Cutting billions of dollars from the Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) budget could worsen the quality of essential programs and may spark lawsuits that would cost Ottawa more money in the long term, some Indigenous advocates say. The warning comes in response to an internal government email sent last week confirming Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government has…
The senior lead physician of a Saskatchewan Medical Association program that provides help for rural doctors is speaking out on the challenges they face, after a number of temporary rural emergency room closures forced by a shortage of medical professionals in the province. “We tend to get the feeling that from an emergency perspective … the…
Three men facing terrorism-related charges and firearms offences will appear in court for a bail hearing next week. Marc-Aurèle Chabot, Simon Angers-Audet, and RaphaĂ«l LagacĂ© have been charged with facilitating a terrorist activity and weapon-possession charges. The RCMP says the charges are tied to ideologically motivated violent extremism. Chabot, Angers-Audet and LagacĂ© will appear for a two-day bail…
Alberta has now confirmed more measles cases than the entire United States has reported this year. The province has been battling outbreaks since March and as of noon Monday, total case counts in the province had ballooned to 1,314. The latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that country has…
Once a Team Canada Olympic snowboarder, Ryan James Wedding has spent more than 10 years on the run from authorities while allegedly leading a murderous, transnational drug-smuggling empire. Listed as one of the FBI’s 10 most-wanted fugitives since March, the U.S. State Department is offering a $10-million US reward for information leading to his arrest. So, how…
As federal dental care expands to cover most uninsured Canadians, providers say some procedures are being bogged down by paperwork and processing delays. Health Canada says 52 per cent of requests for pre-authorized dental work between November 2024 and June 2025 have been rejected. While the vast majority of claims don’t need pre-authorization, it’s required for more…
As Alberta’s transportation minister prepares to unveil a passenger rail strategy this summer, freedom of information documents obtained by CBC News show that Premier Danielle Smith’s husband, David Moretta, was invited to three meetings in 2023 about passenger rail and its potential expansion in the province. Some academics and a former cabinet minister say the…
A Brampton man accused of defrauding more than a dozen would-be homeowners is now facing additional criminal charges, while a civil lawyer says dozens more alleged victims have recently come forward claiming they were also defrauded. Moiz Kunwar, 28, is accused of taking deposits for pre-construction homes he was not authorized to sell, which were built by…
Late last year, multiple tenants in small apartment buildings around Halifax got similar letters from their new landlord, stating their leases would soon be terminated. But no reasons were given. This didn’t sit right with Amanda Rose, who has been renting her one-bedroom apartment in the city’s north end for almost six years. “It seemed targeted,” Rose said…
Chidi Nwagbo says he made a “stupid” decision paying human smugglers to get him into Canada that left him permanently scarred and in the hands of the very U.S. immigration authorities he was trying to flee.   The 57-year-old says he paid $2,000 US in cash to a human smuggling organization in New Jersey to escape the immigration raids…