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Air passenger complaint backlog hits new high, but agency says it's processing complaints faster (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
Canada's transportation regulator says it has made progress on addressing compensation claims against airlines since a new complaint resolution process was introduced last fall — but incoming complaints have pushed the backlog to a new high.
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Leafs announcer slams home crowd as 'very disappointing' after game 3 loss to Bruins (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
Longtime Toronto Maple Leafs radio announcer Joe Bowen wasn’t shy about his frustration with a listless crowd at Scotiabank Arena Wednesday night, as the team dropped game three of its first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins.
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Ottawa failing to meet Jordan's Principle deadlines for First Nations kids' care most of the time (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
Indigenous Services Canada is taking longer to respond to requests to help First Nations children, which critics say is putting lives at risk.
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Harry Jerome's daughter wants famed sprinter's name removed from embattled charity's awards (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
The daughter of renowned Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome wants his name and likeness removed from a Toronto charity's annual awards — which are this weekend — until it is cleared of alleged financial mismanagement.
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What could a $5B government loan program do? Turn Indigenous communities into powerful investors (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
Indigenous leaders say a new loan guarantee program from the federal government, announced last week in the 2024 budget, will be a huge boost for economic reconciliation.
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Jury selection begins in case of alleged Winnipeg serial killer (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
Jury selection is scheduled to happen Thursday in the case of a man accused of killing three First Nations women, and a fourth who is also believed to be Indigenous, in Winnipeg.
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Canadian banks need to do more to stop abusive e-transfers, survivors say (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
Women who have received threatening and abusive e-transfers from their former partners say Canadian banks need to step up and do more to prevent the misuse of their banking applications.
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Montreal's vacant buildings keep burning down despite efforts to quell the fires (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
A CBC analysis found vacant buildings are at greater risk of catching fire, posing a danger to firefighters and threatening the city’s built heritage. Despite ongoing efforts by the city to force building owners to take better care of vacant properties, these buildings continue to be at risk. 
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'A bit of hope': Hamilton tenants beat renoviction attempt by landlord at Ontario tribunal (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
The Landlord and Tenant Board dismissed the renoviction request because the only building permit the landlord had from the city was limited to making minor repairs. It also said it wasn't convinced the work would require the units to be vacant.
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Equity-seeking Olympians team up to create better support for competing moms (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
While the opportunity for Olympian parents to access a nursery may indicate progress at the Games, many women athletes continue to feel under supported, under-resourced, and underfunded during their family planning and motherhood years.
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Canadian health-care professionals urged to share climate disaster mitigation information (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
After last summer's heat waves, deadly floods and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to help their patients better prepare for climate change-related extreme weather and natural disasters.
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With capital gains change, the Liberals grasp the tax reform nettle again (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
The Liberals watched one set of tax reforms struggle to survive an onslaught of confusion and controversy in the summer of 2017. Now they're taking another swing at it — and the big question is whether they’re better prepared for the blowback this time.
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55-year-old wedding cake discovered in freezer tasted 'delicious' (Wed, 24 Apr 2024)
Rochelle Marr soaked the fruit cake in brandy and gave it a fresh coat of icing after rediscovering it during a deep clean of her freezer.
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New truckers in Canada aren't being trained well enough. How do we fix that? (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
There’s an "urgent" need to improve training for truck drivers, a new report suggests, and new drivers who have not received adequate training are making Canada's roads less safe.
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That offer to buy your time-share could be from a Mexican drug cartel (Thu, 25 Apr 2024)
One of Mexico's biggest drug cartels is targeting Canadian time-share owners with an elaborate phone fraud. And experts say there is little anyone can do about it.
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