In the wake of a CBC investigation that revealed thousands of immigration applications had been assigned to hundreds of former employees’ IDs and placeholder codes, the federal government conducted a major review and cleaned up its global application system to ensure none had been “forgotten,” CBC News has learned. Now, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) tells CBC News it…
Singles star Leylah Fernandez and doubles specialist Gabriela Dabrowski will anchor Canada’s five-player lineup when the team tries to defend its Billie Jean King Cup title in mid-November. The 26th-ranked Fernandez, the 2021 U.S. Open finalist from Laval, Que., is the lone Canadian in the top 100 of the WTA Tour’s singles rankings. Dabrowski, from…
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday that Canadians “are finished with and done” with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau days after pulling out of a supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberals earlier this month. Singh was speaking to reporters in Ottawa on the first day back for MPs as Parliament returned after summer break. “People are telling…
Conservation groups in Quebec are trying to save a rare, endangered salamander before it’s too late. But the first step is finding the reclusive amphibian. “It’s hours and hours of flipping rocks and then finally we find one. There’s always that joy,” said Laura Molina as she searched a cold creek near Saint-Ferdinand, Que., about…
Austin Smeenk has a tattoo on his arm that reads “dream, desire, do.” And at the Paris Paralympics, the Canadian wheelchair sprinter got it done — he returned with gold and bronze medals. Speaking back home at his parents’ house on Saturday in Shanty Bay, Ont., about 125 kilometres north ot Toronto, Smeenk said his accomplishments…
The Calgary Stampeders may have snapped a four-game losing streak and the Montreal Alouettes may have remained unbeaten on the road, but Saturday’s 19-19 tie was unsatisfying for both football clubs. Atop the CFL at 10-2-1 and a playoff spot already locked in, the Alouettes could feel more cheerful about a stalemate than the Stampeders…
At a construction cost of $16 billion, the Site C hydroelectric dam and reservoir on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia is the most expensive public infrastructure project in the province’s history. Last month, B.C. Hydro started filling the dam’s 83-kilometre long reservoir. The dam is expected to start producing power by December and…
The curtain will come down on the Paris’ feel-good summer with a grand parade of French athletes on the Champs-Élysées on Saturday as the country throws one last party to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Parade of Champions will include 182 French Olympic representatives, including 78 medallists, and 137 Paralympic participants with 50…
Mired in their first four-game losing skid in 20 years, the Calgary Stampeders are going back to Jake Maier at quarterback on Saturday after he was benched for a game. It won’t be an easy assignment. Visiting McMahon Stadium are the Eastern Conference-leading Montreal Alouettes (10-2) who own the CFL‘s best record. The Stampeders (4-8)…
Federal public servants began their mandated three days per week in the office Monday, and there were some bumps on the way back to their cubicles. In May, the federal government announced workers would return to the office three days a week — up from two — starting Sept. 9. Executives must now be in the office at least…
