Bud the Spud loses long-time Spring Garden Road parking spotNewsDuration 4:31Bud the Spud was not the highest bidder for the food truck's long-time parking spot on Spring Garden Road in Halifax. CBC's Amy Smith spoke with co-owners Kathleen Porter and Kyle Conrod about where to find them this summer.
Regina given 'award' for waste of municipal tax dollarsNewsDuration 0:59The City of Regina has received an embarrassing shoutout from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The city was awarded a 'golden pig' trophy for spending $30,000 in public funds on the failed Experience Regina rebrand.
International students made up 70 per cent of the enrolment in Conestoga's business programs in 2021-22, according to Statistics Canada (new window). The new data showing how many foreign students came to Canada to study business raise questions about why it happened. He says business programs are relatively cheap to run, especially in contrast with clinical and technical courses. Usher believes the provinces deserve more of the blame than the federal government for the makeup of the international student body. The data obtained from IRCC show large numbers of study permits issued in which the specific field of study was labelled other (367,000) or unspecified (339,000).
A Toronto man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a former CBC producer who was shoved to the ground while walking in Toronto’s east end last year. Robert Robin Cropearedwolf, 45, entered the plea in a Toronto courtroom on Thursday in connection with the death of Douglas Michael Finlay, 73, on Jan. 24, 2023. "Michael will be remembered as an exceptional story-teller, documentary-maker and editor,” CBC spokesperson Chuck Thompson said in a statement after he died. Finlay, a former CBC radio producer, was walking in Toronto's east end when he was allegedly shoved to the ground and seriously injured on Jan 24, 2023. Police have previously said that Finlay and Cropearedwolf were not known to one another.
RCMP tell squatters to leave abandoned building in StratfordNewsDuration 1:54An abandoned building in Stratford, P.E.I., was recently occupied by some unwanted tenants. Officials explain the problems with unoccupied houses and what you can do to protect your neighbourhood.
WATCH | The Apple ad upsetting artists:Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. Some found it particularly hard to stomach the imagery of big tech crushing creative tools as artists grapple with the threats posed by artificial intelligence. WATCH | Ridley Scott's classic 1984 Apple commercial:Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget.
Man vs. bear: The viral meme explainedNewsDuration 8:29The question of whether you'd rather be trapped in the woods with a strange man or a bear has been a huge talking point on social media recently. CBC's Missy Johnson explains the viral man vs. bear meme — and why gender-based violence experts say it's helping women talk about difficult issues.
As first reported by The Narwhal, which obtained the documents under a freedom-of-information request, the CEO of the independent Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) was actually opposed to the moratorium. A copy of a July 2023 email from Karl Johannson, board chair of the Alberta Electric System Operator. 'To me, it's just deliberate misrepresentation'Bankes says it is now "crystal clear" that the government misrepresented the origins of the renewables pause and what it had been told by the electric system operator. A plaque outside the Alberta Electric System Operator's offices in Calgary. Smith asked about contradictions in Alberta's renewable-energy pause Duration 1:48 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was asked why she said the Alberta Electric System Operator asked for a moratorium on renewable projects when internal documents contradict her claim.
From Nigeria to Newfoundland, love and family remain the focus of Mother’s DayNewsDuration 3:22Tolulope Akerele says while the date of Mother’s Day has changed since she moved to Canada, the feelings associated with it haven’t. In Nigeria, and in the U.K., it’s celebrated in March. Akerele tells the CBC’s Carolyn Stokes what she wants to instill in her children, but also how she stays connected to her parents in Nigeria.
Sabrina Maddeaux announced the suspension of her campaign for the Conservative nomination in Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, citing concerns over what she described as another candidate’s “highly unethical and potentially illegal efforts” to secure the bid. A high-profile candidate for the Conservative nomination in Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill is suspending her campaign in the wake of what she’s calling “evidence of a corrupted process.”Sabrina Maddeaux, a former columnist for the National Post, said she’s lost faith in the integrity of local nomination race and accused the Conservative Party of failing to take action against “highly unethical and potentially illegal efforts.”“Living up to my values, why I entered this race to begin with and my record of standing up for what’s right, leaves me no other choice,” Maddeaux said in a video posted on X (formerly Twitter). “I can’t in good conscience continue to be a part of this process.”
Federal ministers are holding a National Air Accessibility Summit in Ottawa Thursday in response to high-profile cases of passengers living with disabilities being mistreated while flying with Canadian carriers. On his way into Parliament Wednesday Rodriguez told CBC News airlines are coming to the summit in good faith to have those honest conversations. WATCH:Man forced to drag himself off Air Canada flight vows to keep fightingDébut du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. Man forced to drag himself off Air Canada flight vows to keep fighting for people with disabilitiesAir Canada has apologized to a B.C.
Federal public sector unions angry over work-from-office orderNewsDuration 2:00Unions representing federal workers are promising 'a summer of discontent.' They are angry over a new government directive requiring federal employees to return to the office at least three days a week.
We should be able to travel for work and pleasure and not have to have this kind of treatment," she told CBC News. WestJet chief executive officer Alexis von Hoensbroech apologized for the incidents in February, saying he hoped to improve travel accessibility. In one case, the federal government's chief accessibility officer, Stephanie Cadieux, flew from Toronto to Vancouver in October on an Air Canada flight only to discover that her wheelchair had been left behind. WATCH: Man forced to drag himself off Air Canada flight vows to keep fighting Man forced to drag himself off Air Canada flight vows to keep fighting for people with disabilities Duration 1:40 Air Canada has apologized to a B.C. The second panel featured representatives from airlines and airports, and included the National Airlines Council of Canada, the Canadian Airports Council, the Northern Air Transport Association, Air Canada, WestJet, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Canadian Labour Congress, UNIFOR and the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority.
AstraZeneca says it is withdrawing Vaxzevria, its vaccine to protect against COVID-19, from global markets. More than three billion doses of the vaccine have been supplied since it first was administered in the United Kingdom in January 2021. WATCH | AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine pulled:Vaccine complications explained Duration 0:41 Dr. Samir Gupta on science working as it should with AstraZeneca's COVID vaccineDr. Samir Gupta, a respirologist at St Michael's Hospital in Toronto, said what's important is that the creation of the AstraZeneca vaccine, testing, roll out, discovery of complications and stopping of vaccine distribution played out as it should for a new pandemic virus. According to media reports, AstraZeneca previously admitted in court documents that the vaccine can cause rare side-effects such as blood clots and low blood platelet counts. The Serum Institute of India (SII), which produced AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine under the brand name Covishield, stopped manufacturing and supply of the doses since December 2021, an SII spokesperson said.
