Canada’s 1st EV battery plant to be built in Windsor, Ont. by 2025NewsDuration 1:55Windsor, Ont., will soon be home to Canada’s first electric vehicle battery plant – a joint venture between automaker Stellantis and South Korean battery-maker LG Energy Solution. The $4.9-billion plant is expected to create 2,500 jobs in a region hard hit by layoffs in the automotive industry.

June 15, 2024 18:25 UTC

Calgary water shortage will take 3–5 weeks to repairNewsDuration 1:59Emergency officials in Calgary have warned a burst water main that is drastically reducing the city's water supply will take three to five weeks to fix after a catastrophic break.

June 15, 2024 16:43 UTC

This economist thinks a basic income guarantee could — and should — work for P.E.I. NewsDuration 5:32The idea of the province offering Islanders a guaranteed basic income has been talked about for years. Lately, there have been some tangible efforts to make it a reality. One group that studied the idea presented its proposal to a government committee this week. CBC News: Compass host Steve Bruce spoke to the report's author, economist Benoit Robidoux, to find out more.

June 15, 2024 16:22 UTC

Zelenskyy approval slips as Ukraine's war with Russia grinds onNewsDuration 2:20Support for Volodymyr Zelenskyy has slipped from about 90 per cent after the start of war to around 60 per cent now. There’s frustration and exhaustion among those on the front lines and their families, as the war appears to have no end in sight.

June 15, 2024 15:54 UTC

Cuba invited the Canadians to Havana to celebrate "the long-standing bilateral relationship between Canada and Cuba," according to a tweet by Canadian Joint Operations Command. No Canadian naval vessel had visited Cuba for more than 50 years until Justin Trudeau came to power at the end of 2015. The Margaret Brooke is the first Canadian warship to visit Havana since the Fredericton, and the second to visit Cuba (HMCS Charlottetown stopped in Santiago de Cuba in 2018). Four hours later, Global Affairs Canada spokesperson John Babcock suggested that the Cuba visit was part of a deliberate departmental strategy. He said the Communist Party will use the Canadian visit domestically to try to show the Cuban people the country is not diplomatically isolated.

June 15, 2024 15:51 UTC





Moments that changed everything for these celebrities | Rewind 2023NewsDuration 16:22Shania Twain, Geddy Lee and Masai Ujiri were among the celebrities to share the moments that changed everything for them with The National’s Ian Hanomansing.

June 15, 2024 14:50 UTC

Meet Conestoga Colleges new lamb-scapersNewsDuration 2:04Conestoga College has enlisted the help of 33 sheep from All Sorts Acres Farm in Ayton, Ont., to keep the grass and weeds down around their 1,800 solar panels on the college's property on Fountain Street in Cambridge. It's believed to be the first time an Ontario college has used sheep in this way.

June 15, 2024 14:44 UTC

First Nations elders make history at U of Winnipeg convocationNewsDuration 2:19A group of First Nations mothers and grandmothers became the first Indigenous cohort to graduate from U of W's developmental studies program. They plan to use their new knowledge to further develop traditional language and land-based skills among young people in their communities.

June 15, 2024 13:47 UTC

June bugs are just misunderstood, scientist saysNewsDuration 3:32Paul Manning, an assistant professor at Dalhousie University, has been a fan of June bugs since he was wee grub himself. He's making a case for their contributions to our ecosystem. The CBC's Jane Sponagle faces her own fears to learn more.

June 15, 2024 13:37 UTC

What's in store for the PWHL's second year? NewsDuration 2:36The league's inaugural season is done and the PWHL's 2024 draft has wrapped up. Now teams are preparing for next season.

June 15, 2024 13:15 UTC

Toronto Community Housing lowers resident's ceiling below city standardsNewsDuration 2:31A Toronto Community Housing tenant is fighting back after the agency lowered parts of his ceiling to less than seven feet. TCHC says it's to accommodate ducts for a new heat pump system, but the tenant says it's making his unit almost unliveable. CBC's Chris Glover reports.

June 15, 2024 10:28 UTC

Video shows thieves ramming into vehicle during car theft in BramptonNewsDuration 2:29In a video circulating online, a family is seen racing out of a Brampton home screaming after thieves steal a truck on their driveway and ram into a car behind it while escaping. Peel police say the video demonstrates why auto theft is a big concern for the region. CBC's Dale Manucdoc has more.

June 15, 2024 10:10 UTC

If water usage in Calgary continues at its current rate, the city could be forced to bring in mandatory indoor water restrictions, the mayor said Friday, calling the situation urgent and catastrophic. The Bearspaw south water main, which is 11 kilometres long and as wide as two metres in parts, suffered a break on June 5 that temporarily left hundreds of homes and businesses in the city's northwest without water. Water usage has been increasing every day since Saturday, three days after the pipe broke. If our water usage continues to trend up and our water can't keep up, the taps will run dry at some point, Gondek said. On Thursday, Francois Bouchart, the director of capital priorities and investment with the city's infrastructure services department, said progress has been made on fixing the water main.

June 15, 2024 08:30 UTC

Preventing sexual violence by tackling toxic masculinityNewsDuration 7:03Statistics show nearly half of all sexual assaults are committed against young women, and their perpetrators are usually men they know. Experts say preventing sexual violence against women starts with having conversations around the culture of toxic masculinity.

June 15, 2024 07:55 UTC

parents of Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch believe comeback is possibleNewsDuration 9:02Bob and Holly Knoblauch of Imperial, Sask., were in Edmonton for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final. They say Kris has been a hockey "fanatic" since he skated on their frozen slough, and that he can shepherd the Oilers to a win in the series.

June 15, 2024 06:01 UTC