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[published_date] A Montreal man says he waited for adapted transit for three hours on the side of an Ontario highway after an accident, and he wants the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) to improve its towing policy for people with disabilities. Frédéric McNamara said the experience made him feel like a third-class citizen. "I was angry,"…

[published_date] Wet'suwet'en hereditary Chief Smogelgem, also known as Warner Naziel, remembers attending meetings with his best friend and his best friend's mother alongside their nation as the Delgamuukw case was going through the courts during the 1990s.  "I want you to sit down and listen because this is history unfolding right now," Smogelgem recalls being told,…

[published_date] Parents of a 19-year-old man found dead inside a Scarborough shopping mall are reeling with grief and say they do not know why anybody would want to hurt their son. In an interview with CBC Toronto on Friday, Judin Basil and Mariyathasan Amalathas broke down in tears repeatedly, saying Daniel Amalathas was a "regular, wonderful, lovable kid"…

[published_date] Dawn Farrell, chair of the board of directors of the Trans Mountain Corporation, has been named the CEO of the Liberal government's Major Projects Office, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday. "Canada has always been a nation of builders," Carney said in a statement announcing the opening of the office. "I am thrilled that Dawn Farrell,…

[published_date] Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to amend the Criminal Code so that use of force is presumed reasonable against a person who illegally enters a home and poses a threat to those inside. "After 10 years of Liberals, the system treats victims like criminals and criminals like victims," Poilievre…

[published_date] The community of Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., is setting up around 200 cots for evacuees from Whatı̀ after officials ordered Whatı̀ residents to evacuate their community due to a nearby wildfire.  Behchokǫ̀ has also arranged for meals and snacks for the evacuees and for medical personnel and counsellors to be at the ready, Chief Bertha Rabesca…

[published_date] The stabbing of a Jewish woman in broad daylight at an Ottawa grocery store has prompted public officials including the city's mayor, Ontario's premier and the prime minister to condemn what they're calling a disturbing act of hate-motivated violence in the community. The unprovoked attack happened Wednesday afternoon at a Loblaws store on Baseline Road. The victim, in…

[published_date] A small town south of Quebec City is keeping a close eye on its fire hydrants after 41,000 litres of water were stolen in the middle of the night.  Laurent Marcotte, the mayor of the municipality of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Que., says the thieves hit the town's hydrants twice in one week and transferred the water…

[published_date] Nova Scotians can return to the woods in parts of the province. "I hope this offers a little bit of bright news to to some Nova Scotians as they head into the the long weekend for many people," Premier Tim Houston told reporters at a news conference on Friday. Houston said Friday that a provincewide…

[published_date] A First Nations woman is being sued for calling four women "pretendians," with the plaintiffs seeking more than $500,000 in damages and retractions to the heavily publicized comments made about them. Michelle Christine Cameron, also known as Crystal Semaganis, who heads the Ghost Warrior Society, says she conducts research to safeguard community spaces designated for Indigenous peoples and says those pretending…

[published_date] The Calgary man who killed himself after a three-hour standoff Thursday that began when he shot at police was facing trials on a number of organized crime-related offences and had recently cut off his ankle monitor, CBC News has learned. Elvis Vukaj, 31, was wanted on Canada-wide warrants after he removed his electronic tracker last week. Vukaj was…

[published_date] Faith Johnstone says at least one local resident near Neste boat launch in Thunder Bay's Westfort neighbourhood has reported sightings of "thousands" of dead fish floating along the Kaministiquia River. Johnstone, an environmental monitor for Fort William First Nation, says the resident observed the eerie scene over the span of three hours one day earlier this…