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[published_date] Air Canada flight attendants on Saturday overwhelmingly voted against the airline's latest wage offer, their union said. The tentative deal, which ended a strike at the airline last month, includes a 12 per cent salary increase this year for most junior flight attendants and an eight per cent bump for more senior members, followed by…

[published_date] A western P.E.I. man who lost his home in a fire earlier this summer has miraculously won a raffle for a new cottage. Alberton's Daniel Drouin recognizes the wild stroke of luck, one that couldn't have come at a better time. "It's life-changing really," he said Saturday. "It's just such a weird coincidence that … I…

[published_date] Tributes are pouring in from across Canada and beyond after former Montreal Canadiens goalie Ken Dryden — a legend of Canadian hockey — died at the age of 78. Prime Minister Mark Carney was one of the first to take to social media to share his condolences. "Ken Dryden was the reason I became a goalie, although I…

[published_date] Days after self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada" Romana Didulo and several of her followers were arrested by the RCMP during a raid at a former school in Richmond, the Saskatchewan Health Authority has deemed the building unfit for habitation. The health authority said it posted an order to vacate Friday, after it found the building in the southwestern…

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[published_date] A simple question lies behind Patrick de Kruyff's Tax Court of Canada victory last month over the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA): Who on earth would suggest taking Toronto's Don Valley Parkway at rush hour? An auditor in Vancouver, that's who. The Toronto-based financial advisor reluctantly uses the words "smoking gun" when describing the key discovery…

[published_date] Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender whose long resume in and out of hockey included six Stanley Cup victories and helping backstop Canada's generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series, died Friday at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer. A key member of the Montreal Canadiens' 1970s dynasty, Dryden's career…

[published_date] The Current “Welcome to Iqaluit” - The Current in Canada’s North At a store in Iqaluit, Ainia Nooshoota is trimming the fat from a batch of narwhal meat — a rare treat, freshly caught by hunters 750 kilometres away in northern Nunavut. "Narwhal is not always available around this area, so I've…

[published_date] Mark Carney's announcement on Friday that implementation of the federal government's zero-emission vehicle mandate will be delayed by at least a year can be read as another retreat on climate policy from the new prime minister.  It can also be read as a small victory for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who had been calling…

[published_date] Tributes are pouring in for André Bergeron and his wife Blandine Daux for their contributions to Quebec archaeology following the couple's death in this week's funicular crash in Lisbon.  The pair worked at the archaeology and ethnology laboratory of the Centre de conservation du Québec in Quebec City. A founding member of the lab, Bergeron had worked at the conservation…

[published_date] Ontario's top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada — but first, he says his own province needs a centralized digital vaccine system. Dr. Kieran Moore's annual report, recently tabled with the provincial legislature, says a co-ordinated approach from all…

[published_date] The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is here, and it features many book-to-movie adaptations and films inspired by literary giants. TIFF 2025 began Thursday and runs until Sept. 14. CBC Books went through the lineup and found all of the literary-inspired titles to add to both your reading list and watch list. A Pale View…