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CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

The National | Air Transat warns of flight shutdown
Dec. 7, 2025 | Air Transat says it will start suspending flights after receiving a 72-hour strike notice from the union representing its pilots. Pierre Poilievre plans to force a pipeline vote in the House of Commons. And, how Canada can work towards fixing its troubling hockey culture.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

The National | Air Transat warns of shutdown
Dec. 7, 2025 | Air Transat says it will start suspending flights after receiving a 72-hour strike notice from the union representing its pilots. Pierre Poilievre plans to force a pipeline vote in the House of Commons. And, how Canada can work towards fixing its troubling hockey culture.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Donald Trump hosting Kennedy Center Honors recognizing Stallone, Kiss, Gaynor and others




CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Cross Country Checkup: How is personal debt affecting your holiday plans?
Checkup wants to know how personal debt is changing your holiday season. Also, in hour two, what's your nomination for Canada's worst commute?



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Fatal blaze in Fort William First Nation is 4th trailer fire in Thunder Bay, Ont., district in a week
Ontario's Office of the Fire Marshal is investigating a fatal blaze in Fort William First Nation, which marks the fourth trailer fire in the Thunder Bay district within a week. Here's what we know about the recent incidents.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Trump's new security strategy aligns with Russia's interests, Kremlin says
The Kremlin on Sunday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's new national security strategy and said it largely accorded with Russia's own perceptions, the first time that Moscow has so fulsomely praised such a document from its former Cold War foe.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Canada's Summer McIntosh swims to butterfly win and sets U.S. Open record
Summer McIntosh capped swimming's U.S. Open with the event record in the women's 200-metre butterfly on Saturday in Austin, Texas.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state kills 25
A fire ripped through a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, killing 25 people, including tourists, the state's chief minister said Sunday.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Air Transat to gradually shut down operations over 3 days after union issues strike notice
In a statement issued shortly after the mandate was announced by the union, Air Transat called the strike notice "premature." The airline said there has been progress in negotiations and that it's made "generous" contract offers.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Capacity limits at Edmonton children's hospital lead to chemotherapy delays
Samantha Dornbusch has been bringing her son Jaxson to the hospital for the past six years to treat the aggressive blood cancer he's battling. Over the last two years, on multiple occasions they say they would show up to the hospital only to have staff tell them his treatments would be delayed because there were no beds currently available.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Why was 'incredible' giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.'s big-tree protection law?
Conservationists are questioning why an old-growth yellow cedar tree with a diameter that should have ensured its protection and a buffer area around it under provincial law was logged.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Israel's Netanyahu says he will meet Trump, second phase of Gaza plan 'close'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump later this month, saying a second phase of Trump's Gaza plan was close.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Benin's interior minister says a coup announced earlier has been foiled
There has been no official news about President Patrice Talon since gunshots were heard around the presidential residence. However, the signal to the state television and public radio which was cut off has now been restored.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Filming disputes at airports and nicotine pouches illegally sold across Canada: CBC's Marketplace cheat sheet
CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Alberta lawyers must take Indigenous education course tied to TRC. New legislation could change that
A little more than five years ago, the regulator for Alberta's lawyers announced that moving forward, all active Alberta lawyers would be required to take a mandatory Indigenous education course. But new Alberta legislation could change that.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Winnipeg moves to scrap bird-friendly window bylaw developers argue is barrier to development
Conservation groups are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers changing a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Saint John to pilot using private security to tackle crime
Saint John is launching a two-year, $780,000-per-year security pilot in crime-affected areas starting in early February. Guards will focus on de-escalation, not arrests, with oversight from the city.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Paranormal investigator explores ghost ships in latest Hellboy comic set in Labrador
Comic book writer Rob Williams says the new Hellboy comic book story, The Ghost Ships of Labrador, was inspired by a MUN folklore student.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

In the shadow of a famed Mexico City stadium, a battle for water targets the World Cup
Across from Mexico City's famed Azteca Stadium sits a well that's at the centre of an ongoing conflict over water rights now threatening to engulf the World Cup's third visit to the country.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

‘I don't know who I can trust,' says Quebec YouTuber harassed by Chinese government
Yao Zhang knew something was up when she started seeing fake sexually explicit images of her circulating online. The YouTuber, who often criticizes the Chinese government, is one of several Canadians targeted by a 'spamouflage' campaign led by the People's Republic of China.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

American F-35s could be serviced in Quebec starting in 2028-29, says L3Harris
Companies involved in the F-35 program are actively lobbying the governments of Canada and Quebec to promote potential economic benefits for the country, including a maintenance facility in Mirabel, Que., that could service both Canadian and American fighter fleets.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 07, 2025

Want to see a snowy owl? This could be your winter
This could be an unusually good year to spot snowy owls in southern Canada. Here's why, and how to see these Arctic visitors without disturbing them.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

NHL's Heritage Classic heading to Winnipeg for face-off between Jets and Canadiens
The Winnipeg Jets and Montreal Canadiens will be heading back outdoors next season. The NHL announced Saturday the teams will face off in the 2026 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic at Winnipeg's Princess Auto Stadium.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Soccer fans buzzing as World Cup schedule announced for Toronto, Vancouver
Foreign nationals in Vancouver and Toronto are buzzing with excitement as the cities gear up to host a slate of national teams as part of the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Transit employee stabbed customer first at Dundas Station last week: Toronto police
A man and a woman have been charged following a stabbing at Dundas Station last week, Toronto police say.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Belgium, Germany and Croatia to play group matches in Canada at 2026 World Cup
Germany, Belgium and Croatia are among the teams that will play games in Canada in group play at next summer's FIFA World Cup. The full schedule of the expanded 48-team, 104-game tournament was announced Saturday in Washington D.C.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

LIVE UPDATES | Inter Miami beat Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 to clinch MLS Cup




CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

LIVE UPDATES | Inter Miami lead Vancouver Whitecaps 1-0 in MLS Cup final




CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Inter Miami defeats Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 to win its first MLS Cup




CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Canada has legal duty to provide safe water, housing to remote First Nations, federal judge rules
A federal judge has sided with two First Nations in Manitoba and one in Ontario that sued the Canadian government over its duty to provide them with safe housing and clean drinking water, in separate rulings delivered Friday.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Indigenous cultural belongings return to Canada from Vatican after long journey




CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine amid diplomatic talks
Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, after U.S. and Ukrainian officials said they'll meet on Saturday for a third day of talks aimed at ending the nearly four-year-old war.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Lost for 5 months in the Northern Rockies, this cat is heading home to Oklahoma for Christmas
After five months lost in northeastern B.C, a beloved family cat is heading home for the holidays. Since July, Shadow the cat has been surviving in the wilderness of the Northern Rockies.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

New restrictions placed on hunting, farming 'incredibly destructive' wild boars in Alberta
Wild boars have been declared "a pest in all circumstances" by the Alberta government effective Dec. 1, meaning new restrictions have been placed on keeping them in captivity and hunting them in the wild.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Indigenous cultural belongings return to Canada from Vatican
A delegation from the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation and four First Nations youth are accompanying 62 items on a flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Montreal.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Family, friends remember para athlete, reality TV star and 'fierce' disability advocate
Brian McPherson, an Edmonton-based pioneer in adaptive bobsled and star of the CBC TV show, Push, died on Nov. 12. He was 47.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Why Danielle Smith's government is not withstanding many court challenges
From transgender policies to referendums to "conservative" party names, the Alberta UCP has stepped in where others have feared to tread.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Some Halifax Explosion artifacts pulled from the harbour will have a new home
Almost a year and a half after pieces of the Mont-Blanc were discovered during dredging in Halifax harbour, plans are starting to take shape for what to do with some of the wreckage from the famed ship involved in the Halifax Explosion.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

U.S. businesses love CUSMA. Why is Donald Trump threatening to pull out?
Over three days in Washington, nearly 150 American industry leaders representing every major sector of the economy depicted the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement as essential to their success. Yet the Trump administration has floated letting the agreement expire or withdrawing from it altogether.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

IN PHOTOS | This week's most compelling images
Photographers from CBC News, The Canadian Press, Reuters and others document our changing world every day. Here's a selection of the week's top images.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Montreal honours 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony
A total of 14 women were murdered in the mass shooting on Dec. 6, 1989. Thirteen others were injured in the attack.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Montreal to honour 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony
A total of 14 women were murdered in the mass shooting on Dec. 6, 1989. Thirteen others were injured in the attack.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Ottawa, First Nations prepare competing child welfare reform plans
The federal government is staring down a court-ordered deadline to submit a new plan to reform the on-reserve child welfare system, as a group of First Nations leaders and children's advocates prepare a competing proposal.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

But you don't have Canadian experience: That phrase tore me down as an immigrant but also made me resilient
Hari KC's qualifications were good enough for him to qualify to immigrate to Canada but not to work here. Becoming a security guard and then going back to school taught him how to rebuild his life one step at a time and shaped his understanding of what diversity in Canada means.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 06, 2025

Accused woman blames Children's Aid Society and eating disorder for child's death, court hears
In a note written six months after a child died in her care, Becky Hamber said she was not to blame for his death, a Milton, Ont., court heard Friday.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Breaking down the contentious merger of Netflix and Warner Bros.




CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Why the massive merger of Netflix and Warner Bros. is proving so contentious




CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

B.C. directs physicians to notify parents if child shows up with mental health, drug use issues
The B.C. government is issuing new guidance for physicians treating youth with overlapping mental health and substance use issues. It directs doctors to notify parents and potentially involuntarily detain youth if they're unable or unwilling to seek care themselves.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

The National | Private trade talks after World Cup draw
Dec. 5, 2025 | Leaders from Canada, U.S. and Mexico meet privately to talk trade after the FIFA World Cup draw. Netflix moves to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in a mega deal that could transform Hollywood. And legendary architect Frank Gehry dies.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Japan's viral 7-Eleven egg salad sandwich launches in the U.S. Why is it so popular?
7-Eleven is bringing its famous egg salad sandwich to U.S. stores, announcing Wednesday that its Japanese-style tamago sando has landed, complete with "pillowy milk bread and creamy egg salad made with kewpie mayonnaise." But why is it so popular?



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Canada removes Syria from list of terror-sponsoring states
The federal government has removed Syria from its list of states that sponsor terrorism, almost a year after the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad's regime.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Student magazines are getting axed under Trump's anti-diversity measures
The University of Alabama this week announced the immediate and indefinite closure of two student publications it says run afoul anti-diversity measures imposed by the Donald Trump administration.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Calgary dentist who submitted $680k in phoney billings should get 3 years in prison: Crown
Calgary dentist Alena Smadych, who defrauded five insurance companies over a decade, should spend up to three years in prison, the prosecution argued in court Friday.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

First Nations wonder if Canada's decision on eels is best for future of species
After Canada announced Tuesday it wouldn't list the American eel under the Species at Risk Act, some First Nations people with cultural and spiritual ties to the species are questioning the decision. 



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

'It's embarrassing,' says Indigenous man who believes he was racially profiled at Winnipeg Home Depot
George Sinclair had just gotten into his vehicle and was ready to pull out of a Home Depot parking lot in Winnipeg this week when he was boxed in by three police cars, he says.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Feds' backtracking on climate action is 'fuelling' Quebec separatism, ex-minister Guilbeault says
The federal government is stoking Quebec separatism by walking back its climate commitments — including in its recent deal with Alberta — Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault says.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Amid strained ties between India and U.S., Modi and Putin are full of praise for each other
A summit between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin that tackled a trade imbalance and pushed to deepen defence ties between the two countries was also steeped in symbolism.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Renowned Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry dead at 96
Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry, whose works included the 2008 redesign of the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, has died. 



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates Constitution
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Elon Musk's X slapped with €120M fine by EU regulator for breaching content rules
Elon Musk's social media company X was fined 120 million euros ($193.3 million Cdn) by EU tech regulators on Friday for breaching online content rules, the first sanction under landmark legislation that once again drew criticism from the U.S. government.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Man, 20, charged in London, Ont., frat party fire that injured sorority sisters during beer Olympics
A young man has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm after a fire at a frat party near Western University that injured five sorority sisters, including two seriously, late Tuesday night.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

RFK Jr.-appointed panel removes universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for U.S. infants




CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

NHL announces outdoor game in Winnipeg with Jets vs. Canadiens — then deletes it
The NHL's Heritage Classic outdoor game is back, and it's returning to Winnipeg. We think.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors to monitor blood glucose recalled following ties to 7 deaths
Some FreeStyle Libre 3 plus glucose monitor sensors may provide incorrect low glucose readings, Health Canada says in an alert. The recalled sensors have been linked to injuries and even deaths elsewhere in the world.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Law society suspends licence of Deepak Paradkar, Ontario lawyer tied to alleged drug lord Ryan Wedding
The Law Society of Ontario has suspended the licence of Deepak Paradkar, one of seven Canadians arrested in connection with alleged drug lord Ryan Wedding's cocaine smuggling ring.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

IN PHOTOS | See final supermoon of 2025
Stargazers were treated to a spectacular sight on Thursday evening as a supermoon, the last one of 2025, lit up the night sky.



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Dec 05, 2025

Canadian economy has held up better than expected during trade shock, says IMF
A new report by the International Monetary Fund says the Canadian economy has held up better than expected under the trade shock from U.S. tariffs.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Decades-old study on common weed killer retracted after journal editor says Monsanto may have helped write it
An influential research article that claimed a popular weed-killer was safe has been retracted 25 years after it was published, prompting environmental groups in Canada to ask the federal government to review the science on glyphosate use.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Glyphosate herbicide safety study retracted 25 years after publication
An influential research article that claimed a popular weed-killer was safe has been retracted 25 years after it was published, prompting environmental groups in Canada to ask the federal government to review the science on glyphosate use.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney says recall legislation being misused
The architect of Alberta's politician recall legislation says it was never meant to be used as a political weapon, but as an "ultimate tool of accountability" if a politician engages in illegal or unethical behaviour.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

'Oh no, not again': B.C. family sees 4 crashes into backyard in 3 years
Kaleden, B.C., resident Brent Burton is asking government to fix a bend in Highway 97, after four vehicles have crashed and ended up in his backyard over three years.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Canada's unemployment rate fell to 6.5% in November
Canada's economy gained 54,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.5 per cent from the previous month's 6.9 per cent rate, Statistics Canada said on Friday.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Canada's unemployment rate fell to 6.5% in November, a steep drop from previous month
Canada's economy gained 54,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.5 per cent from the previous month's 6.9 per cent rate, Statistics Canada said on Friday.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Cloudflare investigating early outage that took down LinkedIn, Zoom
Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare on Friday said it was investigating an outage that took place in the morning that brought down several global websites, including LinkedIn and Zoom, the second such crash to affect the company in less than three weeks.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $72B US
Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros Discovery's TV and film studios and streaming division for $72 billion US, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood's most prized and oldest assets to the streaming pioneer that has upended the media industry.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

U.S. Supreme Court paves way for midterm redistricting in Texas in win for Trump, Republicans
The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Thursday a redrawn Texas electoral map designed to add more Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives, boosting President Donald Trump's quest for his party to keep control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Worst bird-flu season in years hits Alberta's poultry farmers
A mild fall and long migration is being blamed for increasing numbers of poultry farms coming under orders to contain the spread of highly infectious bird flu. One turkey producer in Alberta is preparing to restart operations after his third such outbreak in four years.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

After being scammed by fake holiday market, the real organizers stepped up to help
A small business owner in Mount Pearl says she was the victim of a scam, and is warning others ahead of the holidays.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

After she was scammed by a fake holiday market, the real organizers stepped up to help
A small business owner in Mount Pearl says she was the victim of a scam, and is warning others ahead of the holidays.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

The Vatican held this Inuvialuit kayak for 100 years. Now it's coming home




CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Investors fear an AI bubble. What about computer scientists?




CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Merrily We Roll Along was Sondheim's biggest failure. Now it's a feature film triumph
Stephen Sondheim's 1981 musical Merrily We Roll Along was an abysmal failure that closed almost as soon as it opened. Now a Tony-winning revival has it headed to potential box-office success.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Milan's hockey rink still isn't ready. Will NHL players skip another Winter Olympics?
Will the National Hockey League pull its players from the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy? It's an open question since the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, on the outskirts of Milan, is still under construction.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

Police find 'I hate my child' search made on couple's device 2 days before boy, 12, died
The first-degree murder trial of Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber in Milton, Ont., heard texts in which the women questioned whether a boy in their care might be dying a month before his death in December 2022.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 05, 2025

TikTok says new 'wellness' features can help build healthy habits. Should we be using apps for that?
TikTok has introduced new features to build healthy habits for teens, including breathing exercises, soothing sounds and an affirmation journal. But while TikTok is pitching its new wellness features as a win for teens' mental health, critics fear it's a further push toward tech apps monopolizing our downtime to collect ever more data.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

Somali communities say ‘people feel insecure and live in fear' after Trump's tirade
Many people in the Somali community say they feel fearful and angry in the aftermath of U.S. President Donald Trump's tirade against Somali communities in Minnesota.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

Death toll from flooding in Southeast Asia surpasses 1,500, calls to fight deforestation increase
The death toll from last week's catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 on Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors and hundreds of people remained unaccounted for across the region.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

At Issue | What if Trump blows up the CUSMA trade deal?
At Issue this week: U.S. President Donald Trump dials up trade uncertainty, suggesting he could pull out of CUSMA/USMCA early. Mark Miller returns to cabinet and quickly rubs Quebec's premier the wrong way with his french language comments. Plus, B.C. Conservatives boot leader John Rustad.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

'You are a very bad minister,' Conservative immigration critic says at tense committee meeting
Immigration Minister Lena Diab sparred with her Conservative critic at a tense House of Commons committee meeting Thursday as the two disagreed on everything from immigration levels and deporting non-citizen criminals to what kind of salad they prefer.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

FIFA World Cup 2026 draw: Find out who Canada will face in the opening group stage




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Dec 04, 2025

FIFA World Cup 2026: Canada will face Qatar, Switzerland and winner of European playoff




CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

FIFA World Cup 2026: Canada will face Qatar, Switzerland and winner of Playoff A




CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

FIFA World Cup 2026: How the draw played out, from the matchups to the politics




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Dec 04, 2025

Today is the FIFA World Cup draw. Here's how it works




CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

Calgary-Banff rail idea submitted to Major Projects Office
A proposal for a hydrogen-powered passenger rail connecting Calgary and Banff has been submitted to the federal government in the hopes of having it fast-tracked.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

Former national chief says AFN lawsuit to move ahead, settlement talks 'stonewalled'




CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

He spent his career documenting collective trauma. Grassy Narrows was one of his toughest cases
Kai T. Erikson, Yale sociologist who dedicated his career to documenting the collective trauma faced by communities in the wake of unimaginable disasters, has died at the age of 94. In the late '70s, he spent time collecting the stories of people on Grassy Narrows First Nation suffering from the impacts of mercury poisoning.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

Alberta legislation would change citizen referendum rules, restrict political party names
Bill 14, introduced Thursday by Justice Minister Mickey Amery, transfers powers from the chief electoral officer to the minister when deciding whether citizen petition initiatives should proceed. It also includes an amendment to discontinue any court proceeding brought by the chief electoral officer.



CBC Top Stories
Dec 04, 2025

Ottawa to serve Stellantis with notice of default after receiving $220M then announcing U.S. production shift




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Dec 04, 2025

Where do First Nations rank on Carney's priority list, regional chief asks ministers
Several members of Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet addressed chiefs and delegates at the AFN Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Thursday. Chiefs had the opportunity to ask the ministers about First Nations priorities, including major projects and infrastructure, child welfare and community safety.



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