Daughter of slain woman wants politicians held to accountNewsDuration 1:14Cambria Harris, the daughter of Morgan Harris whose remains are believed to be buried at a Winnipeg-area landfill, says it's important to hold politicians accountable for the lack of action on the call to search the landfill for her mother's remains. She filed human rights complaints against the Manitoba's Progressive Conservative party for election campaign ads that she says were discriminatory.
RNC moving into more west coast communitiesNewsDuration 1:24Some areas that were policed by the RCMP are being taken over by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. Mayors of two communities say they want to see more police visibility, but are unsure the change will succeed in the long term.
Cool science experiments in the coldNewsDuration 6:35A Red Deer high school chemistry teacher used the fridgid temperatures to his advantage to conduct some cool science experiments. Jason Zackowski joins Nancy Carlson to tell her about the different things he tried and has advice if you want to try a popular one with boiling water.
Quebec mandates signs be mostly in FrenchNewsDuration 2:01Quebec is introducing new rules for businesses, stipulating that two-thirds of their outdoor signage must be in French. The province says it’s an effort to preserve the francophone environment, but critics say the change will be expensive and time consuming.
He said the move by Loblaw to claw back the discount feels especially disingenuous, given the company's public statements about working with the government to help stabilize grocery prices. Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. Food prices will likely go up in 2024. Some claim changes to Canada's Competition Act, as well as the proposed grocery code of conduct, as the latest controls that will help lower food prices in the grocery sector.
Toronto man uses AirTags to track stolen SUV to DubaiNewsDuration 7:12When a Toronto man’s SUV was stolen from his driveway, he used AirTags to watch it travel across three continents before arriving in Dubai. CBC’s Thomas Daigle breaks down what happened and why the man couldn’t get the SUV back even though he knew where it was.
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North Grenville councillors, including Mayor Nancy Peckford at the right of the bottom row, pose with an NGtransit bus in a Facebook post last week. (Municipality of North Grenville/Facebook - image credit)North Grenville councillors, including Mayor Nancy Peckford at the right of the bottom row, pose with an NGtransit bus in a Facebook post last week. North Grenville councillors, including Mayor Nancy Peckford, bottom right, pose with an NGtransit bus in a Facebook post last week. (Municipality of North Grenville/Facebook)Another transportation option is making its debut in North Grenville. The on-demand, eight-seater NGtransit bus went into service Monday.
Some observers called 2023 the Year of the Strike, and at times that moniker was fitting. Across a wide range of industries, workers hit the picket lines to support demands for pay increases that kept up with surging inflation. To the end of 2023, total days lost will be even higher: more than 2.5 million days (boosted by walkouts that include huge public-sector strikes in Quebec in December). Lest anyone complain that strike-happy workers are undermining Canadian productivity, keep in mind that work stoppages amount to just 0.05 per cent of all days worked in Canada. That’s one-tenth the proportion of days lost during the peak strike years in the bad old 1970s.
Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Edmonton is in the midst of unprecedented temperatures, with the potential for three consecutive days of record-breaking cold. Mayor Amarjeet Sohi discusses the increased challenges around housing and homelessness due to the weather. CBC News published this video item, entitled “Edmonton’s extreme cold strains Alberta’s energy grid, triggers emergency alert” – below is their description. It frequently collaborates with its French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info, although the two are organizationally separate.
Pubcaster CBC/Radio-Canada confirms Dany Meloul as VP of French servicesCanadian public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada has named Dany Meloul executive VP of French services on a permanent basis. In her new position, Meloul oversees all of the organisation’s French-language programming services including Ici Radio-Canada, Ici Explora, Ici ARTV, Radio-Canada.ca and other digital and mobile services. Meloul is a seasoned TV and media executive, having previously served as general manager of Radio-Canada Television from 2019 until 2023. Prior to joining CBC/Radio-Canada, she held jobs including VP of French-language TV programming at Bell Media. I am conscious of the challenges that we face as a public media organisation, but I know that we will meet them with determination.
Alberta's energy grid had as little as 10 megawatts in reserve power at one point on Saturday night, one of the coldest of the past 50 years. In an interview with CBC News on Sunday, he said the emergency alert was a result of a confluence of extreme conditions. The province's energy grid had as little as 10 megawatts in reserve power at one point on Saturday night, according to the AESO supply demand report. (Helen Pike/CBC)"A lot of that increase last year was solar power, so solar capacity doesn't change anything at all for a 7 p.m. January spike," he said. "A solution relying exclusively on wind power, solar power and trade isn't going to get you through a really cold, dark night in Alberta," he said.
The municipality of Maria, Que., in the Gaspésie region declared a state of emergency early Saturday afternoon due to strong winds and high tides that could lead to coastal flooding. Residents of des Tournepierres and des Pluviers streets, which are most at risk, were given voluntary evacuation notices. This is the second state of emergency declared in Maria in less than a week. Almost a metre of water accumulated on Rue des Tournepierres due to heavy coastal surges Wednesday. Although people aren't being forced to depart, Maria's mayor, Jean-Claude Landry, is urging residents at risk to leave their properties.
Police say they are now treating the death of a 30-year-old man found dead inside a pickup truck in a downtown Montreal alley Saturday as a homicide. The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) received a call at 7:50 a.m. about an unconscious man inside a black vehicle, parked in an alley near Dufresne and Logan streets in the Ville-Marie borough. SPVM spokesperson Véronique Dubuc says the man suffered at least one gunshot wound to the upper body. Police set up a security perimeter and the SPVM's major crimes unit is investigating. The man's death marks Montreal's first homicide of the year.
Teenage surfing prodigy Erin Brooks has won her fight for Canadian citizenship, opening the door for her to compete for Canada at the Paris Olympics. Lost Canadian Erin Brooks has been granted her Canadian citizenship after reconsideration by the Minister of Immigration. The last opportunity to qualify for the Olympics is at the ISA World Championships in Puerto Rico in February. She won a silver medal at the ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador in June and gold at the ISA World Junior Championships in June 2022. The Brooks family leaves Monday for Hawaii to continue Brooks' training.
