63 minutes ago Workers helping the homeless in Montreal feel powerless as crisis deepens

As temperatures drop in Montreal, homeless shelters are overcrowded and warming stations — furnished with chairs, not beds — are at full capacity

Society

95 minutes ago Israeli and Canadian officials clash over whether Canada is safe for Jews

Amichai Chikli, an Israeli minister, chided the Canadian prime minister for being the only G7 leader who hasn't visited the Jewish state since Oct. 7, 2023

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2 hours ago Canada’s efforts to combat abuse in sports saw slow progress this year

This year, a national commission began cross-country public consultations and an online registry of people sanctioned or under investigation for maltreatment in sport went live.

Sport

2 hours ago How changing demographics and tastes are shaping Canada’s grocery stores

It’s mid-December at a large supermarket in Mississauga, Ont., and Christmas music plays softly over the speakers as customers roam the aisles, picking the perfect lemon and eyeing the large olive counter in the middle of the store. But this isn’t just any grocery store. Walk past the produce and the olives, and you’ll see […]

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3 hours ago WE LOVE KILLERS: Suspected CEO gunman joins Night Stalker on Murder Hot 100

The corpse was barely cold when the cooing began. Suspected assassin Luigi Mangione, 26, is accused of shooting insurance CEO Brian Thompson, a father of two, on a Manhattan street on Dec. 4. Thompson was shot in the back in a targeted hit. But what was astounding was the coterie of undergrads, humanities professors and […]

Events

3 hours ago RCMP informant’s decades of spying on social reformers are chronicled in new book

Frank Hadesbeck was alone, broke and looking for work in Alberta when the RCMP recruited him as an informant, on condition he join the Communist Party to establish a cover

Society

3 hours ago B.C. mayor gets calls from across Canada about ‘crazy’ plan to recruit doctors

The mayor of the suburban Victoria community of Colwood says an 'out-of-the-box' plan some called 'crazy' to recruit family doctors by hiring them as city workers is gaining interest across Canada

Science

3 hours ago Drug superlabs leave a toxic mess. Some say B.C.’s cleanup rules are a mess, too

May, who co-owns Calgary-based Mayken Hazmat Solutions, has been cleaning the mess left behind by drug labs in Western Canada after police are done with the scene.

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6 hours ago HILL: Canada’s chief actuary fails to estimate Alberta’s share of CPP assets — but one point is clear

Despite a new report from Canada’s chief actuary about Alberta’s potential plan to leave the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and start its own separate provincial pension plan, Albertans still don’t have an official estimate from Ottawa about Alberta’s share of CPP assets. The actuary analyzed how the division of assets might be calculated, but did […]

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