2 women in their 60s pronounced dead at scene, 7 taken to hospital, police say Police say the driver of an SUV that struck a wedding celebration in West Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday, killing two people, remains in hospital as investigators look into whether speed or a medical incident was involved in the crash. Const. Nicole Braithwaite of the West Vancouver Police Department told a news conference Monday that the scene of the incident at the 400-block of Keith Road was “chaotic.” She says two women in their 60s wereRead more

In imagined speech, Conservative elder statesman says Trudeau can use Conservatives’ own words as ammunition An elder statesman of Canada’s conservative movement is offering a vivid warning about how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals might attack Pierre Poilievre if he wins the Conservative leadership. In an email sent to Conservative leadership campaigns and senior Conservatives earlier this month, former Reform Party leader Preston Manning engages in a thought experiment envisioning the sort of speech Trudeau could deliver in the House of Commons to welcome Poilievre — widely expected to become the next leader ofRead more

5 charts show what’s behind the shifting landscape — and why the worker shortage will persist A cellist who trained to become a coder. A teacher who transitioned to sales. A hotel worker who moved to the public service. Stories of people changing career paths during the pandemic have been well documented. So, too, has the dire shortage of workers in some sectors, with help wanted signs posted in the windows of countless restaurants and grocery stores. Statistics Canada data analyzed by CBC News bears this out, showing a migration among workers between sectors — from jobs inRead more

Tournament wrapped Saturday with Canada defeating Finland in OT for gold Tickets for Edmonton’s world junior men’s hockey championship haven’t been a hot commodity this summer and International Ice Hockey Federation officials say the high price of admission, the tournament’s odd timing and a spectre of scandal are to blame for low attendance. The 2022 tournament wrapped Saturday with Canada defeating Finland 3-2 in overtime for the gold medal. While the final was expected to draw the biggest crowd of the tournament so far to Rogers Place, average attendance beforeRead more

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics to feature sport for 1st time When Samuel Cyr took up breakdancing 15 years ago, he never thought he’d be training to represent Canada in the sport at the Olympics. “I was very, very bad at the beginning,” laughed Cyr, now a breaker on the small Canadian national team headed by the non-profit Breaking Canada. Now, with breakdancing making its debut at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, Montrealers like Cyr and other Olympic hopefuls are showcasing their talent at Montreal’s Olympic Park, where one of Canada’s biggest action sports festivals is takingRead more

Transport minister blamed travel chaos on COVID-19 and labour shortage Fatima Sherefa, 17, had a rough night at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Aug. 6. Her flight from Toronto home to Winnipeg had been delayed several times and then, just after midnight, it was cancelled. Sherefa says Air Canada staff didn’t offer hotel accommodation for the night, and instead passed out yoga mats to stranded travellers. Sherefa says she slept that night on one of the mats on the floor of a women’s nursing room at the airport. “It was very terrifying, butRead more

Paramedics say the children were taken to hospital with minor injuries Karen Butting and Bryanne Smart both say they felt the ferry going too fast to properly dock. “I kind of braced myself and we hit the dock,” said Butting, who was riding a Toronto Island ferry Saturday afternoon when it crashed while pulling in to the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. Butting said the force of the crash caused Smart to topple onto her daughters. “People at the top of the stairs had fallen on everybody on the bottom,” she said. “OurRead more

Woman in her 60s accelerated into crowd at outdoor wedding, say investigators. She is co-operating with police Emergency responders in West Vancouver, B.C., say two people were killed and 10 others were injured after a vehicle drove through the yard of a residence where a wedding party was taking place Saturday. West Vancouver police spokesperson Const. Nicole Braithwaite said that just after 6 p.m. PT a woman in her late 60s driving a vehicle on a shared driveway “accelerated forward and crashed into multiple individuals who were attending a wedding.” She did not sayRead more

English and French remain dominant languages, new census data shows The number of Canadians who predominantly speak a language other than English or French hit a record high in 2021, according to new census data released on Wednesday. English and French remain the dominant languages in Canada according to Statistics Canada, but the number of people who speak a non-dominant language at home grew to 4.6 million, or roughly 13 per cent of the population. Meanwhile, at least one in four Canadians reported having at least one first language other thanRead more

Threats include government plans to release oilsands tailings into watershed A United Nations body that monitors some of the world’s greatest natural glories is in Canada again to assess government responses to ongoing threats to the country’s largest national park, including plans to release treated oilsands tailings into its watershed. In a series of meetings beginning Thursday, UNESCO investigators are to determine whether Wood Buffalo National Park should be on the list of World Heritage Sites In Danger— a move the agency has already deemed “likely.” “Canada is not delivering,” said Melody Lepine of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, whichRead more