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Federal government set to intervene as Port of Montreal heads toward another strike

The prospect of another strike at the port — just seven months after the previous one — has alarmed businesses and politicians alike.

Internet down in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after beaver chews through fibre cable

Internet service is down for about 900 customers in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., after a beaver chewed through a crucial fibre cable, causing "extensive" damage.

Crew declared dead as lost Indonesian submarine found broken into pieces

Indonesia's military on Sunday officially said all 53 crew members from a submarine that sank and broke apart last week are dead and that search teams had located the vessel's wreckage on the ocean floor....

Fire kills more than 80 people at Baghdad hospital, including COVID-19 patients in ICU

Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that more than 80 people died and more than 100 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe corona...

Child care won't be a 'magic bullet' that sparks post-pandemic recovery: Freeland

Ottawa’s plan to lower early learning and child-care costs was a centrepiece of last week’s federal budget, but Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland warns that such a system won’t quickly repair the economic dam...

Vaccine hunting? These volunteers want to help; Rogers blames update for outage: CBCs Marketplace Cheat Sheet

CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

Fire kills 82 at Baghdad hospital, including COVID-19 patients in ICU

Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe coronavirus patients....

Cancelling internships during pandemic hurts businesses as much as students

If Canadian businesses are unwilling to give students the experience needed to succeed in their industry, they won't be able to find the young and highly skilled workers the economy is going to need as we emer...

The federal budget took steps toward racial justice — but activists say more must be done

Advocates for Black, Chinese, South Asian and other racialized Canadians say the federal budget takes a number of positive steps toward building a more inclusive country, but more work needs to be done to addr...

Canadian golfer Brooke Henderson captures 10th career LPGA title

Canada's Brooke captured her her 10th career LPGA title on Saturday with a 4-under 67 in the final round of the LA Open.

Fire tears through hospital caring for COVID-19 patients in Iraq capital

A fire broke out in a Baghdad hospital that cared for coronavirus patients after oxygen cylinders reportedly exploded late Saturday, officials said.

Fire tears through hospital caring for COVID-19 patients in Baghdad

A fire broke out in a Baghdad hospital that cared for coronavirus patients after oxygen cylinders reportedly exploded late Saturday, officials said.

An 'uncommon brilliance': Acclaimed Calgary playwright Sharon Pollock dies at 85

Pollock, who twice won the Governor General's Award for Drama for her plays Blood Relations and Doc, died on Friday after battling colon cancer. The former artistic director of Theatre Calgary was 85.

India scrambles to get oxygen to hospitals amid COVID-19 case climb

Indian authorities scrambled Saturday to get oxygen tanks to hospitals where COVID-19 patients were suffocating amid the world's worst coronavirus surge, as the government came under increasing criticism for w...

Biden says U.S. recognizes century-old mass killings of Armenians as genocide

U.S. President Joe Biden has formally recognized that the systematic killings and deportations of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces in the early 20th century were "genocide" — using a...