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David Johnston — tasked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau back in March with looking into allegations that China tried to meddle in the past two federal elections — has decided to step down from that role. House of Commons passed a motion calling on Johnston to step down last week …

Canada lost 17,000 jobs in May, according to a Statistics Canada report released Friday morning. The loss of jobs — mostly among youth aged 15 to 24 — pushed the unemployment rate down to 5.2 per cent.  Canadians 25 to 54 gained 63,000 jobs, but youngest age group saw drop …

This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them. The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia and the eleventh longest in Canada. The river’s annual discharge is 3,550 …

Many Canadian borrowers find the concept of real versus nominal interest rates hard to grasp, but one of Canada’s top experts in central banking says rising real rates will make paying off a mortgage even more painful as it cuts into people’s “raw purchasing power.” It may not have felt …

A St. John’s school is facing backlash for holding an event celebrating LGBTQ pride — but the school is getting support from community advocates.  School district says it supports Pride events in schools. A St. John’s school is facing backlash for holding an event celebrating LGBTQ Pride — but the …

The leader of the P.E.I. Green Party says changes to the way the province funds fertility treatments are leaving some Islanders without support.  Peter Bevan-Baker raised the issue in the P.E.I. Legislature Wednesday. The Fertility Treatment Program provides between $5,000 and $10,000 per year for expenses associated with in-vitro fertilization …

Indian international students who say their future in Canada is at risk through no fault of their own have been camped outside a Canadian Border Services Agency building in Mississauga in protest for more than a week.  Among them is Lovepreet Singh, who says he’s supposed to be deported in …

A northern B.C. woman wants to know why multiple doctors over the span of six years failed to investigate symptoms that were indicators of the multiple myeloma she is now fighting.  Health minister says more family doctors being hired and action on systemic racism being taken. A northern B.C. woman …

A large dock on a quiet Ontario lake has raised an uproar among local cottagers who say federal regulations for water airplane landing strips allow builders to ignore local bylaws.  Owner says dock is part of private water aerodrome and not under local bylaw. Aerodrome loophole allows builders to dodge …

The financial fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hit home a long-standing problem in Canada, according to internal government documents: regulators don’t have basic information about who really owns key companies and assets.  Transparency advocates say authorities long turned a blind eye to shady money, but change may be coming. …