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Some community leaders question whether locals will benefit from jobs created Grays Bay in Nunavut, situated roughly 200 kilometres east of Kugluktuk. This is the proposed site for a port that would be connected to a road passing through Nunavut and the N.W.T. (Submitted by Stantec)  Prominent northern leaders have been …

Nearly 1 in 5 patients leave ER without seeing a doctor Quebec’s Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec reported about 3,500 cases of influenza in the province last week. (Charles Contant/CBC/Radio-Canada)  Before the height of flu season, Quebec emergency rooms are overflowing in several regions, including the greater Montreal area, Centre-du-Québec …

December sees the highest proportion of disruptive passenger reports A CBC News analysis of more than 340,000 aviation events going back a quarter century shows that reports of disruptive passengers on commercial airliners is most common around the holidays. (Wendy Martinez/CBC)  For many, air travel during the holidays only conjures up …

The tentative agreement was announced on Monday by the union The union representing Canada Post workers says it has reached a tentative agreement. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)  Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) say they have reached tentative agreements. The agreements announced Monday cover both the Urban Postal Operations …

(The Canadian Press) OTTAWA — The spring federal election saw voters elect four MPs who were born in the 2000s — the first Canadians from that age cohort ever to take seats in the House of Commons. Eight months into the job, the young MPs — representing ridings across the …

After splashy $29-million rollout, the future of Alberta’s border security team isn’t clear It’s been one year since Alberta rolled out its provincial border strategy responding to tariff threats from then president-elect Donald Trump. (CBC News)  East of the small village of Coutts, Alta., a stone’s throw from the border with …

City data shows that 78% of its crisis service’s 911 calls were handled without police involvement Toronto police chief Myron Demkiw says mental health crisis calls should be treated primarily by health-care professionals with police only serving as backup if necessary. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)  For years, police have been on the front …

Ban protecting B.C.’s coastal waters could be changed or lifted for potential oil pipeline A tanker is anchored in Burrard Inlet just outside of Burnaby, B.C., on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. Further up B.C.’s coast, in the Hecate Strait, there’s a moratorium on oil tankers. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press) For …

Ontario carpentry apprentice Joellah Fletcher feels lucky to have had a relatively smooth apprenticeship path, unlike some of her peers, though her journey hasn’t been without speedbumps. (Submitted by Joellah Fletcher/Women On Site)  This time next year, Joellah Fletcher plans to be prepping or taking her final exams to become a …

Flu season was off to an early — and vicious — start this year, with hospitalizations up across the country. CHEO, eastern Ontario’s children’s hospital in Ottawa, says it has seen “unprecedented” numbers of sick patients lately, with nearly 300 young adults visiting the emergency department in a single day, CHEO’s vice-president …