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[published_date] The streets of Toronto were filled with music, colour and rainbows as thousands of people took part in the annual Pride parade on Sunday. The parade kicked off at 2 p.m., with more than 25,000 marchers making their way from the Rosedale neighbourhood through the downtown core to Nathan Phillips Square. Toronto's event is Canada's largest Pride…

[published_date] Just a few years ago, Canada Day was going through a serious identity crisis. Calls to #CancelCanadaDay were trending in 2021 after preliminary findings from a ground-penetrating radar survey at a former residential school in British Columbia had found some 200 potential unmarked graves at the now-national historic site. In 2017, protesters with Idle No…

[published_date] More than 200 flights were delayed at Vancouver's airport between Saturday and Sunday, with the airport authority attributing the delays to ongoing staffing constraints at Canada's air traffic control agency. Nav Canada has been seeing ongoing issues for months, with a shortage of air traffic controllers at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in particular regularly…

[published_date] The German busing company FlixBus says it will soon launch daily round trips between Regina, Saskatoon and North Battleford, entering a market shaken in recent years by the end of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company and Greyhound services in the Prairies. The company, which now owns Greyhound and has been running routes in other Canadian provinces since 2022,…

[published_date] When Rachael Coe decided to launch an "elbows up" merchandise line at her store in Yarmouth, N.S., in March, she said it was an immediate bestseller. Within a week, Coe said her Timeless Memories shop had already made 400 sales. By the end of the first month, she had sold 2,500 products ranging from…

[published_date] Montreal · New Superior Court Justice Donald Bisson ruled last week that the class action can move forward, but limited it to Quebec residents because the case hinges on that province's consumer protection laws. In 2024, hundreds of thousands of Canadian customers were told via email they had won a boat in…

[published_date] This First Person column is written by Bailey Ross, who lives in Halifax, and is part of a Canada Day series exploring what Canada means to people across this country. For more information about First Person stories, see the FAQ. To me, there's nothing more Canadian than the sport of curling.  I grew up…

[published_date] On Tuesday, millions of Canadians will celebrate Canada Day — an event that has taken on greater meaning this year following the surge of national pride in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. CBC News will provide live coverage throughout the day across the country beginning at 6 a.m. ET. Here's how you can follow:…

[published_date] As families flee urban centres for the Canada Day long weekend, one popular eastern Ontario getaway is still under a warning that children should be kept indoors or under close supervision. A suspected animal attack last week in Quadeville, Ont., left an eight-year old girl with potentially life-threatening injuries. Now there's unease among tourists and locals alike about the safety…

[published_date] Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government plans to take a "fresh" look at its online harms legislation over the summer but it's not clear yet exactly what the bill will look like when it is reintroduced. It would be the Liberals third attempt to pass legislation to address harmful behaviour online. Fraser…

[published_date] Premier David Eby says B.C. is able to host more than the seven 2026 FIFA World Cup matches planned for Vancouver, even as questions mount over transparency and the tournament's economic benefits. B.C. organizers announced on Tuesday that the cost estimate of hosting the games increased to between $532 million and $624 million. That's up from a 2024 estimate of between $483…

[published_date] Cost of Living 8:09 This number is the magic key to your identity Dave has learned the hard way that you don't want the wrong person getting a hold of your social insurance number.  In 2024, he became a victim of identity fraud. Someone used his SIN to open a bank account…