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A B.C. Supreme Court judge has overturned a landmark human rights tribunal decision awarding $150,000 to a mother who claimed she was discriminated against by Canada’s longest-serving Indigenous child-care agency. In the original decision, tribunal member Devyn Cousineau found the Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS) based decisions …

To hold on to power through another federal election, Justin Trudeau probably doesn’t need to be widely beloved. He probably can’t hope to be. But he still might need some of the people who are feeling a bit tired of him right now to give him a second (or third …

A new cap on international student study permits has sparked panic and uncertainty on Canadian campuses. With fall 2024 admissions already in process, students, advocates, school administrators and experts are bracing for tumultuous times ahead.  Study permit cap ‘signalling to international students that they’re a little bit less welcome’: expert. …

Rates of invasive, potentially deadly strep A infections were quietly rising in Canada pre-pandemic. Then, in 2023, the country hit a new record. Scientists suspect a complex set of factors could be fuelling the rise of this fearsome bacterial infection. Rates were quietly rising pre-pandemic, then spiked. Expert cite a …

A new cap on international student study permits has sparked panic and uncertainty on Canadian campuses. With fall 2024 admissions already in process, students, advocates, school administrators and experts are bracing for tumultuous times ahead. Study permit cap ‘signalling to international students that they’re a little bit less welcome’: expert. …

The relatives of Byron Carr, along with many other Prince Edward Islanders, have been waiting 35 years for Friday’s announcement from police. Many hope charges in 35-year-old P.E.I. cold case will finally bring closure to family. Relatives of Byron Carr, along with many other Prince Edward Islanders, have been waiting …

Less than three weeks after a homeless Saint John man lost his life in a tent fire, another is in hospital after losing his left leg below the knee and half of his right foot to severe frostbite. ‘How much more suffering do we have to witness?’ advocate asks. Less …

Click here to view the video A strong El Niño raging in the eastern Pacific Ocean has had a profound effect on weather patterns the world over—and it may be on borrowed time. Forecasters see a dramatic change on the horizon. This pattern of warmer-than-normal waters in the eastern Pacific …

British negotiators walked away from trade talks with Canada Thursday — a dramatic development that taps the brakes on a bilateral trade deal between the two Commonwealth nations that has been years in the making. A major sticking point between the two sides remains how much tariff-free access U.K. producers …

Alleged poison seller Kenneth Law will face at least one first-degree murder charge in connection with a death in Ontario, CBC News has learned. The upgraded count signals another significant shift in the way authorities approach the case.  At least 1 of 14 2nd-degree murder charges will be upgraded, CBC …