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‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ is a ‘life-preserver in tumultuous times’: Canadian showrunner
TORONTO — For Roma Roth, setting her show “Sullivan’s Crossing” in Nova Scotia is a…
First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor
For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for…
With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He’s not alone
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — As the colossal replica of the biblical Noah’s Ark rises incongruously…
Vancouver Island University students make the world’s largest Nanaimo bar
NANAIMO — A Nanaimo bar whose recipe called for butter equivalent to the weight of…
Notman Photographic Archives receives UNESCO Memory of the World Register distinction
MONTREAL — The Notman Photographic Archives, a collection of photographs described as a Canadian treasure,…
A one-teen prom on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula brings small community together
MAIN BROOK — Breanna Bromley-Clarke may be the sole graduate of her all-grades school on…
Endangered whales gave birth to few babies this year as population declines
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this…
Manito Ahbee: Manitoba powwow, one of North America’s largest, celebrates 20 years
WINNIPEG — For many familiar with Canada’s powwow scene, Maggie White is known as the…
CBC has escaped defunding, for now. So what happens next?
OTTAWA — At the beginning of the year, CBC was facing the very real prospect…
Big streamers tell CRTC they should have more flexibility than broadcasters on CanCon
OTTAWA — A group representing big foreign streamers told a CRTC hearing Friday that those…
B.C. sending almost 100 firefighters to Ontario, after 42 deployed to Manitoba
VICTORIA — British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is sending almost 100…
Carney wheels up to Rome ahead of Pope’s inaugural mass
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Italy, where he is set to…
New Indigenous Services minister says she’s been handed the ‘toughest task’
OTTAWA — As the first Indigenous person ever to lead the federal department responsible for…
Opposition slams Liberals for having no plans to table budget soon
OTTAWA — Opposition parties attacked Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday for being vague about his…
Canada Post report puts union in tight spot, experts say
OTTAWA — A consequential report on Canada Post largely backs the Crown corporation’s story about…
U.S. trade disruption is ‘messy’ but the turbulence will pass: Nikki Haley
OTTAWA — Canada and other countries should not give up on doing business with the…
Stockwell Day supports Alberta vote on separation, warns it’s dangerous for Tories
OTTAWA — The Alberta separatist movement presents a danger to the federal Conservative party, said…
N.S. health minister admits ‘growing pains’ with new free-parking policy at hospitals
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has become the latest province to discover that offering free parking…
Recount confirms narrow Liberal victory in Milton East—Halton Hills South
OTTAWA — A judicial recount in the southern Ontario riding of Milton East—Halton Hills South…
Melanoma is on the rise and young people aren’t using enough sunscreen, doctors say
TORONTO — When Christie Garofalo’s husband asked her about a mole on her abdomen, she…
University of Calgary launches initiative to study new relationship with the U.S.
CALGARY — Alberta is putting $6.5 million toward a new initiative at the University of…
TIFF to introduce new audience choice award for international films
TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival is introducing a new people’s choice award for…
Filipino-Canadian creator Isabel Kanaan turned TikTok videos about immigrant experience into sitcom success with ‘Abroad’
TORONTO — When Isabel Kanaan moved from the Philippines to Burlington, Ont., at 16, she…
Clock starts on timing of byelection Poilievre hopes to use to return to Parliament
OTTAWA — The Conservatives know more today about when their leader could return to the…