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What we’re eyeing for April 2, 2026
A Tea Party band member has won a new award from LaSalle; Unifor is marking the anniversary of U.S. auto tariffs, and Windsorites are adjusting to rising gas prices.
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‘I was lynched’: Why astronaut Julie Payette flamed out as governor general
Once a friend of the former astronaut-turned-viceregal, John Fraser describes how Julie Payette crumbled into “perpetual petulance,” in this excerpt from his new book, The Governors General: An Intimate History of Canada’s Highest Office. It should not have ended this way. It should have ended with a national celebration of an amazing, vibrant, and still…
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How a group of St. Clair College students won an NHL award
Windsor, Ont., students take top prize with a plan to modernize aging hockey arenas and make them more accessible and sustainable.
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How Bizarre: Canadian sitcom blazed a blue trail
Name and describe the 1980s Canadian sketch comedy show with early career appearances by a few future stars and one terrible daredevil. If you said Bizarre, you are correct. CTV produced it after American station ABC passed on it after airing the pilot in 1979. A censored version of the show aired on CTV from…
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Scammers are targeting Canadians about a milk settlement that doesn’t exist
At the same time that a phishing scam related to Canada’s bread price-fixing settlement is going around, CBC News has learned people are being targeted by a similar scam involving dairy.
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How Trump-inspired CUSMA compliance levels could become a trap
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thanks largely to Donald Trump, Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) compliance among Canadian firms is higher than ever. Before the president returned to the White House with threats of imposing high tariffs against Canadian imports, many companies simply didn’t bother seeking CUSMA compliance because they enjoyed low “most-favoured-nation” tariffs. Even some auto giants found…
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Delays, a donation and an ostrich cull: Here are some of the 1,400 complaints against judges last year
OTTAWA — Waiting 14 months to correct an overly long jail sentence, making a political donation while on the bench, excessive delays before issuing a decision and allowing the cull of the now-famous B.C. ostrich herd. Those are just some of the nearly 1,400 complaints filed against federally appointed judges last year. This week, the…
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Toronto police ramp up patrols at Jewish places of worship during Passover
The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Wednesday evening and is observed until next Thursday. Police in the Greater Toronto Area are proactively ramping up patrols around Jewish places of worship and community gathering spaces as Premier Doug Ford says many Jewish people report feeling unsafe.
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Alberta to compel employers hiring temporary foreign workers to register provincially
Alberta’s government is proposing changes to give it more oversight of who hires temporary foreign workers.
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Proposed political neutrality legislation offensive to Alberta teachers, association says
The Alberta Teachers’ Association says the provincial government’s suggestion that educators don’t act with integrity or present issues in a balanced way is offensive.