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Politics Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett wants the Red Chamber to return to semi-normal operations with in-person sittings in Ottawa. Conservative Senator Don Plett of wants the Senate to restore in-person sittings.(Chris Rands/CBC) Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett wants the Red Chamber to return to semi-normal operations with in-person sittings …

Montreal An arrest warrant has been issued for André Boisclair, a former Parti Québécois leader, in relation to an alleged sexual assault that took place in January 2014. André Boisclair was elected to the National Assembly in 1989, at the age of 23. He led the Parti Québécois from 2005 …

Toronto Toronto police have released surveillance video of a gunfight in the city's downtown that claimed the life of an up-and-coming rapper known as Houdini. WARNING: The video contains graphic content that some viewers may find disturbing. Toronto police released surveillance footage that shows suspects waiting in a parked car …

Business The length of the average work week for employees paid by the hour sank to its lowest level on record in March, as COVID-19 drastically reduced the amount of paid work available for anyone fortunate enough to still have a job. Employment in hospitals was relatively flat during the …

New Brunswick Describing it as "the worst luck ever," newlywed couple Luke and Lindsey Belding are coming to terms with each receiving a rare leukemia diagnosis, completely unrelated to each other. In 2018, Luke Belding was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare type of cancer. Two years later, …

Politics Left temporarily homeless by pandemic panic, an Ottawa-area nurse has taken a job 400 kilometres out of town in a long-term care facility battling a COVID-19 outbreak. Ottawa nurse Kathrine Slinski has taken a job in a long-term care facility fighting a COVID-19 outbreak in order to make ends …

Health·CBC Investigates Three months into the COVID-19 crisis, one of Canada's hardest-hit provinces is still unable to share some basic details about the spread of the disease. Critics are calling on the Ontario government to be more transparent with COVID-19 data.(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press) If information is power, Ontario seems …

Politics·Analysis We should be appalled by the reports coming from the Canadian Forces about the wretched conditions in some long-term care homes — appalled, but not surprised. A message thanking health care workers is seen beside a statue of Mary outside the Madonna Care Community in Ottawa, a long-term care …

Business·GO PUBLIC The toaster oven had the KitchenAid name on it, but when it burst into flames causing hundreds of dollars in damage to an Ontario women's home, the appliance maker told her she'd have to go after a third-party company she'd never heard of — in China — for …

Politics·Analysis An outside-of-the-box use of the Canadian military has helped focus the attention of political leaders on a long-standing crisis in the care of the elderly. Canadian Armed Forces personnel arrive at the Villa Val des Arbes seniors residence, Monday, April 20, 2020 in Laval, Que.(Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press) Ursula Drehlich …