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[published_date] Nancy Addison is still waiting for a house to come home to, one year after a wildfire raged through Jasper, Alta. She moved to Jasper with her husband about 40 years ago. She spent most of that time as a school teacher, but also immersed herself volunteering in the community during her time as the people's warden for St. Mary…

[published_date] Unionized workers at Canada Post begin voting on the Crown corporation's latest contract offer on Monday. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging they reject the proposal. Canada Post is at an impasse with the union representing roughly 55,000 postal service workers after more than a year and a half of talks. The…

[published_date] The father of the nine-year-old Canadian girl who was found dead after being reported missing in northeastern New York was arrested Monday morning, according to VINE — a system that allows victims of crime in the U.S. to obtain information about criminal cases. More to come. Below is a previous version of this story. A…

[published_date] At 97, John (Jack) Edwards is a star citizen of Amherstburg, Ont. He doesn't miss a council meeting, sits on the local economic development advisory committee, and every two to three weeks has lunch with the mayor.  "I like people. I've always loved being with people," Edwards said, explaining his passion for political volunteerism.  "I…

[published_date] As wildfires become more frequent and intense across Canada, fire officials are seeing stark differences between northwestern and northeastern Ontario. They say it all comes down to what's burning, how it burns, and where. More than 2.2 million hectares have burned in Ontario's northwest since 2015, according to the Ministry of Natural resources, compared…

[published_date] There's an app for that — even to help monitor people on bail in Ontario. And it's getting some upgrades, courtesy of a $2.4-million provincial grant, finalized last year. Back in 2019, Toronto police created a bail compliance dashboard, a mobile and desktop app, to give officers one spot to review bail conditions, surety information and the address of…

[published_date] Canada's premiers are kicking off a three-day summit in Ontario's cottage country at a time of heightened anxiety over tariffs and trade with Canada's closest trading partner, the United States.  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is hosting all 13 provincial and territorial premiers in Huntsville, Ont., about 220 kilometres north of Toronto, with meetings getting underway…

[published_date] Mexico's Pato O'Ward has always enjoyed the sights and sounds of Toronto, it's just the IndyCar Series race around Exhibition Place he didn't like, struggling year after year on the street course. O'Ward finally won the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto on Sunday, for the seven-year veteran's first victory in Canada. A pep talk…

[published_date] Bo Bichette had two doubles and two runs batted in, George Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Addison Barger each homered and the Blue Jays swept the visiting San Francisco Giants with an 8-6 victory on Sunday afternoon. Guerrero and Alejandro Kirk added RBI singles for Toronto, which posted its franchise record-tying 10th consecutive home…

[published_date] Wayne Foster spent much of his life chasing the horizon as a fighter pilot, but he could be facing his toughest battle yet: parting with the warbird he built by hand. At 88, Foster is selling one of his planes: a smaller-scale replica of a P-40 Warhawk with the Royal Air Force's 1940 Desert…

[published_date] Around 1:00 p.m. Sunday, water bombers could be seen from the Banting Park area, collecting water from the ocean to put out the Musgrave Harbour wildfire. (Submitted by Peter Barfoot)As fire crews continue work on an out-of-control wildfire in the Town of Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, the fire is now two kilometres…

[published_date] If you discover hate in your neighbourhood, report it. That's the message Hamilton Mayor Andrea Horwath has for residents following a CBC News investigation which found members of white supremacist groups have been preparing for a "race war" in Hamilton-area gyms and parks. "Hate has no home in Hamilton," Horwath said. "Hamilton is a…