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[published_date] A non-profit watchdog says Canadians have no way of knowing how much money is being donated to an evangelical group founded by an American who is making headlines across the country for event cancellations and questions about his views. Permits for Sean Feucht's summertime worship concert events organized by his Burn 24/7 group in major…

[published_date] Five wildfires continue to burn in Newfoundland and Labrador. (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)Latest updates: Off-road vehicle ban extended to 11:59 p.m. NT on Wednesday. Kingston fire is 10,708 hectares. Paddy's Pond Fire is 318 hectares. Martin Lake fire is 1,770 hectares. …

[published_date] Hurricane Erin will bring some wind and strong waves to the Atlantic region over the next few days, but will likely be too far offshore to bring rain to the region. As of Tuesday morning, Erin was a Category 3 hurricane, and is set to curve northward over the next few days. CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon said…

[published_date] Nilab still remembers the day Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. She was at the bank trying to pay for her sister's passport in preparation for fleeing the country.  Dressed in a red suit from work and with her hair uncovered, every taxi driver refused to take her home. Nilab, 29, says they feared they would…

[published_date] Kerry Russell, left, and Jennifer Murphy say they're excited to make history as part of Team Newfoundland and Labrador at the 2025 Canada Summer Games in St. John's. (Mike Moore/CBC)A quiet, cool morning along Carpasian Road in St. John's opens up into a hub of activity as the historic St. Pat's Ballpark plays host for another week…

[published_date] The annual rate of inflation cooled to 1.7 per cent in July, according to Statistics Canada, down from 1.9 per cent in June. Lower gasoline prices fuelled the decline, but the agency says Canadians were facing higher costs at the grocery store last month. Costs rose 3.4 per cent annually at grocery stores, up…

[published_date] Less than a week after Ontario Premier Doug Ford vowed to "start hunting down" scientists who use cats and dogs in medical testing studies, one Ottawa-based researcher says he is shutting down his lab.  "It was enormously scary," said Carleton University Canada research professor Andy Adler, who closed his project lab at the university on Friday. …

[published_date] Two truckers have agreed to plead guilty in connection with a scheme to smuggle loads of cocaine from California to Ontario on behalf of fugitive Ryan Wedding's criminal enterprise, CBC News has learned.  Iqbal Singh Virk and Ranjit Singh Rowal from the Toronto area are the first Canadians to sign plea deals with U.S. prosecutors…

[published_date] Business · Breaking The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said in a statement early Tuesday that a tentative agreement has been reached to end the contract dispute between flight attendants and Air Canada. Some 10,000 flight attendants have been off the job since Saturday CBC News · Posted: Aug…

[published_date] The Air Canada flight attendants strike has disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers.  As travellers scramble to rearrange their plans, many are seeking answers about their rights. They may be surprised to learn that passengers set to depart from most European countries have more protections than those booked on domestic flights. Here's what…

[published_date] Robert Apgar-Taylor vividly remembers the day he and his husband, Robert Taylor, crossed the border into Canada, fleeing the changing political climate in their native United States in hopes of a safer life in Canada.  "We took a picture at the border. It was winter," said Apgar-Taylor. "We wore our plaid shirts and hats, and showed…

[published_date] Like many people from Serpent River First Nation, along the north shore of Lake Huron, Jenifer Brousseau often picks berries and traditional medicines in the bush around her community in northeastern Ontario. But in recent years, Brousseau and many others from Serpent River have been concerned about the forestry industry's use of herbicides that contain the…