Pipeline spills 60,000 litres of crude into muskeg in northern Alberta

No impact to wildlife reported, cleanup has begun The Canadian Press Posted: Nov 29, 2014 10:08 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 29, 2014 10:10 PM ET The Alberta Energy Regulator says close to 60,000 litres of crude oil have spilled into muskeg...

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Grey Cup breakdown: Ticats vs Stampeders

Tale of the Tape Calgary held statistical regular-season edge CBC Sports Posted: Nov 26, 2014 12:24 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 27, 2014 9:38 AM ET The Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Calgary Stampeders will kick off the 102nd Grey Cup on Sunday...

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Nunavut hunter survives 5-hour trek after falling through ice

A Pond Inlet, Nunavut, hunter is recovering at home after his snowmobile fell through thin ice, plunging him into frigid water and forcing him to walk five hours back to town in wet clothes in below-freezing temperatures. Laimiki Pewatualuk was hunting...

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3 people found dead in Toronto apartment building

Toronto police homicide detectives are investigating the sudden deaths of three people in the city's east end. The bodies were found inside a Thorncliffe Park apartment building late Saturday afternoon. Paramedics said they found two...

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Michaëlle Jean chosen as new head of la Francophonie

Former governor general Michaëlle Jean has been chosen as secretary-general of la Francophonie, the organization announced today. Jean was chosen by consensus at the summit of French-speaking nations in Dakar, Senegal, which began on Saturday....

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NDP MPs angry with the way Trudeau handled harassment allegations

What began with a non-partisan attempt to deal with serious allegations of personal misconduct against two Liberal MPs has descended into a nasty political dispute between the Liberals and the NDP. CBC News has learned that the two NDP MPs who came...

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Here's looking at you: How facial recognition technology is creeping into daily life

Calgary police became the first force in Canada to start using facial recognition software to match suspects against a mug shot database this week, but it likely won't be the last. The use of facial recognition technology is...

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Theremin turning heads in Canadian music, literary circles

The sound it produces is beautiful, unsettling, haunting and unmistakable … resembling, as one critic famously said, "a cello lost in a dense fog, crying because it does not know how to get home."   He was talking about the theremin, also called...

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Divers search for missing engineer in Quebec train derailment

Quebec provincial police divers will begin searching on Saturday for the conductor of a freight train whose lead locomotive plunged into a river. Iron Ore Company of Canada, which owns the train, identified him on Friday as Enrick Gagnon, 45. He had...

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SNC-Lavalin loses federal contract worth up to $22.8B

The federal government is not renewing a major public works contract with Quebec engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. The news comes on the heels of the company's announcement that 4,000 employees worldwide will be laid off in the months to come — 1,000 of...

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CBC investigation prompts Nunavut health-care review

Nunavut's health minister has ordered an independent external review of how the department mishandled the case of a nurse facing numerous allegations.  Monica Ell made the announcement in the legislature on Thursday afternoon after a CBC News...

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Stephen Poloz, unintended champion of jobless youth: Don Pittis

The furor set off by Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz this week may be the best thing to happen for the youth jobs issue in ages. For the few who didn't notice, the governor of our central bank put his foot in it the other day, telling...

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Ontario fines homeless woman for building her own home

A First Nations woman in Northern Ontario faces thousands of dollars in fines and a stop-work order on the cabin she is attempting to build in the place where she grew up.​ Darlene Necan is a member of the Ojibways of Saugeen First...

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Tories slam door on Access to Info reform

The Conservative government has rejected calls to reform the Access to Information Act as part of a new openness plan. The final version of the federal blueprint on open government for 2014-16 remains silent on updating the 32-year-old law despite public...

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Canada adds 43,000 jobs in October, jobless rate down to 6.5%

The Canadian economy added 43,000 jobs in October, pushing the jobless rate down to its lowest level since November 2008. Statistics Canada said Friday that Canada has now produced 182,000 jobs in the past year. But two-thirds of those jobs have...

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Harassment allegations against 2 Liberal MPs rest with secretive committee

The issue of harassment on Parliament Hill landed in the spotlight when Liberal leader Justin Trudeau suspended MPs Scott Andrews and Massimo Pacetti from his caucus pending an investigation into allegations of "personal misconduct." ​ The allegations...

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Faking it: 4 ways companies can deceive you online

Trying a new sushi spot or booking into a hotel? Do you check online before you check it out? Millions of consumers look at online references to followers, likes and shares to try to determine if a business is popular and legitimate before deciding...

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Nunavut put community's health 'at risk' by mishandling nurse

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Quebec in vitro fertilization program to be scaled back

The Quebec government is about to limit the province's free in vitro fertilization program and change the way it offers financial support. Health Minister Gaétan Barrette is planning to present an overhaul of the plan in the coming weeks. The previous...

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Honda to invest $857M in 3 Alliston plants in Ontario

This Honda manufacturing plant in Alliston, Ont., is set to receive a big investment from the Ontario government. CBC has learned Honda is investing $875 million in three plants, with the province putting 10 per cent towards that total. Honda will...

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Licensed medical marijuana facility goes up in smoke

A second barn fire in the Annapolis Valley within recent days has prompted the RCMP and the fire marshal to investigate.Lionel Rhynard, Port Williams fire chief, said the destroyed barn was believed to have been storing medical marijuana. "We received...

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Burger King deal takes bite out of Tim Hortons profit

Tim Hortons says almost $30 million worth of costs associated with its deal with Burger King ate into its quarterly profit in the past three months. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press) Tim Hortons Inc. said Wednesday it earned $98.1 million in its...

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Canadians aim to send micro-rover and lander to Mars in 2018

A Canadian company aims to launch a micro-rover and mini-lander to Mars in 2018. Thoth Technology, based in Pembroke, Ont., launched a campaign on Indiegogo today to crowdfund $1.1 million to pay for the hardware needed to fly the Northern Light lander...

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'Incompatible with Canadian values': Immigrants in polygamous marriages to be banned

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander is introducing legislation and announcing new measures Wednesday to ban immigrants in polygamous marriages from coming to Canada. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Citizenship and Immigration Minister...

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Stephen Poloz comments on unpaid work raise ire of youth groups

Advocates for young workers took Stephen Poloz to task after the Bank of Canada governor recommended that jobless university graduates beef up their resumes by working for free. Speaking to a House of Commons committee Tuesday, Poloz suggested young...

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Grizzly bear gets behind photographer's lens

A B.C. photographer snapped a new angle on grizzly bear behaviour last week, after one sauntered up and decided to see what life was like on the other side of the camera. Jim Lawrence, of Revelstoke, submitted his photo of the photographer-bear...

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Why an 'alarming' number of Canadians use food banks

Food bank use in Canada increased slightly this year in comparison to 2013, and it remains significantly higher than it was before the economic recession, according to a report released Tuesday by Food Bank Canada. In the month of March 2014,...

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Ottawa teen prostitution ringleader gets 6½-year adult sentence

An 18-year-old girl who led an operation that trafficked other teenage girls using social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter today received an adult sentence of 6½ years in prison. The girl was arrested in 2012, when she was 15, for leading...

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Alison Redford could face criminal charges, review finds

An Alberta Justice internal review concluded former premier Alison Redford could face four criminal charges if allegations contained in an auditor general's report about her use of government airplanes are proven by an RCMP investigation. Internal government...

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