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[published_date] Ontario Premier Doug Ford dumped a bottle of Crown Royal whisky on the ground around his podium during an announcement in Kitchener Tuesday, in response to parent company Diageo's announcement last week that it will close its Amherstburg, Ont., bottling plant.  "This is what I think about Crown Royal. That's what they can do," Ford…

[published_date] A former Regina junior hockey coach convicted of physically and sexually assaulting a teenaged player in his care has had his day parole revoked, according to a decision published by the Parole Board of Canada. After a trial in 2023, Justice Peter T. Bergbusch ruled that Bernard "Bernie" Lynch inappropriately touched and then hit a 17-year-old while…

[published_date] The federal government has instructed the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to devise a 100-day plan to improve service at its call centres so more Canadians can get through by phone. The demand follows a CBC News story last month about mounting frustration by Canadians to reach a CRA agent to deal with pressing tax…

[published_date] WARNING: This story discusses suicide and self-harm. Artificial intelligence chatbot makers OpenAI and Meta say they are adjusting how their technology responds to teenagers and other users asking questions about suicide or showing signs of mental and emotional distress. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, said Tuesday it is preparing to roll out new controls enabling…

[published_date] When 12-year-old Sunny Olvr sits down to read a book, words don't always make sense. Diagnosed with dyslexia, the Saskatoon student has been struggling to read despite his mother's advocacy.  His mom Lindsay Olvr said teachers try to do their best but they don't always have the right training or resources to support her…

[published_date] The grieving family of a Norwegian hiker who was found dead along the banks of the Hayes River are being welcomed by First Nations communities, embracing the family just as they took in their son when he started his Canadian journey two years ago.    Steffen Skjottelvik's parents, sister and brother have been retracing his…

[published_date] Kraft Heinz is splitting into two a decade after a merger of the brands created one of the biggest food companies on the planet. One of the companies, currently called Global Taste Elevation Co., will include shelf-stable meals and include brands such as Heinz, Philadelphia cream cheese and Kraft Mac & Cheese, Kraft Heinz…

[published_date] Kids trying out for female sports teams in Edmonton Public Schools this fall will need their parents to sign a form vouching that they were assigned female at birth. It comes as the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act sets new rules prohibiting transgender athletes from competing in amateur female sports divisions. The bill came into…

[published_date] When Melanie Cheng saw a dead mouse in the staff room of Graham Bruce Elementary school last year, the mother of three was disgusted — and curious about the extent of rodent activity in other Vancouver schools. Thanks to documents obtained by CBC News, Cheng — the chair of the Vancouver District Parent Advisory Council — now has the…

[published_date] As food prices continue to rise and Canadians raise concerns about practices at large retailers, some shoppers may be wondering if there's an alternative to Big Grocery. The cost of food has skyrocketed in the last few years, with Statistics Canada reporting that as of July 2025, Canadians were paying 27.1 per cent more…

[published_date] We set out to ask what it means to be Albertan — setting up first on a street corner in downtown Calgary. The answers came fast. "Pioneering." "Entrepreneurial."  "You look after your neighbours." After just a couple of hours, the simple version of what it means to be Albertan was pretty clear.  It's a…

[published_date] Iron your red carpet outfits and dig out your autograph books; the Toronto International Film Festival is back. The 50th iteration of "the people's festival" is due to kick off on Thursday, Sept. 4, with a 291-title slate of some of the biggest movies coming to a screen near you. But there's more than the Frankensteins, Smashing Machines…