One-third will stay in Winnipeg while others will settle in other provinces Tears welled up in Sayed Najib Amin’s eyes and his voice cracked between sobs as he waited for his young nephews to arrive at Winnipeg’s international airport on Friday, exactly a year after the boys’ parents were killed in Kabul. After months of anticipation and delays, a charter plane from Pakistan carrying 324 Afghanistan refugees — including 120 children — landed in Winnipeg. Among the arrivals were two boys, age 2½ and four. They are Amin’s orphaned nephews. “We suffered a lot, soRead more

Canada had threatened to invoke measures to take control of Quebec territory The Quebec and Canadian governments say they’re now on the same page about the province’s caribou population, while offering little in the way of specifics. In a statement released Monday, officials from both levels of government said “that they are confident of reaching an agreement aimed at maintaining, protecting and restoring woodland caribou on Quebec territory.” The caribou have been recognized as a vulnerable species in Quebec since 2005. According to most recent figures, 5,252 woodland or mountainRead more

Rangers, first established in Yukon, are the watchful eye and paramilitary presence in Canada’s North Canadian Rangers have been keeping a unique military presence in the North for 75 years and on Monday, they were honoured in Dawson City, Yukon, where the first ranger patrol group formed after the Second World War. The Rangers received an honour called “Freedom of the City,” an “ancient ritual” where militaries would arrive at walled cities and seek permission to enter, according to Lt.-Col. Kristian Udesen. This “proved there was a trust and link between that militaryRead more

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