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Sep 11, 2026
Canadian teens have strong knowledge of science, reading and math, according to a major international assessment, but the OECD's latest PISA results also indicate a long-term slide in test scores for all three subjects, plus a steep drop for the latter two in more recent editions. That downward trend — part of a decline also seen in teens worldwide — is raising concerns.
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Sep 11, 2026
CBC News readers, viewers and listeners have been sending in questions about the trade war, often asking how Canada can turn up the heat on the U.S.
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Sep 11, 2026
These climate feedback loops, where climate change triggers more greenhouse gas emissions that in turn feed into even more climate change, could add 20 to 30 per cent more warming over current estimates for this century.
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Sep 10, 2026
A Hong Kong court sentenced three activists — who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown — to prison for terms ranging from five to more than seven years on Friday in a case that is widely seen as a barometer of the city's freedoms as Beijing clamps down on dissent.
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Sep 10, 2026
Robin Nuber was in Los Angeles on the weekend, but it was after he returned home to British Columbia that he found himself in a scene he likened to an "action movie," speeding in reverse to escape a man with a knife who was chasing a frightened victim clinging to the outside of Nuber's Tesla.
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Sep 10, 2026
Pilots, politicians, hotel workers, bus drivers and church leaders who had a front row seat to the aftermath of the Sept, 11, 2001, terrorist attacks gathered at the Gander airport on Thursday to reflect on a life-changing experience.
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Sep 10, 2026
A disturbing incident in which someone dressed in a Cat in the Hat costume chased a teenager in West Kelowna, B.C., occurred amid an online trend that twists the popular children's character into something sinister, leading police in some jurisdictions to warn of offline consequences.
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Sep 10, 2026
The Ontario Science Centre has laid off 31 workers, according to the union representing them. The union said the layoffs eliminated the centre's "standalone science unit."
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Sep 10, 2026
An over-the-counter pain reliever is being recalled due to the possible presence of "foreign material" that could harm the digestive system.
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Sep 10, 2026
See highlights from the Toronto International Film Festival, featuring nearly 300 titles, 800 guests and thousands of industry delegates during the 11-day event starting on Thursday.
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Sep 10, 2026
The family of a teen struck by a driver at a Toronto intersection that used to have an automated speed enforcement (ASE) camera before Ontario passed legislation to remove it is suing the province, city and driver for millions of dollars in damages.
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Sep 10, 2026
Canada's Army formally made one of the biggest changes to its structure in decades Thursday by shifting from divisions based on geography to ones built around specific purposes. A new division, that prepares the army to rapidly deploy, will be headquartered in Edmonton.
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Sep 10, 2026
A U.K. man facing accusations he took part in a scheme that wiped out a Canadian couple's retirement savings says he's provided proof to Mexican authorities probing the case that he never touched a dime of the vanished funds, and that he's also a victim of his co-accused.
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Sep 10, 2026
CBC News has obtained the federal government's "prospectus" detailing investment opportunities ahead of next week's Canada Investment Summit in Toronto, which includes various plans across eight areas of investment.
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Sep 10, 2026
Harry Styles has announced an expansion of his Together, Together 2027 tour, which will see him come to Toronto for two dates at Rogers Stadium.
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Sep 10, 2026
Elon Musk is reportedly taking legal action against a documentary about him after its buzz-filled debut this week, slamming director Alex Gibney as a "horrible human" on social media.
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Sep 10, 2026
The Edmonton Oilers decision to sign a hockey player who was acquitted last year of sexual assault has sparked a wave of disappointment and calls to "do better" among hockey fans and non-fans alike.
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Sep 10, 2026
A Dutch tour bus overturned in a serious accident in eastern Switzerland, leaving several people dead and others injured, police said.
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Sep 10, 2026
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer has asked the judge who oversaw the Massachusetts woman's murder trial to declare her not guilty by reason of insanity, saying ?prosecutors had failed to prove that, despite being mentally ill, she knew killing her three young children would be wrong.
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Sep 10, 2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he's open to the idea of involuntary addiction treatment. Ontario's Big City Mayors group recently repeated a request to the province to review existing mental health laws with the idea of expanding involuntary treatment.
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Sep 10, 2026
A new study shows pygmy raccoons in Mexico rummaging through bins for paper and other materials, crafting those scraps into balls to play with, and teaching her family members how to do the same.
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Sep 10, 2026
The founder of Orange Shirt Day and MPs say orange shirts with statements printed "Still no proof," and "You can't handle the truth," are "disgusting" and a "disgraceful and grotesque attempt to exploit human suffering for financial gain."
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Sep 10, 2026
ABC late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel said an interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on Thursday will air on YouTube and not during the network broadcast, citing threats from the ?Federal Communications Commission.
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Sep 10, 2026
Canada and Ukraine signed a sweeping 100-year partnership on Thursday that puts defence production at its core. Ottawa plans to build millions of drones, pairing Canadian firms with Ukraine's battle-tested industry, while expanding co-operation on counter-drone technology, munitions and AI. Canada also pledged new funding for air defence and energy security.
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Sep 10, 2026
Saddle Lake Cree Nation says its aiming to defy Premier Danielle Smith's government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming care. Chief Dale Steinhauer described the law as dehumanizing and says health care is protected under treaty rights.
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Sep 10, 2026
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is telling Americans their northern neighbours are feeling "wounded" and "confused" over how Canada and its economy became a key target for U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Sep 10, 2026
Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Niño, according to the European climate service Copernicus.
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Sep 10, 2026
Debate about Alberta independence is dominated by a loose network of citizens, advocates and anonymous social media accounts. Some of whom are also selling home decor.
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Sep 10, 2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced some changes to his cabinet Thursday, including moving embattled minister David Piccini from the labour portfolio to infrastructure.
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Sep 10, 2026
The latest from Insomniac Games for the PlayStation 5 is a relentlessly paced action game that eschews an open world for constant forward momentum — and may initially shock players with its blood-soaked combat.
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Sep 10, 2026
Nearly three weeks since two men were stabbed inside a Sikh temple in Edmonton, police have laid criminal charges in the case.
Austin Sim-Pelletier, 27, has been charged with two counts of assault causing bodily harm and two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and mischief.
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Sep 10, 2026
In a news release Thursday, police said Austin Sim-Pelletier, 27, has been charged with two counts of assault causing bodily harm, one count of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and mischief.
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Sep 10, 2026
Many people in a community located more than 200 kilometres north of Fort McMurray have long believed there are links between cancers in their region and the industrial developments upstream along the Athabasca River.
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Sep 10, 2026
Donald Trump this week recounted an incident in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in downtown Manhattan that is long on descriptive detail but not easily verified.
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Sep 10, 2026
At least 20 people have been killed in a fire aboard a foreign cargo vessel undergoing repairs at a ?state-owned shipyard in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao on Thursday, state media reported, with five others still missing.
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Sep 10, 2026
Twenty-five people died in a fire aboard a foreign cargo vessel undergoing repairs at a state-owned ?shipyard in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao on Thursday, state media reported.
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Sep 10, 2026
The encampment in Pepsi Park has been steadily growing this summer, now reaching 70 tents and some 150 people. The city has moved to an outreach approach, rather than dismantling it. While some advocates call for more supports like showers and electricity, business owners say it's costing them.
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Sep 10, 2026
Saanich police watched but did not intervene for over a month as Canada's most prolific voyeur strode through businesses with a phone in hand while out on bail, in breach of bail conditions.
Court records obtained by CBC News reveal that a Crown lawyer believed Yin Yeung Derek Chan was on the hunt for more victims in Fitness World and Value Village, where the voyeur had previously recorded hundreds of women and girls.
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Sep 10, 2026
James Gordon, a resident of the Village of Riverside Glen retirement community in Guelph, Ont., jumped from a plane at an altitude of about 4,200 metres last month in his first skydiving adventure. 'I spun over, round and round, all over the place,' the spunky senior says.
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Sep 10, 2026
Fishing associations are concerned that the independence and profitability of Atlantic inshore fishing are at risk because of where fishermen are getting the money they need to operate.
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Sep 10, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would pay every American adult a $5,000 US "Trump dividend" if Republicans retain control of Congress in November's midterm election, an extraordinary attempt to persuade voters to back his party.
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Sep 10, 2026
Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks on New York in 2001, the head of Newfoundland and Labrador's Muslim association says he looks back on the day with shock. However, Haseen Khan said communities rallied together in the years that followed to ensure support for Muslims in the province.
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Sep 10, 2026
At Poland's massive MSPO arms fair, Canada arrives as the 'lead nation' with 230 firms. But shifting decades of reliance on the American market won't be easy.
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Sep 10, 2026
A Hamilton man has pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually assaulting two more women in a case that involved him recording and posting his actions online. Bryan Hayward, 37, pleaded guilty in June to seven counts. On Sept. 4, he pleaded guilty to charges involving two more women. He's also set for a Calgary trial in November.
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Sep 10, 2026
Louise De Sousa lost her daughter Anastasia in the Dawson College shooting in Montreal nearly 20 years ago. She reflects on the anniversary of her death, memories she has of her daughter and working through grief.
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Sep 10, 2026
Louise De Sousa lost her daughter Anastasia in the Dawson College shooting in Montreal nearly 20 years ago. She reflects on the anniversary of her death, memories she has of her daughter and working through grief.
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Sep 10, 2026
According to a study by Toronto Metropolitan University, 98 per cent of financial sector workers are highly exposed to AI technologies. However, at least one Canadian bank still expects its staff levels to rise.
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Sep 10, 2026
According to a study by Toronto Metropolitan University, 98 per cent of financial sector workers are highly exposed to AI technologies. However, at least one Canadian bank expects its human headcount to rise.
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Sep 10, 2026
As the 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival rolls out the red carpet, the country's largest film festival is changing. With other festivals snagging buzzy world premieres, TIFF is reinventing itself as a place for making movie deals. But will this transformation combined with higher ticket prices hurt TIFF's tastemaker reputation?
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Sep 09, 2026
Rescuers struggled on Thursday to get into a passenger ferry that had caught fire and burned overnight off the western Philippines, leaving five people dead and 86 missing, officials said. By nightfall, search and rescue operations were halted but were to resume in the morning.
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Sep 09, 2026
A fire burned overnight on a passenger ferry off the western Philippines, leaving dozens of people missing Thursday and killing at least five.
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Sep 09, 2026
Chip Hunter tells The National about the moment he built a corn maze in the shape of Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin's face on his farm in Florenceville-Bristol, N.B.
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Sep 09, 2026
Barry Melrose, a hockey player-turned-coach who led the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before going on to a long career in broadcasting the sport, has died. He was 70.
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Sep 09, 2026
There is a more than 10 per cent chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade, a researcher at Anthropic estimated in a post, hours after social media posts went viral from someone saying they had just quit Anthropic over concerns that AI companies are "gambling with our lives" in the AI development race.
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Sep 09, 2026
There is a more than 10 per cent chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade, a researcher at Anthropic estimated in a post, hours after social media posts went viral from someone saying they had just quit Anthropic over concerns that AI companies are "gambling with our lives" in the AI development race.
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Sep 09, 2026
Residents of Deep River, Ont., have been told to shelter in place following a stabbing Wednesday evening that left one person with life-threatening injuries, according to provincial police.
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Sep 09, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Canada this week for his first visit to the country in nearly a year as his country copes with an onslaught of deadly airstrikes.
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Sep 09, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Canada this week for his first visit to the country in nearly a year as his country copes with an onslaught of deadly airstrikes.
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Sep 09, 2026
One of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway and killed five people repeatedly warned they were coming in too fast nearly two minutes ahead of time and at the last second urged them to abort the landing, according to highlights of the cockpit recording that investigators released Wednesday.
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Sep 09, 2026
The personal information of people involved in Ontario's court systems may have been stolen in a cyber attack, according to the chief justices of the province. An online case management system used by the courts and owned by Thomson Reuters Canada Limited was breached in June.
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Sep 09, 2026
Surveillance video showing a former detainee being released from a corrections transport van into the streets of Edmonton's Chinatown has raised concerns over how Alberta offenders are released into the community.
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Sep 09, 2026
Stephanie Comeau of Richmond County died on Saturday during the storm. The 46-year-old woman was reported missing after her vehicle was found near a flooded bridge.
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Sep 09, 2026
With some tariffs added and others removed, economists predict that big picture the changes will break even. But certain industries will still be hit hard, they say, and the tit-for-tat will weigh on business owners' confidence.
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Sep 09, 2026
Amid a trade war that includes President Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty and his vow to ban imports of several Canadian products to the U.S., the NFL's Buffalo Bills have made an unexpected announcement.
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Sep 09, 2026
A B.C. family doctor has been ordered to pay $28,100, after refusing to inject a transgender teen with a prescribed hormone blocker, citing religious and cultural reasons.
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Sep 09, 2026
The federal government is moving ahead with changes that will exempt a number of energy projects from a layer of its environmental assessment process. At the same time, a senior government source says the Liberals are preparing to back down on proposed changes that would have bypassed regulations meant to protect at-risk species.
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Sep 09, 2026
The federal government is moving ahead with changes that will exempt a number of energy projects from a layer of its environmental assessment process.
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Sep 09, 2026
Noel Clarke, best known for his role in the sci-fi show Doctor Who from 2005 to 2010, has been charged with six sexual offences, including two counts of sexual assault, England and Wales' Crown Prosecution Service announced on Wednesday.
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Sep 09, 2026
On Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of unexpected guests arrived in Gander, N.L. and nearby towns when terrorist attacks shut down airspace over North America. For The National, CBC's David Common revisits the community's extraordinary response on the day ‘the plane people' arrived and the enduring bonds that remain 25 years later.
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Sep 09, 2026
Guy Turcotte was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 after being convicted of second-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his two young children.
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Sep 09, 2026
South Park appears to be taking a page out of Donald Trump's book: if you don't like a name, change it.
For its 29th season, the animated satire has announced a new title — and will be now known as South America.
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Sep 09, 2026
An Ontario man was found guilty of participating in the activities of a terrorist group by an Ontario Superior Court judge Wednesday.
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Sep 09, 2026
As the Carney government pursues deeper relations with Beijing, the Chinese government reports it held a "candid" exchange on military issues with Canadian officials earlier this month.
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Sep 09, 2026
Bangladesh, which once came close to eliminating measles, is facing its worst outbreak on record, with around 1,000 suspected and confirmed measles-related deaths reported since March as hospitals struggle with overcrowding, shortages and a continuing influx of sick children.
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Sep 09, 2026
The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Alex Formenton to a one-year contract worth $850,000 US.
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Sep 09, 2026
A monthly report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation says the August number marks the steepest year-over-year drop since March.
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Sep 09, 2026
With roads and bridges destroyed and helicopters busy with search and rescue operations after last month's devastating floods, Nepal's army is turning to drones to ?deliver relief to displaced people.
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Sep 09, 2026
A Quebec judge has found rapper K'naan not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman while she slept in his Quebec City hotel room in 2010.
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Sep 09, 2026
Apple is widely expected to unveil a pricey folding iPhone at a launch event on Wednesday at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters.
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Sep 09, 2026
Apple on Wednesday unveiled a foldable phone called Duo, introducing the biggest change in years in the company's flagship product.
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Sep 09, 2026
Fossil eggshells believed to be from some of the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived have been found in a surprisingly cool climate far from the equator. But those titanosaurs were too big to sit on their eggs. Microscopic evidence shows what they did instead to keep the eggs warm enough to hatch.
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Sep 09, 2026
Iran said Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian oil tankers, with the
attacks ?in and around the vital waterway sending the international Brent crude benchmark over $100 US a barrel for the first time since July.
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Sep 09, 2026
Schools in northern Saskatchewan are adapting to prepare students to work in a mine that's under construction in the region. It's an unprecedented economic opportunity, but it doesn't come without concerns for the environment.
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Sep 09, 2026
Schools in northern Saskatchewan are adapting to prepare students to work in a mine that's under construction in the region. It's an unprecedented economic opportunity, but it doesn't come without concerns for the environment.
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Sep 09, 2026
Ben Shelton had gone toe-to-toe with Carlos Alcaraz for five exhausting sets and finally, at 3:33 a.m. Wednesday, came the chance to end the U.S. Open champion's title reign.
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Sep 09, 2026
The arts community in Stephenville is marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a musical production about how that west coast town was affected by stranded passengers and turmoil at the local airport.
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Sep 09, 2026
Amid the buzz surrounding the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed the creation of a federal tax incentive to keep film production in the U.S. instead of seeing it move to other countries - calling out Canada by name. But is it fair to frame the Hollywood exodus as Canada taking jobs from the U.S.?
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Sep 09, 2026
A group of Calgary parents is sharing their stories and concerns about the danger of carbon monoxide inside hockey arenas, after their own children were exposed to high levels of the odourless gas during a weekend tournament nearly two years ago.
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Sep 09, 2026
Art crime experts say last year's headline-grabbing Louvre heist seems to have inspired a rash of brazen art thefts, putting European museums holding valuable art in a tough spot. Thieves cut a hole in a fence and climbed through a window to steal four paintings from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera early Tuesday, local authorities said.
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Sep 09, 2026
Amid the buzz surrounding the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed the creation of a federal tax incentive to keep film production in the U.S. instead of seeing it move to other countries - calling out Canada by name. But is it fair to frame the Hollywood exodus as Canada taking jobs from the U.S.?
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Sep 09, 2026
An investigation by CBC's visual investigations team and Radio-Canada's Décrypteurs has discovered a Vietnamese company is linked to a network of Facebook pages and websites sharing misleading, sensationalist or outright false news headlines.
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Sep 09, 2026
An investigation by CBC's visual investigations team and Radio-Canada's Décrypteurs has discovered a Vietnamese company is linked to a network of Facebook pages and websites sharing misleading, sensationalist or outright false news headlines.
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Sep 09, 2026
Ottawa moved to acquire six GlobalEye surveillance aircraft without assurances they met military requirements — requirements not shared with competing manufacturers. Subsequent assessments identified capability gaps requiring modifications, raising questions about whether the Carney government's push for speed, jobs and industrial benefits is taking precedence over the military's operational needs.
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Sep 09, 2026
Sixteen police officers are under investigation over racist acts targeting Black and Arab people. Two historians explain how the alleged cutting and collecting of locs connects to a history of slavery, racism and control over Black bodies.
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Sep 08, 2026
Tom Borsa wants to see change at a Manitoba highway intersection where his 18-year-old daughter was among four people killed in a collision Sunday night.
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