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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…

[published_date] As Liberal MPs prepare for a national caucus meeting in Edmonton next week, some are aiming to bring climate change to the forefront of the political agenda by creating a formal caucus to discuss the issue. The effort comes as some MPs are quietly expressing concern that Prime Minister Mark Carney has relegated green…

[published_date] The Current Miriam Toews on why she writes, and how it helps her survive WARNING: This story contains details of suicide.  In A Truce That Is Not Peace, acclaimed Canadian author Miriam Toews grapples directly with the losses of her father and sister to suicide.  While her earlier works have explored these…

[published_date] In July, Maxen, a Haitian man living in Hamilton drove to the Canada-U.S. border in Quebec where he'd arranged to pick up his two sisters coming from Miami, but the reunion didn't happen as planned.  The sisters, who fled Haiti last year due to violence, had hoped to settle in the U.S., but when…

[published_date] Potato producers across P.E.I. say this summer has been among the worst in recent memory for drought-like conditions. Andrew Lawless, operator of Hilltop Produce in Kinkora, has been running his irrigation system since the beginning of July, watering about 40 per cent of his crop once a week. Despite that, he estimates he will lose about…