Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says a DNA test backs her ancestry claims. CBC asked experts to weigh in
The DNA test was referenced in an agreed-upon statement issued late last week, in which the Law Society of B.C. reprimanded Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and fined her $10,000, after she admitted she had made a series of false public claims about her accomplis
| Posted: | 7:45 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 1712 |
| Rating: | 171 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Parks Canada installs almost 2 km-long curtain to contain zebra mussels in Clear Lake
A silt curtain is being installed and will soon be fully deployed to try and contain the spread of zebra mussels in Clear Lake within Riding Mountain National Park.
| Posted: | 5:44 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 1584 |
| Rating: | 158 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Quebec-based shipyard to expand operations south of the border to build icebreakers
Quebec-based Davie shipbuilding plans to set up operations south of the border to help the United States build icebreakers.
| Posted: | 7:12 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 1599 |
| Rating: | 160 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada wins its first 2 golds, plus Tuesday's medal chances
Canada won its first two gold medals of the Paris Games today as a pair of favourites delivered historic victories on their sport's biggest stage.
| Posted: | 6:22 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 1795 |
| Rating: | 180 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Death Valley tourist rescued after burning feet on sand dunes
A tourist was hospitalized after suffering third-degree burns on his feet on Saturday when he lost his flip flops at a national park in California where temperatures soared past 50 C.
| Posted: | 7:42 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 1739 |
| Rating: | 174 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada's premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters
As Canada's premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-related natural disasters that have only escalated since they ret
| Posted: | 7:40 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 1582 |
| Rating: | 158 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
FIFA strips Canada of 6 points in Olympic soccer, bans coach Bev Priestman for 1 year in drone spying scandal
FIFA came down hard on Canada Soccer on Saturday for a drone spying scandal, deducting six points from the Canadian women's soccer team at the Paris Games and banning three staff members, including head coach Bev Priestman, for one year each.
| Posted: | 7:40 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 1448 |
| Rating: | 145 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Hungary took out a gigantic Chinese loan in secret – avoiding bankruptcy'
The Hungarian government did not communicate that they took up a gigantic EUR 1 billion Chinese loan from Chinese banks to spend on fuzzy infrastructure projects. Taking maturing bonds out of the equation, this is the Hungarian state’s highest loan. We
| Posted: | 9:45 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 1642 |
| Rating: | 164 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Arsonists attack French rail network hours before Olympic ceremony
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said that attackers who struck early Friday hours before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics had "a clear objective" to block the country's high-speed train network.
| Posted: | 9:14 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 1777 |
| Rating: | 178 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Crown made a 'mockery' of 2 treaties with First Nations for 150 years, Supreme Court rules
For the past 150 years, the governments of Ontario and Canada have made a “mockery” of their treaty obligations to the Anishinaabe of the upper Great Lakes, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday.
| Posted: | 9:12 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1306 |
| Rating: | 131 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Scotiabank customers say their pay hasn't been deposited; bank says it's a 'technical issue'
Scotiabank customers who were expecting to be paid on Friday are reporting on social media that their paycheques haven't been deposited, and that the bank hasn't made clear when the money will hit their accounts.
| Posted: | 6:07 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 1615 |
| Rating: | 162 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Sixty per cent of Canadians say immigration is too high: poll | National Post
The proportion of Canadians who feel Canada is admitting too many immigrants is 'the highest on record in this century.'
| Posted: | 6:13 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 1558 |
| Rating: | 156 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
We bought everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl. All it took was $3,600 and a web browser
At the tap of a buyer’s smartphone, Chinese chemical sellers will air-ship fentanyl ingredients door-to-door to North America. Reuters purchased enough to make 3 million pills. Such deals are astonishingly easy – and reveal how drug traffickers are el
| Posted: | 5:57 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1274 |
| Rating: | 127 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Team Canada soccer drone: 2 sent home ahead of Olympics
An analyst and an assistant coach with Canada Soccer are being removed from the Canadian Olympic Team and 'sent home immediately,' according to the Canadian Olympic Committee.
| Posted: | 7:43 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 1685 |
| Rating: | 169 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada navy ship stopped in Hawaii after taking on water
The HMCS Max Bernays, one of the country's newest navy ships is tied up in a U.S. port after it took on 20,000 litres of water because of a leak.
| Posted: | 7:47 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 1894 |
| Rating: | 189 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
College Avenue eviction: tenants offered support
Some tenants of an apartment building moved back in Monday, more than a week after they say they were forced out on a few hours' notice by a new landlord who put some of their belongings on the front lawn.
| Posted: | 7:46 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1468 |
| Rating: | 147 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
U.S. drops rules for dogs entering from rabies-free countries
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control will not require Canadians to fill out long forms before crossing the border from Canada with their dogs this summer.
| Posted: | 6:07 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 1676 |
| Rating: | 168 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Unable to afford a burial, this mother's grief is compounded with her daughter lying in a freezer
Janice Strickland says her daughter Sarah Strickland is one of the dozens of bodies being kept at the Health Sciences Centre. The high costs of a funeral and lack of government support is keeping her from burying her daughter with dignity, she says.
| Posted: | 5:58 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Economics |
| Hits: | 1816 |
| Rating: | 182 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Thousands flee Jasper National Park as wildfire threatens township, prompts highway closures
About 4,700 residents of the Alberta mountain town of Jasper and visitors to Jasper National Park have been forced to evacuate after a wildfire roared into the area late Monday night.
| Posted: | 5:57 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 1713 |
| Rating: | 171 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Hawaii tourists follow GPS into water, sink van, just like in 'The Office'
In true Michael Scott fashion, two Hawaii tourists followed their GPS right into the water.
| Posted: | 6:03 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 1654 |
| Rating: | 165 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
More flight cancellations are expected as airlines gradually recover from global tech outage
Additional flight cancellations are expected through this weekend as airlines gradually recover from a global tech outage that has left thousands of passengers stranded at airports.
| Posted: | 6:02 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 1693 |
| Rating: | 169 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
What is the grocery code of conduct'
The proposed, voluntary code of conduct aims to promote fair and ethical dealing between retailers and suppliers. Experts say it should help boost competition but it's unclear what the effect on pricing could be.
| Posted: | 5:19 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 1697 |
| Rating: | 170 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Thinking about getting a tattoo' New research might change your mind
Sealed bottles of major brands of tattoo and permanent makeup ink contained millions of bacteria, a new study found.
| Posted: | 7:12 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1692 |
| Rating: | 169 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Interim Fredericton Pride board determined to save festival and parade
Fredericton Pride's new interim board of directors is committed to ensuring the festival and parade proceed, according to the chair.
| Posted: | 7:02 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 2236 |
| Rating: | 224 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Five people infected as bird flu appears to go from cows to chickens to humans
High temperatures made it hard for workers to use protective gear during culling.
| Posted: | 5:56 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1625 |
| Rating: | 163 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
B.C.-Alberta wine war eases as premiers reach deal
Premiers David Eby of B.C. and Danielle Smith of Alberta have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at cooling a wine war that has been brewing between the two provinces since the beginning of this year.
| Posted: | 5:42 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 1512 |
| Rating: | 151 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
A Subsea Cable Went Missing. Was Russia to Blame'
The cable that carries the data from the microphones back to shore is a capillary in a global circulatory system. Hundreds of underwater communications cables circle the planet. Fiber optics jacketed in steel and plastic to protect against breakage and co
| Posted: | 6:50 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 1621 |
| Rating: | 162 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Northern B.C. city buys medical clinic to prevent its closure |
The Eljen Medical Clinic was at risk of closure earlier this year when several doctors announced they were leaving the community, and Mayor Darcy Dober said the clinic's owner planned to put it up for sale. So, the city looked at its options and deci
| Posted: | 7:18 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 1677 |
| Rating: | 168 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Jessey James Pearson wanted on Canada-wide warrant
Calgary police have released the photo of a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for first-degree murder.
| Posted: | 7:17 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1527 |
| Rating: | 153 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada to formally apologize to 9 Dakota, Lakota Nations for historic designation as refugees
The federal government is set to formally apologize to Dakota and Lakota Nations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan on Monday for historically recognizing them as refugees, a label that one chief says turned them into "second-class First Nation citize
| Posted: | 6:56 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1597 |
| Rating: | 160 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
VicPD escort needed for first responders on Pandora Ave.
A recent attack on a Victoria paramedic and the subsequent threats against cops who were called in to help mark the latest incidents of violence against local first responders, the city's police chief said in announcing emergency personnel would no longer
| Posted: | 7:56 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 2311 |
| Rating: | 231 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Decision on easing water restrictions to come Monday, says city official
The City of Calgary's director of capital priorities and investment, Francois Bouchart, says that over the weekend officials will discuss possibly easing water restrictions down to Stage 2, and a final decision will come on Monday.
| Posted: | 7:52 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 1543 |
| Rating: | 154 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Trump escorted off stage after shots fired at rally
Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after loud noises rang through the crowd.
| Posted: | 4:10 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1314 |
| Rating: | 131 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
AFN, federal government confirm $47.8B child welfare reform settlement offer
The Assembly of First Nations confirmed Thursday it has secured a commitment from Canada for $47.8 billion in funding over 10 years for long-term reform of First Nations child and family services.
| Posted: | 7:16 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 1610 |
| Rating: | 161 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Trudeau says Canada can meet NATO's military spending benchmark by 2032
Following a blizzard of criticism from allies — most notably the United States — the Liberal government announced Thursday that it hopes to meet NATO's military investment benchmark of two per cent of alliance members' gross domestic product by 2
| Posted: | 7:14 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 1652 |
| Rating: | 165 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Winnipeg serial killer guilty of murdering 4 women in case underscoring 'grim reality' of MMIWG
People pumped their fists in the air and a Winnipeg courtroom erupted into cheers Thursday morning as a judge convicted a serial killer who targeted Indigenous women on four counts of first-degree murder, in a case that sought justice for those four women
| Posted: | 5:07 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1495 |
| Rating: | 150 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
China rocked by cooking oil contamination scandal
The allegations involve several major Chinese firms including a subsidiary of state-owned Sinograin.
| Posted: | 7:27 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1713 |
| Rating: | 171 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada confirms plan to replace submarine fleet at NATO summit
Canada definitely plans to move forward with the purchase of new submarines, the federal government announced on the margins of the NATO Summit on Wednesday.
| Posted: | 7:25 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 1907 |
| Rating: | 191 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Silk, Great Value plant-based beverages recalled across Canada
Several Silk and Great Value refrigerated plant-based beverages have been recalled due to a listeria contamination, according to officials.
| Posted: | 9:11 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1625 |
| Rating: | 163 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Russian Space Chiefs Finally Admit US Landed on Moon
The head of Roscosmos has admitted that the authenticity of the moon landing samples was confirmed by the Russian Academy of Scientists, reports say.
| Posted: | 6:03 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 1678 |
| Rating: | 168 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canadian unemployment rate rises to 6.4%, with student summer jobs especially hard to come by
The Canadian economy was virtually unchanged in June, shedding 1,400 jobs, while unemployment rose 0.2 percentage points to 6.4 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
| Posted: | 7:47 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Economics |
| Hits: | 1541 |
| Rating: | 154 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Possible shark sighting at Nova Scotia beach prompts lifeguard to alert swimmers
The Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service says a lifeguard reported seeing a fin in or near the supervised swimming area at Rissers Beach at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday.
| Posted: | 6:37 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 1885 |
| Rating: | 189 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
New E. coli case at day care chain struck by massive 2023 outbreak
The day care chain at the centre of a huge 2023 outbreak has shut down one of its locations due to an E. coli case.
| Posted: | 5:49 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1497 |
| Rating: | 150 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Soda additive “no longer considered safe,” gets long-awaited FDA ban
Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is used in citrus sodas but has largely been phased out.
| Posted: | 6:09 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1612 |
| Rating: | 161 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Paralyzed driver Robert Wickens tests Formula E car with hand controls
Robert Wickens was paralyzed from the waist down in a 2018 IndyCar crash.
| Posted: | 6:03 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 1645 |
| Rating: | 165 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Multivitamins are useless, finds study of nearly 400,000 participants
Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health found that the risk of death was four per cent higher among daily multivitamin users
| Posted: | 7:13 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1630 |
| Rating: | 163 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan named Canada's newest chief of the defence staff
The federal government has named Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan as defence chief, making her the first woman to hold the Canadian Armed Forces' top job.
| Posted: | 4:50 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 2105 |
| Rating: | 211 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
3 new freezer units now tucked away in hospital's underground garage, housing unclaimed dead
A day after CBC News reported that 28 bodies were stored in freezer units outside a St. John’s hospital, the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Authority started buying items for a new morgue. There are three new freezer units in the hospital's undergroun
| Posted: | 8:51 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1594 |
| Rating: | 159 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Police break up altercation involving 'numerous' golfers on B.C. course
Authorities broke up an altercation involving "numerous" golfers at a course in B.C.'s Lower Mainland over the weekend – an incident that was apparently prompted by serious breaches in etiquette.
| Posted: | 8:47 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1394 |
| Rating: | 139 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canadian tourist assaulted on Dublin's O'Connell Street dies
A 41-year-old Canadian tourist who was assaulted in Dublin city centre has died in hospital.
| Posted: | 8:38 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 1410 |
| Rating: | 141 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Overcrowding, bad weather may have contributed to deadly stampede in northern India, police say
More than three times the permitted number of people attended a Hindu religious event in north India that culminated in a stampede, killing at least 121 people, authorities said on Wednesday, adding that most of the victims were women.
| Posted: | 7:02 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 1701 |
| Rating: | 170 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Mayor urges Calgarians to 'ease' back into normal indoor water use as outdoor restrictions continue
In a regular update on Tuesday morning, Mayor Jyoti Gondek said this marks the first step toward completely restoring the water supply and lifting remaining restrictions.
| Posted: | 7:29 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 1648 |
| Rating: | 165 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Hurricane Beryl update: Path of Category 5 storm
Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least four people.
| Posted: | 6:07 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 1880 |
| Rating: | 188 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Drinking from plastic bottles can raise type 2 diabetes risk, study warns
Findings are first to provide evidence that chemical’s administration increases type 2 diabetes risk, researchers say
| Posted: | 6:24 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 1495 |
| Rating: | 150 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |