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Toronto’s Pearson airport now 2nd worst in world for delays. Ottawa says travel woes on the mend

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 Read more

12 people, including 2 children, slightly injured after Toronto Island ferry crashes into dock Social Sharing

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 Read more

2 people killed, 10 injured after vehicle crashes through West Vancouver wedding party, say responders

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 Read more

Record number of Canadians reporting first language other than French or English: StatsCan

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,Read more

Is Wood Buffalo National Park ‘in danger’? UNESCO investigators are in Canada to find out

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 Read more

Smaller share of Quebec households speaking French regularly, census data shows

More than half of English speakers live in multilingual households The proportion of people in Quebec who mainly speak French at home has continued to dwindle, according to Statistics Canada.Read more

Peterborough mayor defends her use of the f-word in response to weekend protest

Diane Therrien explains why she sent out a profanity-filled tweet about a weekend protest The mayor of a small Ontario city is getting a lot of attention today — not for ducking Read more

Negotiator behind deal with Freedom Convoy says Ottawa was too quick to use emergency powers

‘History will show this was a total overreaction’ — Dean French The man who negotiated on the City of Ottawa’s behalf with Tamara Lich and other organizers of the Freedom Read more

Passport delays spur some Canadians to game the system with fake travel plans

‘It’s breaking us,’ says Terrace, B.C., dad as family short 2 passports after 5-month wait Canadians are getting creative trying to cut the long waits for passports that have been Read more

Oil spill off San Juan Island ‘pretty well impossible to clean up,’ expert says

Fishing boat had nearly 9,840 litres of oil and diesel on board when it went down in Salish Sea Crews are assessing the waters off San Juan Island in the Read more

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