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Canada's foreign student push 'mismatched' job market, data show

1 hour 53 min ago

Canada’s recruitment of international students has tilted strongly toward filling spots in business programs, while doing little to meet the demand for workers in health care and the skilled trades, according to a CBC News analysis of federal data.

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Their dad died but Toronto police didn't tell them. They want to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else

1 hour 53 min ago

Eleven days after Douglas Taylor had died, Toronto police still hadn't told any next of kin of his death. Only when Taylor's son went to check on him and found the police seal on the door did they find out what had happened. The family still has unanswered questions about why police didn't notify them, a situation that has made the grieving process even more difficult.

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Who's at your door? N.S. consumers complain about 'aggressive' company selling water systems

1 hour 53 min ago

The provincial government will decide in the coming weeks whether to cancel or suspend Atlantic Environmental Systems’ permit, after receiving a series of complaints. It comes after the door-to-door company’s licence was pulled in P.E.I. last August for high pressure sales tactics and targeting vulnerable seniors. Atlantic Environmental appealed that decision and lost.

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Actions of man who killed 4 Indigenous women 'purposeful and racially motivated,' Crown argues as trial begins

Wed, 2024-05-08 10:43

Prosecutors say a confessed serial killer preyed on vulnerable Indigenous women at Winnipeg homeless shelters before killing four in 2022 and throwing their remains in the garbage.

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Exhaust sparks likely caused train cars to go up in flames before rolling through London, Ont., TSB says

Wed, 2024-05-08 10:30

Sparks caused by a locomotive's exhaust system likely started the sequence of events that ended in flaming train cars barrelling through downtown London, Ont., in late April, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says.

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First Nation protest camp in northern Alberta served with court injunction

Wed, 2024-05-08 09:18

An injunction has been granted against a northern Alberta camp established by a First Nation to protest drilling operations on its traditional lands.

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Quebec soccer clubs use role-playing to prepare referees for abusive encounters

Wed, 2024-05-08 09:00

With each viral video showing parents, fans, players or coaches verbally or physically abusing referees online, the focus on these interactions grows. To deal with that abuse, clubs like CS Saint-Laurent now include role-playing scenarios in their referee training.

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Drought signs raise fears of another fish die-off in B.C. rivers

Wed, 2024-05-08 07:34

Scientists worry climate change and the threat of another year of drought could have further dire consequences for populations of salmon, trout and other fish in B.C.

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Federal unions pledge to fight government's latest in-office work mandate

Wed, 2024-05-08 06:21

Several public service unions are putting together formal complaints arguing that by mandating federal public servants return to offices at least three days a week in September, the federal government is undermining collective agreements.

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Cambridge, Ont., man recalls seeing wrong-way driver on Hwy 401: 'It could have taken a really bad turn'

Wed, 2024-05-08 06:20

A Cambridge resident is recalling the terrifying experience of seeing a driver travelling the wrong way in traffic on Highway 401 on Sunday afternoon.

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Hundreds of charges laid in OPP child sexual abuse investigation

Wed, 2024-05-08 05:56

Ontario Provincial Police revealed what the service is calling the "staggering results" of a series of investigations into online child sexual abuse and exploitation Wednesday.

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Crown stays all charges against Edmonton hot tub company, owner

Wed, 2024-05-08 05:00

Crown prosecutors have paused prosecuting dozens of charges laid by Service Alberta’s consumer investigations unit against an Edmonton hot tub company.

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No concern about a 'diminished supply' of doctors in Ontario, health ministry says

Wed, 2024-05-08 04:38

Recruitment and retention of doctors in Ontario is "not a major concern," the Ministry of Health suggests in arguments it is making in arbitration with the Ontario Medical Association over physician compensation.

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Serial killer's video confession to be revealed in Winnipeg courtroom

Wed, 2024-05-08 03:00

Jeremy Skibicki unexpectedly confessed to killing three more women in Winnipeg during a lengthy police interrogation as he was grilled about the discovered remains of Rebecca Contois in 2022.

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After contracting flesh-eating disease, patients question Nova Scotia Health's response

Wed, 2024-05-08 02:00

Two women in the Yarmouth area are questioning the response by Nova Scotia Health after they say invasive group A strep infections left them in hospital fighting flesh-eating disease. The episode raises questions about Public Health messaging in the age of social media, according to one expert.

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Woman's Canadian citizenship revoked after 32 years amid 'error'

Wed, 2024-05-08 02:00

The federal government has cancelled an Ajax, Ont., woman's Canadian citizenship over an error it said it made more than 30 years ago — forcing her to pay hundreds of dollars in a bid to get it back.

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Waters off Scotian Shelf are cooling, but scientists can't say for how long

Wed, 2024-05-08 02:00

The latest survey of Atlantic Ocean conditions off Nova Scotia show after a decade of warming, temperatures on the Scotian Shelf are cooling.

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After several delays, Immigration Canada still doesn't have its promised ombudsperson's office

Wed, 2024-05-08 01:00

The federal immigration department has indefinitely delayed setting up a workplace ombudsperson office to deal with alleged racism and discrimination toward its own employees, after first saying it expected to have it up and running by last fall, then sometime this year.

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More Canadian cities are warming up to the car-free street

Wed, 2024-05-08 01:00

Car-free efforts in major Canadian cities are part of a global push that's reconsidering city design to reduce congestion and pollution.

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Messy gaps for some clients, landlords in Ottawa's housing first strategy

Wed, 2024-05-08 01:00

Some landlords in Ottawa are raising alarm bells about the city’s housing first program. They say some tenants aren't getting the proper support from housing agencies and damages are piling up.

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