LifestyleCBCPandemic worries and parenting woes: There is always something to fret about
This story is part of Amy Bell's Parental Guidance column, which airs on CBC Radio One's The Early Edition. When you have a child, anxiety is part of the deal. From those early days of "are they breathing?" to the sleepless nights spent wondering if they'll come home from their teenage adventures, your worry comes in many shapes. When the provincial guidelines were announced for the gradual easing of restrictions this summer, I was elated. For about three hours. But that quickly morphed into me
NewsCBCNavy commander apologizes for golfing with former chief of defence staff under military police investigation
The commander of the Royal Canadian Navy has publicly apologized for golfing with former top soldier, retired general Jonathan Vance, who is under a military police investigation over allegations of inappropriate behaviour with female subordinates. Vice-Admiral Craig Baines issued a written statement Sunday night addressed to all military members and national defence public servants saying he was sorry for his conduct. Baines confirmed he golfed with Vance and military's second-in-command, Lt.-G
HealthThe Canadian PressOntario reports 447 new cases of COVID-19, four deaths, over 135,000 vaccinations
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 447 new cases of COVID-19 today and four more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 110 new cases in Toronto, 61 in Peel Region and 56 in Waterloo. She says there are also 39 new cases in the Porcupine Health Unit and 29 in Durham Region. Today's data is based on nearly 13,600 tests completed. The Ministry of Health says 384 people are in hospital because of COVID-19 but notes that more than 10 per cent of hospitals did not su
NewsThe Canadian PressLiberals move to cut debate, force vote on bill to implement 2021 budget
OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals say they want to force an end to debate in the House of Commons on their budget bill and bring it to a vote. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government will move today to put time limits on debate of Bill C-30, which contains multiple measures from the April budget, including changes to business and worker supports. Freeland says the government is worried the bill won't pass on time, causing aid measures to expire just as the economy is reopening. Govern
NewsCBCAlberta reports 165 new cases of COVID-19, day after province launches $3M vaccine lottery
Alberta reported 165 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and one more death, a day after the province launched a $3-million vaccine lottery to urge more residents to get the jab. As of Sunday, 3,384,026 doses of vaccine had been administered, an increase of 47,176 over the previous day. Hospitalizations decreased slightly Sunday, as Alberta reported 272 people in hospital with the illness — down 18 from the previous day. Of those, 75 were in intensive care unit beds. Including the additional death,
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Sask. RCMP officer killed while on duty mourned
A small town in Saskatchewan is mourning the loss of a 26-year-old RCMP officer who died after stopping two people suspected of stealing a truck.
NewsThe Canadian Press2 confidants of senior Jordan royal charged with sedition
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The prosecutor of Jordan's state security court on Sunday filed sedition and incitement charges against two confidants of King Abdullah II’s half-brother Hamzah, marking the latest step in a rare, intrigue-filled palace drama that has rattled the Western-backed kingdom. The affair erupted into the open in early April when Hamzah was placed under house arrest and two senior associates — Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid — were arrested, amid allegations that they tr
NewsCBCEdmonton police investigating attack on a Black Muslim woman wearing a hijab
Edmonton Police are investigating a report that a Somali Canadian woman who was wearing a hijab was attacked Friday night, the latest in a series of attacks on Black and racialized Muslim women in recent months. Jibril Ibrahim, president of the Somali Canadian Cultural Society (SCCS), said the Edmonton woman who is in her 50s, was grabbed by her neck and pushed down to the sidewalk by an unknown person while she was out for a walk near Edmonton's Northmount neighbourhood at about 9 p.m. "She was
NewsCBCWhat you need to know about COVID-19 in Ottawa on Monday, June 14
Recent developments: What's the latest? Western Quebec is one of the province's regions under yellow zone rules as of today. A big change is the return of masked and distanced indoor gatherings between two households, along with bars being able to open up inside again. Ontarians who received the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine are now able to get their second dose eight weeks after their first instead of waiting 12 weeks as previously required. Whether they are able to depends on vaccine sup
NewsThe Canadian PressPolice, residents in rural Saskatchewan mourn death of Mountie during traffic stop
WOLSELEY, Sask. — A province mourned the loss of a slain RCMP officer on Sunday, remembering the Mountie as a compassionate fixture of his rural Saskatchewan community. Const. Shelby Patton, 26, died Saturday morning after he stopped a suspected stolen truck in the small town of Wolseley, Sask., east of Regina. He was hit by the truck while outside of his police vehicle, RCMP said. The truck took off and Patton died at the scene. Two hours later a man and a woman were arrested in a field outside
NewsThe Canadian PressFirst Nations child welfare case gets underway in Federal Court today
Ottawa’s legal challenge of two rulings involving First Nations children taken from their families by an underfunded child-welfare system will be heard in Federal Court today. The federal government has filed for a judicial review of two Canadian Human Rights Tribunal rulings — one that awarded First Nations children inappropriately taken away from their parents after 2006 $40,000 each and to their parents and grandparents, and the second that expanded Jordan's Principle to children who live off
NewsThe Canadian PressA look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on June 14, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday June 14, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 383,285 new vaccinations administered for a total of 29,008,156 doses given. Nationwide, 4,593,695 people or 12 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated. The provinces have administered doses at a rate of 76,540.13 per 100,000. There were no new vaccines delivered to the provinces and territories for a total of 31,432,264 doses delivered so far. The
NewsCBCMore than a year after Black Lives Matter protests in Windsor, some feel not enough has changed
Black community members say they don't feel much has changed in the region, more than a year after large Black Lives Matter protests landed in Windsor. Leslie McCurdy, acting chair of the Black Council of Windsor-Essex, said she feels interest in the issue has waned. "White people can get tired of it and leave it alone. Black people wake up with it everyday and face it," McCurdy said. About 12 months after back-to-back BLM protests on Windsor's Riverfront — one was a BLM balloon memorial that fo
NewsThe Canadian PressUS documents solve mystery of war criminal Tojo's remains
TOKYO (AP) — Until recently, the location of executed wartime Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo's remains was one of World War II's biggest mysteries in the nation he once led. Now, a Japanese university professor has revealed declassified U.S. military documents that appear to hold the answer. The documents show the cremated ashes of Tojo, one of the masterminds of the Pearl Harbor attack, were scattered from a U.S. Army aircraft over the Pacific Ocean about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Y
NewsCBCOne year later, residents say northeast Calgary still hasn't recovered from devastating hailstorm
Arnold Ambler said three minutes after the storm hit, hail smashed through a skylight — sending him and his family scrambling to cover their possessions with blankets as massive pieces of ice, glass and rain came pouring in. Now, one year to the day after the hailstorm that battered northeast Calgary, Ambler said you can still see signs of the damage. "Sadly, we would like to forget that day. Still driving around that community … it's a stark reminder of that evening," the Skyview Ranch Communit
NewsThe Canadian PressIslamist party makes early victory claim in Algeria election
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A moderate Islamist party claimed victory Sunday in Algeria's legislative election even though results were not expected for several more days. Less than 24 hours after polls closed in the North African country, the head of the Movement for a Peaceful Society said the party “leads results in the majority of wilayas (regions) and overseas.” Party chief Abderrazak Makri also denounced alleged fraud attempts "to change the results.” The party did not provide the basis for it
NewsThe Canadian PressTrial begins for Linda O'Leary, charged in 2019 boat crash that killed two people
A trial has begun for Linda O'Leary – the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary – who is charged in a boat crash that killed two people. Linda O'Leary pleaded not guilty this morning to one charge of careless operation of a vessel under the Canada Shipping Act. The charge relates to a collision that took place on Lake Joseph, north of Toronto, on the night of Aug. 24, 2019. Gary Poltash, 64, from Florida died at the scene, while Suzana Brito, 48, from Uxbridge, Ont., died in hospital a few
ScienceReuters'Divine Vessel' to mark China's first human spaceflight since 2016
A Chinese spacecraft will blast off from the Gobi Desert on a Long March rocket in the coming days, ferrying three men to an orbiting space module for a three-month stay, the first time China has sent humans into space for nearly five years. Shenzhou-12, meaning "Divine Vessel", will be the third of 11 missions needed to complete China's space station by 2022. Among them, four will be missions with people on board, potentially propelling up to 12 Chinese astronauts into space - more than the 11 men and women that China has sent since 2003.
NewsThe Canadian PressUS Catholic bishops meet amid divisions on Communion policy
When U.S. Catholic bishops convene virtually for a national meeting Wednesday, they will be divided ideologically as well as physically. They’re split over whether to press ahead with an initiative that could — at least implicitly — rebuke President Joe Biden for receiving Communion while supporting abortion rights. For a body that strives to appear unified and fraternal, it’s a highly contentious issue, testing the extent to which the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops can work constructively
NewsThe Canadian PressTrudeau pledges support for Ukraine, mum on support for next step in NATO membership
BRUSSELS — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joining a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with Canada reiterating its broad support for Ukraine, but not whether it will back a move by Kyiv to join the military alliance amid tensions with Russia. The federal government said last week Canada will continue to help address security threats in the region, but did not go as far as saying it would throw its unbridled support behind Ukraine's push for NATO membership at the summit. Ukraine
NewsCBCHow some B.C. museums are collaborating with Indigenous communities on path to reconciliation
Museums in B.C. are taking steps to address their problematic history with Indigenous people and improve the way they share stories and build relationships with the communities from which their collections — often stolen — come from. Sue Rowley, curator at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, said the first step in reconciliation for museums is to acknowledge their past. "We are colonial institutions," Rowley told On the Coast host Gloria Macarenko. "That's our history. That's where we've come fro
NewsCBCPolice charge Cape Breton man with second-degree murder
Cape Breton Regional Police have charged a 40-year-old man from North Sydney, N.S., with second-degree murder following a months-long investigation. Stephen Michael Bishop is charged in the death of 60-year-old Robert Thomas Bradley. Bradley died under what police have described as suspicious circumstances on Sept. 3, 2020. Police said they responded to a call of an assault around 4 a.m. on Brook Street near downtown North Sydney. Upon arrival, officers found paramedics helping Bradley. He was p
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