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[published_date] Cost of Living 9:34 Could shop class solve Canada's trades shortage? To meet the federal government's promise to "build, baby, build," the country is going to need a whole lot more skilled trades workers. But a shortage of shop class teachers in Canadian high schools might make them hard to find.  "We have…

[published_date] An evacuation order in Wheatley, Ont., is over after a gas leak was discovered Thursday. Chatham-Kent municipal spokesperson Eric Labadie said residents were given clearance to head back into their homes overnight. He told CBC News the gas has stopped emitting behind the village's library. However, crews continue to search for the origination of the leak. "Chatham-Kent…

[published_date] A year after her mother was sentenced to prison for defrauding Inuit organizations to help pay for her education, an Ontario woman went public for the first time about the case — and Jordan Archer's story has again stirred up anger and frustration among Inuit. Archer, formerly Nadya Gill, spoke to the Toronto Star…

[published_date] Black and Middle Eastern people in Hamilton continue to be overrepresented in use-of-force incidents recorded by the Ontario city's police service. The statistics, which were submitted to the police board on Thursday, mark the fifth straight year that Black people are disproportionately represented. The inclusion of race-based data started being published in 2020 as part of an Ontario government mandate,…

[published_date] The final numbers are in on last years' Alberta budget, and the bottom-line figure is an $8.3-billion surplus. It's $2.5 billion more than officials had expected to get, and Finance Minister Nate Horner told reporters Friday the jump is because of more tax revenue from a growing population, coupled with oil royalties that were…

[published_date] A Quebec government-commissioned investigation into the campus climate at Dawson and Vanier colleges is recommending the adoption of a law to "oversee academic freedom in the college system" with the aim of reducing tensions among students. The report published Friday, after it had first appeared in the Journal de Montréal, found that the principles of secularism…

[published_date] Tommy Chan knows he ran five kilometres on Tuesday, May 20. He just doesn't remember it. In fact, he doesn't recall anything from that date — waking up days later in haze at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute after suffering what he says was a post-run heart attack. "I don't even remember the…

[published_date] The shrouds were removed from the brand new walk signals at the intersection of Portage and Main on Friday morning and the remaining construction barricades hauled away, as 46 years of prohibited pedestrian crossings came to an end at Winnipeg's famous corner. "This is very, very special today. Today marks a historic moment," said Mayor…

[published_date] The president of an organization representing First Nations along the north coast of B.C. says it would not support any new pipeline projects in northern B.C.  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told Bloomberg News Tuesday that she expects a private company will bring forward a proposal to build a new oil pipeline to B.C.'s North…

[published_date] An Alberta judge has put on hold a provincial law that bans doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth. Justice Allison Kuntz, in a written judgment Friday, said the law raises serious issues that need to be hashed out in court, and issued a temporary injunction against the law before it fully came into…

[published_date] U.S. President Donald Trump says he's ending all trade discussions with Canada to hit back at Ottawa for slapping a tax on web giants — and he wants it removed before negotiations can begin again. Canada and the U.S. have been locked in talks to get Trump to lift his punishing tariffs on Canadian goods,…

[published_date] The RCMP says Saskatchewan's former commanding officer now has a new job with the force. Mounties say Rhonda Blackmore has been hired as assistant commissioner of Indigenous and support services, replacing Warren Brown, who recently announced his retirement. The position is based out of national headquarters in Ottawa. Blackmore, a 30-year RCMP veteran who assumed…