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Extortions threatening South Asian businesses with shootings and arsons are linked, police say
Several brazen and violent attacks linked to extortion threats have targeted South Asian businesses across Canada since October. CBC News has learned that at least five policing jurisdictions in B.C., Alberta and Ontario are now investigating as many as 74 incidents or cases related to a series of extortion attempts.
Canada needs hundreds of thousands of public EV charging ports. Who is going to build them?
In order to hit its 2035 targets for zero-emission vehicles, Canada will need hundreds of thousands of public charging ports for electric vehicles. Critics say there’s no cohesive plan to make that happen.
These are the ways rural Canadians are more vulnerable to climate change
Compared to urban dwellers, rural Canadians are more vulnerable to climate change in many ways and face challenges to adaptation, says a new federal government report. And rural doctors and health researchers say climate change has been having a big impact on health in rural communities. Here's a closer look.
'Regressive' carbon capture tax credit open to projects that extract more oil, climate experts say
The federal government's proposed tax credit to incentivize companies to capture and store carbon dioxide underground doesn't exclude projects that also involve extracting more oil, policy experts who reviewed a draft of the legislation said.
Sanderson tried to kill one of the mass stabbing victims before, court records show
The prime suspect in the recent mass stabbing in Saskatchewan tried to kill one of the victims seven years ago, court records reveal.
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Cannonballs and grilled-cheese sandwiches: Ontario summer camp helps Ukrainian kids keep war at bay
Organizers of a special summer camp for two dozen Ukrainian children in Ontario's Northumberland County hoped a week of traditional camp activities ahead of a new school year in a new country would give them back a little of the childhood they lost when their country was invaded by Russia six months ago.
How masks could affect speech and language development in children
Masks can make it harder for young people to learn to communicate and socialize, but researchers say there are some simple things we can do to help kids in a masked society.
Masks mess with our brain's ability to recognize faces, but research suggests there is a silver lining
Pandemic mask-wearing is 'like the biggest experiment in face perception that was ever done,' according to a York University neuroscientist.
Ontario retirement homes push for mandatory COVID-19 testing for caregivers, support workers
The association representing hundreds of Ontario retirement homes wants the province to step up its COVID-19 testing guidelines to bring them more in line with the same rules in place for long-term care homes.
Officials probe arrival of 500 puppies, 38 of them dead, aboard flight from Ukraine
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is investigating after the gruesome discovery of dozens of dead and dying dogs aboard a recent flight from Ukraine.