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Canada’s recruitment of international students has tilted strongly toward filling spots in business programs, while doing little to meet the demand for workers in health care and the skilled trades, according to a CBC News analysis of federal data.  Nearly 800,000 international students got permits to study business, far more …

Federal ministers are holding a National Air Accessibility Summit in Ottawa Thursday after a series of high-profile cases of passengers living with disabilities being mistreated while flying with Canadian carriers.  ‘There could be penalties, it could be serious consequences,’ says Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez. Federal ministers are holding a National …

Jeremy Skibicki unexpectedly confessed to killing three more women in Winnipeg during a lengthy police interrogation as he was grilled about the discovered remains of Rebecca Contois in 2022.  Lawyers for Jeremy Skibicki, 37, to argue he was not criminally responsible for deaths of 4 women. WARNING: This story contains …

Crown prosecutors have paused prosecuting dozens of charges laid by Service Alberta’s consumer investigations unit against an Edmonton hot tub company.  Crown spokesperson says file did not meet standard for prosecution. Crown prosecutors have paused prosecuting dozens of charges laid by Service Alberta’s consumer investigations unit against an Edmonton hot …

The Town of Stratford is reminding people who own vacant buildings to secure them — and warning folks not to trespass on property which isn’t theirs. According to the document package for Wednesday night’s council meeting, RCMP got a call in March about a person approaching a vacant property on …

The federal government has cancelled an Ajax, Ont., woman’s Canadian citizenship over an error it said it made more than 30 years ago — forcing her to pay hundreds of dollars in a bid to get it back.  Immigration department says it incorrectly gave Arielle Townsend citizenship in 1992. The …

Pierre Poilievre promises to “stop the crime” and “restore freedom” — to enforce law and order and free citizens from the burden of an overbearing government. But can those principles be squared with some of his recent pronouncements?  No federal Parliament has ever used the clause to shield a law …

Minister of Addictions and Mental Health Ya’ara Saks said Tuesday the federal government has approved the B.C. government’s request to recriminalize the use of illicit drugs in public spaces.  B.C. Premier David Eby asked for an adjustment to the province’s decriminalization program late last month. Minister of Addictions and Mental …

Canadian rap star Drake’s mega-mansion is at the centre of an investigation into a shooting that left a man badly injured, a police source told CBC Toronto.  Man seriously injured in early morning shooting, police say. Canadian rap star Drake’s mega-mansion is at the centre of an investigation into a …

The Canadian military could have modern satellite coverage in the Arctic a decade earlier than envisioned if the federal government is willing to follow the example of other countries and embrace commercial opportunities in space, a House of Commons committee heard Monday.  Planned replacement for Constellation satellites not coming until …