ter Indigenous children in foster care should stay in home communities, says head of roundtable By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 04:30:00 EST A Labrador foster parent and head of a group working to better the Labrador foster care system is stressing the importance of keeping Indigenous children with Indigenous parents in their Indigenous communities. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
ter The province is falling into winter in this week's audience gallery By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:32:09 EST Have a photo you'd like us to see? Email us! Our address is nlphotos@cbc.ca. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
ter Who's sparking joy in your community? Let us know about the people making things better By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:26:18 EST CBC Newfoundland and Labrador would love to hear your suggestions of folks and organizations who are there when you need them — and all the other times, too. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
ter I assure you, we're open: A.C. Hunter Public Library welcomes guests despite closure of main entrance By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:30:00 EST People using the library in the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John's are being forced to use alternate entrances due to an unsafe staircase in front of the building. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
ter Nova Scotia NDP, candidate part ways after concerns raised by Jewish organizations By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 16:51:50 EST A candidate for the Nova Scotia NDP has apologized and is no longer running for the party in the provincial election after her comments on Israel and the Holocaust drew concern from the Jewish organizations. Full Article News/Canada/Nova Scotia
ter School in Sipekne'katik First Nation commemorates Indigenous Veterans Day By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST The L'nu Sipuk Kina'muokuom school observed Indigenous Veterans Day with an event on Friday. Students, faculty and staff got together to honour Mi’kmaw military veterans and RCMP members. Full Article
ter How this veteran from N.S. started a humanitarian group in Ukraine By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:00:00 EST Kate MacEachern is a Canadian veteran from Ballantynes Cove, N.S., but her service years are far from over. She has spent about two years living in Ukraine, delivering humanitarian aid to communities across the country. Full Article News/Canada/Nova Scotia
ter RCMP investigating after body found in burned vehicle in Pictou County By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:27:45 EST RCMP are investigating after officers discovered human remains in an abandoned, burned vehicle in Greenhill, N.S. Full Article News/Canada/Nova Scotia
ter This veteran started a workshop in his garage to help others channel PTSD into art By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:42:51 EST Dominic April fell in love with forging after his career in the military came to an end in 2015. Now operating a blacksmith studio near Quebec City, he hopes to help other veterans dealing with PTSD find creativity and purpose. Full Article News/Canada/Montreal
ter Veterans honoured at Remembrance Day ceremonies across Quebec By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:38:59 EST Full Article News/Canada/Montreal
ter Montreal neighbourhood rallies around cafe after co-owner’s sudden death By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:19:03 EST Loved ones, friends, and people from across the city have all come together to support each other at Pastel Rita, the café Jocelyn Després helped so many call home. Full Article
ter Quebec student groups demand paid internships amid rising living costs By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:57:03 EST Facing soaring food prices and an escalating housing crisis, Quebec student associations are urgently calling on the provincial government to fund internships required for post-secondary training. Full Article News/Canada/Montreal
ter Labour minister forcing end of negotiations at Quebec ports marks 'dark day for workers' rights,' union says By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:16:05 EST The union representing dockworkers in Montreal says Canada's labour minister forcing its members back to work at ports in Montreal and Quebec City marks a "dark day for workers' rights." Full Article News/Canada/Montreal
ter Snail Shells Add a New Twist to the Mystery of Animal Asymmetries By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:05:27 +0000 After more than a century of searching, scientists have discovered a gene in snails that may control asymmetries inside many animals Full Article
ter Canadian government to apologize for Nunavik dog slaughter By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:17:24 EST In opening remarks at the Inuit-Crown partnership committee meeting in Ottawa on Friday, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the government is preparing to deliver an apology in Nunavik — the Inuit region of northern Quebec. Full Article News/Canada/North
ter 'I knew I was gonna die': Yukon paraglider recounts terrifying, high-altitude mishap in India By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST Paraglider Ben Lewis remembers spinning around wildly as he got pulled up higher and higher into the violent storm. That was when he realized, about 6,700 metres up in the sky and still rising, that he was not likely to see his family again. Full Article News/Canada/North
ter Whitehorse 'purple cabin' to stay standing for now after judge pauses 90-day vacancy order By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:00:58 EST Yukon appeal court Justice Karen Horsman granted a temporary stay of the requirement on Friday, the latest development in an ongoing legal battle over the property between the territorial government, cabin-owner Len Tarka and tenant Eric DeLong. Full Article News/Canada/North
ter Nunavut's first legislative clerk, John Quirke, retires after 25 years By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:06:54 EST John Quirke stayed in the job for 25 years — with a front row seat to Nunavut's politics as he managed the operations of the assembly and acted as the principal adviser for MLAs on parliamentary procedure among other things. Full Article News/Canada/North
ter This Defeated Presidential Candidate, Once the 'Best-Known Man in America,' Died in a Sanatorium Less Than a Month After Losing the Election By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:30:00 +0000 Newspaper editor Horace Greeley unsuccessfully ran against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant in November 1872. Twenty-four days later, he died of unknown causes at a private mental health facility Full Article
ter How Artists, Writers and Scientists of the Past Documented Climate Change By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000 An exhibition at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens explores how Western intellectuals viewed the climate crisis between 1780 and 1930 Full Article
ter A Secret Sculpture Built for John F. Kennedy's Grave Vanished in the 1970s. Half a Century Later, the Mystery Has Been Solved By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:52:29 +0000 The bronze wreath immortalized the moment when the members of the Honor Guard removed their hats and placed them on the president's grave during his burial Full Article
ter The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000 With flinty perseverance and a golden touch, Belinda Mulrooney earned an unlikely fortune in the frozen north and reshaped the Canadian frontier Full Article
ter Discover the Mysteries of Italy's Park of Monsters, a 16th-Century Garden Filled With Strange, Colossal Stone Creatures By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:15:00 +0000 The Sacro Bosco's meaning is the subject of debate, with scholars alternatively describing the sprawling complex as a memorial, an allegorical site or a tribute to ancient civilizations Full Article
ter Interim leader calls for end to 'self-inflicted wounds' as PC divisions remain By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:07:17 EST Interim PC Leader Glen Savoie urged members to find a common purpose rather than blame former leader Blaine Higgs. Full Article News/Canada/New Brunswick
ter Lest we forget: Stories of New Brunswick war veterans By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:00:00 EST From bravery on the field of battle to stoicism behind the lines, New Brunswickers of all backgrounds made their marks. Full Article News/Canada/New Brunswick
ter Weekend fire damages popular Saint Andrews eatery, the Herring By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:40:14 EST Emergency officials said the fire at the Herring Pub and Restaurant on Water Street broke out around 4 p.m. and appears to have started in an air conditioning unit. Full Article News/Canada/New Brunswick
ter Conditional sentence for ex-officer on gun charge might not be deterrent, judge says By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:41:53 EST A Fredericton judge suggested a joint sentencing proposal Tuesday was too lenient in the case of a former peace officer who left a loaded gun in the house while his children were home. Full Article News/Canada/New Brunswick
ter Gun violence is on the rise in Canada. In parts of the Greater Toronto Area, it's a record-breaking year By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST Families are grappling with the consequences of growing gun violence in Hamilton and across the Greater Toronto Area this year. Several of the region's police forces have warned of an alarming rise in shootings since January. Full Article News/Canada
ter CBC in Minnesota: What are voters saying after Trump win? By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:51:48 EST CBC News reporter Sarah Law reports from Duluth, Minn., early Wednesday after Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris to secure his second term as U.S. president. Full Article
ter Ontario wildland firefighters say new bill offering presumptive cancer care falls short By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:00:00 EST The union for wildland firefighters says a recently passed Ontario bill that makes them eligible for presumptive cancer care under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board doesn't go far enough. Full Article News/Canada/Thunder Bay
ter Ginoogaming First Nation declares state of emergency over bridge deterioration By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:42:59 EST Ginoogaming First Nation has declared a state of emergency after an engineering inspection showed the bridge leading to the community should be closed to traffic. Full Article News/Canada/Thunder Bay
ter Students in northwestern Ontario embrace a different kind of classroom outdoors By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:36:57 EST Since 1970, Lakehead Public Schools has operated Kingfisher Lake Outdoor Education Centre just outside of Thunder Bay, Ont. The CBC's Matt Fratpietro spent a morning with students from École Elsie MacGill Public School to learn more about the forests that surround the city. Full Article
ter No stone left behind: Students honour veterans ahead of Remembrance Day By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 08:31:34 EST In honour of Remembrance Day, Students from St. Paul School visited St Andrew's Catholic Cemetery to clean headstones of veterans, a partnership with the No Stone Left Behind project. Full Article
ter Northwestern Ontario residents share wartime stories through mementos kept for generations By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST CBC's Superior Morning has been gathering wartime stories from listeners leading up to Remembrance Day based on mementos they have kept for generations. Here's some of the stories residents in northwestern Ontario have shared. Full Article News/Canada/Thunder Bay
ter Parents demand refunds after Thunder Bay, Ont., climbing gym locks doors By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 06:00:00 EST As a troubled local gym goes dark, some members and the landlord say they haven’t heard from the owner about the future of the business in Thunder Bay, Ont. Full Article News/Canada/Thunder Bay
ter Visita a una iglesia subterránea By www.om.org Published On :: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:01:02 +0000 Este año en el mes en que se llevó a cabo el mantenimiento anual de Logos Hope en Uruguay, la tripulante Cecilia* de Argentina se unió a un pequeño equipo que sirve en Asia Central. Mientras estuvo allí, pudo asistir a dos iglesias subterráneas que desbordaban de esperanza y fe. Full Article
ter This veteran decolonized Remembrance Day events to honour Indigenous military service By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST Jeff Monague has worked to incorporate Indigenous elements into Base Borden's Remembrance Day ceremonies — an acknowledgement he never had as a soldier. Full Article Radio/Unreserved
ter I buried my memories of serving in Afghanistan. 15 years later, I found peace unexpectedly By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 25 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT Trevor Lewis was a corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces who tried to bury the memories from his deployment in Afghanistan. They all came back in 2021 after the fall of Kabul. This story is how he made peace with his time in that country. Full Article News/Canada/Calgary
ter Driver charged in woman's death after truck strikes Fort McMurray restaurant By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:18:41 EST A man from Calgary has been charged in the death of a worker after a 24-year-old woman sustained fatal injuries when a pickup truck crashed into a pizza restaurant in Fort McMurray. Full Article News/Canada/Edmonton
ter Legacy of Indigenous soldiers now being preserved in northwestern Alberta By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:00:00 EST A researcher in Grande Prairie, Alta., has undertaken a project to ensure past Indigenous soldiers and veterans are recognized for their sacrifices in both world wars. Full Article News/Canada/Edmonton
ter One of P.E.I.'s last WW II veterans shares his wartime memories By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:00:00 EST Lloyd Gates is one of the few surviving Second World War veterans on Prince Edward Island. He recounts the highs and lows of his wartime service in Holland and France. Full Article News/Canada/PEI
ter Hundreds gather in Charlottetown to honour and respect P.E.I.'s veterans By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:36:18 EST In the pouring rain in downtown Charlottetown, hundreds gathered to pay their respects to veterans and remember the fallen. Full Article
ter B.C. man charged with fentanyl offences after Charlottetown search By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:50:28 EST A 22-year-old man from British Columbia has been charged on P.E.I. after hundreds of grams of fentanyl and cocaine were seized in Charlottetown on Saturday night. Full Article News/Canada/PEI
ter Logan McLellan picked to represent Conservatives in western P.E.I. for next federal election By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:28:46 EST The entrepreneur and financial adviser defeated Adam Bassett for the party nomination in Egmont after two days of voting last week. Full Article News/Canada/PEI
ter Three Rivers council moves meeting online after 'aggressive' social media posts By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:39:33 EST The mayor of the eastern P.E.I. town of Three Rivers says comments on social media have become so 'aggressive' that council has decided to hold Tuesday night’s meeting virtually instead of in-person out of concerns for their own safety. Full Article News/Canada/PEI
ter New housing minister Myers stands firm on Charlottetown Outreach Centre: 'It's not moving' By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:50:38 EST Steven Myers, who has been Prince Edward Island's housing minister for just over a month, says the Community Outreach Centre will remain at its current location on Charlottetown's Park Street whether city councillors like it or not. Full Article News/Canada/PEI
ter Wildland firefighters say bill meant to provide workplace health benefits falls short By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 07:00:00 EST Wildland firefighters were at Queen’s Park on Wednesday to outline why they feel a new bill that extends protections for cancers, heart injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder linked to their occupation falls short. Full Article News/Canada/Sudbury
ter Girl, 16, recovering in Ottawa hospital after vicious attack By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST A 16-year-old girl is recovering in an Ottawa hospital after suffering injuries in what her family describes as a brutal attack allegedly committed by her ex-boyfriend, who's now in custody and facing charges like attempted murder. Full Article News/Canada/Ottawa
ter 'Paradigm shift' for northern Ontario legion that's now also a home for veterans By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:23:00 EST This will be the first Remembrance Day celebrated at the new Royal Canadian Legion in Sault Ste. Marie. Branch 25 recently opened a new complex in the northern Ontario city, complete with a 108-unit apartment tower. Full Article News/Canada/Sudbury
ter A new printer, developed by a Sudbury woman, is helping hospital pharmacies By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:32:37 EST A Sudbury pharmacy technician has come up with a better way to do her job, while also improving patient safety. Now her method is being used at Sudbury's hospital, and is getting interest from others. Full Article News/Canada/Sudbury