WATCH | Hockey goes underwater in YellowknifeNewsDuration 2:08Although ice hockey season is coming to a close in Yellowknife. People are still playing hockey, just at the bottom of the pool. The CBC’s Luke Carroll had a chance to strap on some fins and join a game of underwater hockey.
Coastal protection plan rally held in HalifaxNewsDuration 2:30A rally was held on Wednesday outside Province House to protest the lack of a coastal protection plan for Nova Scotia. Three months ago, the Houston government announced a new mapping system instead of a new climate action plan. Paul Palmeter has the story.
Wheeler wanted to go into medicine and was enrolled in a pre-med program at the University of Manitoba. For many Indigenous people, Wheeler was the first Indigenous voice they ever heard on a broadcast medium. It was during her 10 year stint working on Our Native Land that Wheeler first became known as the ‘First Lady of Native Broadcasting in Canada’. For generations of Indigenous people in Canada, the phrase “My Name is Bernelda Wheeler, and this is Our Native Land” was instantly recognizable. When Wheeler passed away in 2005, Manitoba Minister of Culture, Heritage and Tourism Eric Robinson, remarked that Wheeler was “a pioneer in media and literary circles” and that “Bernelda will always be remembered for her sensitive storytelling of the lives of aboriginal people.”Awards & Accolades
A Quebec woman's car was stolen — but a stranger got it backNewsDuration 2:03A Quebec restaurant owner thought her car was gone forever after it was stolen in Montreal, but a viral Facebook post helped her get it back even though police said it was hopeless.
So we are left to speculate.To make an accusation of having Marner's security people harass media that do not ask Marner soft ball questions is nothing I have ever heard of in hockey. One is wrong here, and neither look good in all of this.Also I wish people would read the article. It has nothing to do with Marner hiring security for himself for safety reasons, he has every right to. it's got all to do with Marner trying to control the media through his Security staff. Either way, it is not a good look for one of the 2.
A smartphone stethoscope is making big strides in the medical worldNewsDuration 4:10The Stethophone app is the brainchild of Newfoundland and Labrador company Sparrow BioAcoustics. You hold a smartphone to your chest and it captures heart and lung sounds, and that information is shared directly with doctors. CEO Mark Opauszky tells the CBC’s Carolyn Stokes it can change how people access medical care.
Media Beat: The CBC Budget Continues to Expand as CEO Catherine Tait Gets Grilled (Column)Tait gave testimony at a House of Commons heritage committee hearing at a time when the public broadcaster is being scrutinized by polticians again.
Powerful tornado rips down trees in MichiganNewsDuration 0:30Severe storms passed through several counties in Michigan on May 7, creating tornadoes in some areas. One tornado was caught on a doorbell camera downing multiple trees outside the owner's home.
New tech being used to uncover secrets of the Halifax harbourNewsDuration 4:57Federal scientists are using autonomous underwater vehicles to take more accurate images of the ocean floor. The CBC's Amy Smith spoke to marine geoscientist Alex Normandeau at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
How do the PWHL playoffs work? NewsDuration 1:22The top four teams in the final regular season standings are battling it out in the league's first-ever playoffs. But unlike the NHL, the top team gets to pick their opponent.
POP Montréal 2024 Will Pay Tribute to Lhasa de Sela with Feist, Calexico, Helena Deland and Klô PelgagThe festival has also just revealed the first artists for its 2024 edition, which also includes Stars, The Dears, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and more.
Tom McSorley is Decorated as Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres par la République françaiseOn 24 April 2024 in the French Embassy in Ottawa, Michel Miraillet, French Ambassador to Canada, decorated Tom McSorley, Carleton Adjunct Research Professor and Contract Instructor in Film Studies, as a Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres par la République française. Tom received this honour for his contributions to Ottawa cultural life and Canadian cinema. Since 2004, Tom has been Film, Television, and Theatre Critic on different programs on CBC Radio One. For the past two decades, he has been the weekly film critic on Ottawa Morning, for which he has a loyal following. In the words of the French ambassador, Tom is a “pillar of the cultural scene in the national capital,” who has “contributed to giving life and soul to this city with all his talent and passion.”
'We really don't know' why London Drugs was targeted in cyberattack, president saysNewsDuration 0:43Clint Mahlman, president and chief operating officer of London Drugs, says the investigation is ongoing and his company will work to re-open 'in a safe, secure and methodical way.'
The creation of the Ombuds Office is a significant undertaking and entails ongoing engagement with [Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada] employees in Canada and throughout our global network. In a later public statement, it said the establishment of an Ombudsperson Office to respond to employee concerns is planned by 2024. Two unions representing IRCC employees say they still haven't been consulted directly on the creation of the ombudsperson's office. Pollara led two focus groups with 54 IRCC employees, whose names were left out of the report. The report cited multiple references by IRCC employees in the workplace to certain African nations as the dirty 30.
