.’ One of the …

What the documents about the Winnipeg lab scandal show is interesting and relevant. But the biggest problem here might the one that was apparent from the start: the sheer amount of secrecy that enveloped this situation. Three years is too long to wait for clarity. The release of 623 pages …

With Thursday’s budget, Danielle Smith joins the long history of governments in Alberta pledging to save the bounty of oil cash. But with a crash in oil prices seemingly always around the corner, every previous commitment to saving has inevitably failed. Why a pledge to save oilpatch wealth is so …

The law, which has been in place for five years, prevents a number of civil servants — including teachers and police officers — from wearing religious symbols while on the job.  Civil liberties groups argued law discriminates against Muslim women who wear head coverings. The Quebec Court of Appeal has …

Plans for a temporary school for Eabametoong First Nation are starting to come together, weeks after the Ojibway community in northwestern Ontario lost its only school to arson. Here’s the latest on efforts to get students back in class as soon as possible. Objiway First Nation’s chief has ‘a real …

Click here to view the video When the Sun’s light fades during a total solar eclipse, nature will respond in ways you might not expect. This once-in-a-lifetime celestial event will likely cause birds to fall silent, make crickets start chirping, and send bees back to their hives, fooled by the …

After days of witnesses and evidence, and hours of deliberation, the jury at the coroner’s inquest into the death of Myles Sanderson came back Thursday night with recommendations and their findings on his death.  Jury lays out 4 recommendations for Saskatoon police, RCMP as coroner’s inquest ends. WARNING: Some content …

Ontario’s alcohol regulator ordered a Toronto bar and bottle shop to record the name, address and purchase details of everyone who buys beer and wine to take home. After CBC News contacted liquor regulator AGCO, it announced “immediate review” of the rule. After CBC News contacted Alcohol and Gaming Commission …

British Columbia’s public safety minister says he is ordering an investigation into why a repeat sexual offender was released in Kelowna without the public being notified. Taylor Dueck was later arrested on allegations he sexually assaulted a youth at an equestrian school in the Okanagan city. The 29-year-old was arrested …

The Liberal government is expected to table its pharmacare legislation today — possibly the biggest expansion of publicly funded health care in Canada in decades. How a national drug plan would work, why experts say it’s needed and what it might cost. The Liberal government is expected to table its …