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Canada won the bronze-medal match at the FIBA men’s Basketball World Cup on Sunday in Manila, Philippines. The Canadians did it in dramatic fashion, taking a 127-118 overtime win against the United States.  Win marks 1st-ever medals for Canadian men’s team at the event. Canada won the bronze-medal match at …

Twenty-seven patients are currently hospitalized after an outbreak of shiga toxin-producing E. coli forced the closure of 11 daycare sites in the city over the Labour Day weekend.  AHS says contaminated food from shared central kitchen is the likely source of outbreak. Stephanie Ivey was shocked to hear the words …

CBC News viewed a nearly 21-minute-long video detailing a 2021 standoff between Headingly inmate William Ahmo and corrections officers that was shown in court last week during the trial of a corrections officer now charged in Ahmo’s death.  Court shown video of February 2021 altercation between officers and William Ahmo, …

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 …