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Her body was left on a couch for 6 months. Family, advocates say the system failed her
Two brothers avoided jail time after they admitted to keeping the body of Alasie Tukkiapik on their couch for six months in 2023. As the court case comes to a close, advocates and family members say the authorities failed the 41-year-old Inuk woman.
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Parental mistrust, hostile interactions a growing concern for Alberta teachers
When CBC News asked teachers what we should pay attention to in education, some flagged the growing mistrust that’s hurting relationships with parents and in some cases growing volatile. Here’s what we learned.
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Another Loblaw store fined $10K for promoting imported food as Canadian. Sobeys could be next
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is cracking down on grocery stores that promote imported food as Canadian. So far this year, the federal food regulator has issued two fines to Loblaw-owned grocery stores for this type of violation. The CFIA has also launched an investigation into labelling and advertising practices at grocer Sobeys’ head…
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What’s on our radar for March 17
We connect with Kingsville’s Paralympian Silver Medalist, get more auto strategy insight and look into a new deal involving the owners of Windsor’s NextStar Energy and a Michigan factory.
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LG Energy Solution and Tesla solidify battery deal for Michigan plant
LG also owns and operates NextStar, a similar battery cell factory in Windsor, Ont.
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Two major Ontario hospital labs bought research dogs from U.S. breeder with troubled past
At least two Canadian hospital research labs have imported dogs for scientific research from a U.S. breeder cited for repeated animal care violations, the Investigative Journalism Bureau has found. The University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, which says it no longer uses dogs for research, and the Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Ont., which…
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Most Kingstonians want statue of Sir John A. Macdonald back: poll
Seven out of 10 Kingston, Ont., residents want their statue of Sir John A. Macdonald back, according to a new poll. Authorities removed the statue of Canada’s first prime minister from a Kingston park in June 2021. That came after city council voted 12-1 to take his effigy down amid controversy over Macdonald’s role in…
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Doctor sues Ottawa Hospital for $2.3M in alleged bullying, sexual harassment case
An Ottawa doctor and scientist, whose first-in-Canada trial of a novel way of treating lethal artificial joint infections made national news, has filed a $2.3 million lawsuit against her hospital over the bullying and sexual harassment an independent investigation found she had suffered by two male colleagues. Infectious diseases physician Marisa Azad is accusing The…
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The separatist swindle of the century: Canada Did What? podcast
We all know how close Quebec came to voting for independence in the 1995 referendum. What most people never knew is the extent of the trickery behind the separatists’ undisclosed plan for the day after they won. It would have taken a difference of just a few thousand votes to unleash utter chaos on the…
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Ontario drug offender gets house arrest after 10 months at ‘unusually harsh’ Maplehurst prison
Because of the “unusually harsh” conditions he endured at Ontario’s Maplehurst Correctional Complex, a three-judge appeal court panel decided a man can continue to serve the remainder of his sentence on drug crimes from the comfort of home. In a decision published recently , the Appeal Court of Ontario justices said the two-year custodial sentence…