world news Family reeling as 16-year-old victim of alleged sword-and-SUV attack remains in hospital By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:14:44 EST "It's just like a big blur. It doesn't seem real," says the mother of 16-year-old Kaylie Smith. Full Article News/Canada/Ottawa
world news Students become 'junior historians' for a hands-on approach to Remembrance Day learning By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 04:00:17 EST Some educators are giving history classes new relevance by teaching students to be junior historians: offering engaging entry points into Canada's past and inspiring connections to the world today. Full Article News
world news Here's what's open and closed in Windsor this Remembrance Day By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 03:00:00 EST Malls and transit will operate under regular hours in Windsor, Ont., while museums and libraries will be closed on Remembrance Day. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
world news Motorcyclist dies in weekend Kingsville crash By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:30:35 EST Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say one person is dead after a Saturday afternoon single-vehicle collision in Essex County involving a motorcycle. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
world news Windsor asked people to help tax vacant homes and the results surprised them By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST Windsor's push to tax people that own houses that sit empty in a city dealing with an affordable housing crunch has led to some surprising early results. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
world news Windsor school board trustee says recent education cuts had 'very little' to do with resigning By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:50:09 EST Midway through her second term as a public school board trustee in Windsor-Essex, Sarah Cipkar is resigning for what she calls mainly “personal and professional” reasons. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
world news 2 people allegedly tied to biker gang arrested after scuffle at Sarnia Remembrance Day ceremony By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:04:06 EST A Remembrance Day ceremony in Sarnia, Ont., was disrupted Monday, police say, by the presence and arrest of multiple alleged members of an outlaw motorcycle gang. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
world news 'There is stigma, but there is help:' Death of CBSA officer shines light on mental health in profession By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:14:45 EST Details remain scarce surrounding the death of a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer at the Ambassador Bridge on Saturday. The border authority and union said an employee died by suicide while on the job on the Windsor, Ont., side of the border. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
world news For the 1st time, this Windsor theatre company is offering a show with sign language interpretation By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST Windsor Light Music Theatre's production of A Christmas Story: The Musical will feature sign language interpreters at the Nov. 22 show to make the entertainment accessible to those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Full Article
world news Thieves use vehicle to rip door off of Windsor sporting goods store By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:29:40 EST CBC's Dalson Chen talks to Bob Reaume about a break in that resulted in an estimated $40,000 in merchandise taken just before the busy holiday season. Full Article
world news Suspect wanted after 3 armed robberies in 30 minutes, police say By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:24:24 EST According to investigators, a suspect went into a convenience store in the 300 block of Shepherd Street West just before 8 p.m. and showed a handgun, demanded money from the cashier and left with both cash and items. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
world news Windsor-based fuel distribution company receives nearly $5M from feds in 'green shipping' money By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:06:40 EST With hundreds of vessels passing through Windsor's waterways every year, the company that fuels many of them will receive nearly $5 million in new funding to improve their infrastructure for the distribution of lower-carbon fuels — making the shipping industry more sustainable and lower emission. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
world news Man charged in crash deaths of 2 women who pulled over to save a turtle By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:13:16 EST Police said they had pulled their car over and exited the vehicle in order to help a turtle cross the street, something a close family member told CBC at the time came as no surprise. Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
world news New fast charging stations coming for Tecumseh town hall, local library By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:54:55 EST The Town of Tecumseh will be getting six new EV charging stations, the province announced Tuesday, in a bid to "support the electrification of transportation across the province." Full Article News/Canada/Windsor
world news Arson suspected in Kamloops, B.C., fire that destroyed Red Bridge By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:20:09 EDT Kamloops RCMP say they are investigating the fire that destroyed the Red Bridge Thursday as an arson. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Concerns for fish after burned Kamloops, B.C., bridge collapses By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 11:00:00 EDT Concerns are mounting over the potential environmental impact on fish populations following the destruction of Kamloops' historic Red Bridge, which collapsed into the South Thompson River during a fire. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news City apologizes after porn shown during Kamloops council meeting By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:11:10 EDT The Interior B.C. city is reviewing its policies for public hearings following the incident. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Okanagan man charged in drug-deal double homicide takes stand By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 09:00:00 EDT Wade Cudmore told the jury at his first-degree murder trial that he was not present when brothers Carlo and Erick Fryer were killed during a drug deal in May 2021. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Residential school monument finds home at national history museum By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 04:00:09 EDT "People actually reached out and hugged it and they told their [stories] about residential school," master carver Stanley C. Hunt says. Full Article News/Canada/Ottawa
world news Residential school survivors press Ottawa for more money to find unmarked graves By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:44:58 EDT A group of residential school survivors and their supporters are asking the federal government to reverse what they're calling a funding cut and come up with more money to help find the unmarked graves of students who went to these institutions. Full Article News/Politics
world news B.C. man found guilty in double homicide of Kamloops brothers By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:31:35 EDT A jury has found a Naramata, B.C., man guilty on two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of two brothers. Wade Cudmore, 35, was one of two men accused in the May 2021 drug deal killings of Kamloops, B.C., brothers Erick and Carlo Fryer. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Kamloops mayor's office moving to basement away from city staff By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 19:40:47 EDT The office of Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is being relocated to the basement of city hall. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Book of poetry shows resilience of residential school survivors By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 09:00:00 EDT Garry Gottfriedson, who attended the Kamloops Indian Residential School for five years, drew on his own experience at residential school, as well as those of his siblings and parents, for the book. He describes the process of gathering their stories as "powerful." Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Kamloops mayor in court over allegation he owes ex-lawyer $35K By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:03:56 EDT Lawyer David McMillan alleges the mayor owes him payment for services provided between 2021 and 2024. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news How a resolution at the B.C. Law Society became a debate about residential school denialism By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 05:00:00 EDT A recent request to change the wording in a mandatory Indigenous intercultural course for lawyers in British Columbia led to a debate over whether the changes amounted to residential school denialism. Full Article News/Indigenous
world news B.C. voting stations affected by power outages reopened By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 18:46:00 EDT A handful of voting stations were temporarily closed due to power outages on Saturday morning during the final day of B.C.’s provincial election, while the only station in Dease Lake was fully closed because an election official had travel difficulties. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Kamloops mayor's pay cut 15% for leaking confidential documents By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:48:51 EDT The pay cut comes after city council had already taken a number of steps against the mayor, including stripping him of his duties as a city spokesperson, removing him from the Thompson Nicola Regional District board and Shuswap Watershed Council and relocating his office to the basement of city hall. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Canadian RJ Barrett close to return from injury as Raptors prepare for Wednesday's season opener By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:56:00 EDT Canadian swingman RJ Barrett was upgraded to day-to-day and engaged in non-contact practise on Monday, two days before Toronto hosts the Cleveland Cavaliers at Scotiabank Arena. Full Article Sports/Basketball
world news B.C. school district makes further cuts in wake of $2.2M accounting error By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:00:07 EDT The Kamloops School District has made further cuts, including staff reductions, as it faces a budget deficit of more than $2 million from the 2023-24 school year. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Apology long overdue for U.S. Indian boarding schools, says former student By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:31:39 EDT A former student of federal Indian boarding schools in the U.S. says Joe Biden's rare presidential apology was long overdue. "They should have done it years ago," says 74-year-old Rosie Yellowhair. Full Article News/Indigenous
world news Indigenous leaders praise report on Canada's 'disappeared' residential school children By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:29:54 EDT Kimberly Murray has opened an uncomfortable and difficult but long overdue conversation about justice for Canada’s "disappeared" residential school children, Indigenous leaders say in response to the special interlocutor's two-volume final report. Full Article News/Indigenous
world news Syilx Okanagan woman files lawsuit alleging historic abuse at Vernon Catholic school By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:00:00 EDT A Syilx Okanagan woman has filed a lawsuit against church authorities and the Canadian government alleging she was physically and sexually abused as a child at a Catholic-run Vernon, B.C., school. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Sleepy little Falkland, B.C., awakes to big news of superlab drug bust By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 20:13:28 EDT Falkland locals are still wrapping their heads around the raid of the rural property, likened to a scene out of Breaking Bad, which was part of an RCMP operation that seized drugs and guns worth almost half a billion dollars. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Re-elected Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc chief wants to celebrate her community By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:00:00 EST The re-elected chief of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation says she's hoping to forge connections within her community as she looks ahead to her next term. Full Article News/Canada/British Columbia
world news Amsterdam police detain pro-Palestinian protesters at banned demonstration By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:29:43 EST Full Article News/World
world news Ukraine targets Moscow with its biggest drone attack of the war By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 09:23:15 EST Ukraine attacked Moscow on Sunday with at least 34 drones, the biggest drone strike on the Russian capital since the start of the war in 2022, forcing flights to be diverted from three of the city's major airports and injuring at least one person. Full Article News/World
world news Kamala Harris drinks wine and plays Connect 4 in joyful post-election pic posted by her niece By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:28:40 EST What would you do if you'd just been dealt a devastating, extremely public defeat? If your answer is "drink wine in leggings," then Vice-President and former Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris can do you one better: Drink wine in leggings, sporting a messy bun, while playing Connect 4. Full Article News/World
world news Source says Trump advised Putin not to escalate Ukraine war, Kremlin denies conversation By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:49:27 EST U.S. president-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him not to escalate the Ukraine war, a source familiar with the conversation said, but the Kremlin denied the two had spoken. Full Article News/World
world news Crime network selling Banksy, Warhol and Picasso forgeries uncovered in Italy By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:00:16 EST Italian police have uncovered a large-scale pan-European forgery network making and selling fake artworks attributed to some of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art including Banksy, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol. Full Article News/World
world news Israeli strikes kill 37 as attacks intensify in central and southern Gaza By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:10:14 EST An Israeli airstrike killed seven people late Monday at a café near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian medics said, bringing the death toll from Israeli strikes since Sunday night to at least 37. Full Article News
world news Why a petrostate is hosting UN climate talks — again By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 04:11:59 EST Full Article News
world news Thousands march in far-right rally to mark Poland's Independence Day By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:33:35 EST Tens of thousands of Poles including nationalist opposition chiefs walked through Warsaw on Monday in an annual Independence Day event held by the far right, some shooting red flares and carrying anti-EU, anti-Ukraine and white supremacist banners. Full Article News/World
world news Spirit Airlines flight hit by gunfire as gang violence shuts down Haiti's main airport By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 20 May 2024 14:58:11 EDT Full Article News/World
world news Driver deliberately rams car into crowd in China, killing 35 and injuring dozens By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 07:41:50 EST A driver killed 35 people and severely injured another 43 when he deliberately rammed his car into people exercising at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, police said Tuesday. Full Article News/World
world news Trump's return to White House spells uncertainty for U.S.-China relationship By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST The impact of Donald Trump's election win on Nov. 5 will be felt globally, especially in China — one of the world's emerging superpowers and one of the United States' biggest trading partners. The relationship could also affect Canada. Full Article News/World
world news Church of England head Justin Welby resigns after sex abuse coverup controversy By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:28:54 EST An investigation found that he failed to inform police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became aware of it. Full Article News/World
world news Israel misses deadline to let more aid into Gaza, but U.S. maintains support By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:30:57 EST Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours — including 11 in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said — as the country missed a deadline set by Washington to allow more humanitarian aid into the Palestinian enclave. Full Article News/World
world news This elephant gives herself nice showers with a hose. But another elephant keeps ruining them By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:56:24 EST Not only does Mary the Asian elephant prefer to shower herself, but she's really good at it. So good, in fact, that her dexterous bath-time ritual is the subject of a new study about animal tool use. Full Article Radio/As It Happens
world news Trump chooses Mike Huckabee, staunchly pro-Israel conservative, as ambassador to nation By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:53:05 EST U.S. president-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was nominating former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as its next ambassador to Israel, tapping a staunchly pro-Israel conservative whose choice could signal future U.S. policy toward conflicts in the Middle East. Full Article News/World
world news U.S. Air National Guard member who leaked documents on Ukraine gets 15-year sentence By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:35:30 EST A federal judge sentenced a Massachusetts Air National Guard member to 15 years in prison Tuesday for leaking classified military documents about the war in Ukraine, actions prosecutors said put the country's national security at risk, endangered other military members and damaged U.S. relationships with its allies. Full Article News/World