Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is accusing the Liberal government of making a sloppy and half-hearted attempt to resettle Afghan interpreters who worked alongside the Canadian military.A Canadian soldier hangs a flag on a mountainside near the operating base at Ma’sum Ghar in 2007. (Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters)Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is accusing the Liberal government of making…
Canada’s gross domestic product shrank by 0.3 per cent in May, the second consecutive monthly contraction as most industries slowed down.Canada’s third wave of COVID-19 gripped the economy hard in May, but there are signs that things started to rebound in June. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)Canada’s gross domestic product shrank by 0.3 per cent in May,…
After more than a year of pandemic delays, Canada’s women’s soccer team kicked off its Olympic tournament with a 1-1 draw against host Japan.Christine Sinclair scores the first goal for Team Canada during the first-round match between Japan and Canada during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Sapporo Dome on Wednesday in Sapporo, Japan. The…
CBC News spoke with the CEO of the Canadian Museum For Human Rights, the CEO of the RCMP Heritage Centre and the artist behind an installation that chronicles the history of residential schools.Witness Blanket, by Indigenous artist Carey Newman, is shown at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg on July 14, 2021. (Gary…
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon after his third-round opponent, Nick Kyrgios, retired with an injury after the second set on Saturday.Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime lost the first set 6-2, then won the second set 6-1 before Australia’s Nick Kyrgios got injured and retired from their third round match of the…
Hundreds of Canadians who need a new organ saw their lives jeopardized by the pandemic, as hospitals stopped doing life-saving transplants and experienced organ shortages.The pandemic prevented hundreds of organ transplants from taking place, leading to an increase in Canadians dying as they waited to get life-saving surgery. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)Last July, Sarah Frazer learned she had…
Canada is now home to about one million people who identify as members of the LGBTQ community, with people under the age of 25 accounting for a disproportionately large portion of the LGBTQ population.A rainbow flag hangs in Montreal’s Gay Village. A new Statistics Canada report says Canada has roughly one million LGBTQ citizens. (CBC…
Vancouver’s Stephen Ames has won the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic. Mike Weir of Brights Grove, Ont., finished second.Stephen Ames hits off the third tee during the final round of the PGA Tour Champions Principal Charity Classic golf tournament on Sunday. (Charlie Neibergall/The Associated Press)Vancouver’s Stephen Ames won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his…
Spring is finally showing its face, which means runs, rides, and hikes will be a little more comfortable—especially when you’re geared up…
The vaccine rollout across the country had many filled with hope for a return to a pre-pandemic summer music festival scene. On Thursday, Montreal’s Osheaga Festival cancelled its line-up for the second year in a row, meaning audiences won’t get to see acts like Post Malone, Cardi B and the Foo Fighters.A colourful crowd of…