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Closing housing gap for urban Indigenous could cost $1.4 billion a year, PBO says
OTTAWA - A new report by the parliamentary budget officer says the federal government would have to spend about $1.4 billion more a year to close a housing gap facing urban Indigenous people. That cos...
Feb 11, 2021
York United's Dominick Zator hopes Swedish loan will lead to Canada recall
Dominick Zator hopes the road to the national team leads through Sweden. That's why the 26-year-old defender is wearing the colours of Vasalunds IF these days, on loan from York United FC ahead of the...
Feb 11, 2021
Conservative election campaign ads violated copyright, CBC says
TORONTO - The CBC says Conservative election campaign ads violated Canadian copyright laws. The public broadcaster says in court that the ads did not reflect CBC's balanced news coverage or fairly rep...
Feb 11, 2021
Ottawa announces $55 m in clean tech funding for 20 companies
OTTAWA - The federal government is announcing $55 million in funding to support Canada's clean tech sector. The money will go to 20 companies across the country. It will help fund research and develop...
Feb 11, 2021
Pandemic hits Paralympic sport hard, Canadians get few chances to compete
Mollie Jepsen feels a pang knowing the world alpine ski championships are underway in Italy. The world para snow sports championship would have also started this week in Lillehammer, Norway. Jepsen, a...
Feb 11, 2021
Police search for fugitive jailed for two murders who escaped Quebec detention centre
SAINT-ALPHONSE-RODRIGUEZ, Que. - Quebec provincial police are looking for a federal inmate serving a sentence for two murders who vanished from a minimum security facility north of Montreal Wednesday ...
Feb 11, 2021
Mars mission inspires growing fan base back in China
BEIJING - Cui Tingting dyed her hair Mars red for the arrival of China's spacecraft at the planet known in Chinese as the Fire Star. "This is a great era for space, and the future of mankind lies in t...
Feb 11, 2021
Berlin festival announces this year's competition film slate
BERLIN - The Berlin International Film Festival on Thursday announced 15 films that are part of this year's competition and will compete for the top Golden and Silver Bear awards. The festival is taki...
Feb 11, 2021
Traffic moving again on Highway 5 east of Vancouver after fatal multi-vehicle crash
HOPE, B.C. - A highway east of Vancouver has reopened following a deadly crash that killed one person, seriously hurt five others and left 34 more with non-life-threatening injuries. DriveBC, the prov...
Feb 11, 2021
US jobless claims fall slightly to 793,000 with layoffs high
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell slightly last week to 793,000, evidence that job cuts remain high despite a substantial decline in new viral infections. Last we...
Feb 11, 2021
