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Panicking over rising interest rates? Mortgage specialists share advice to help ease stress

Mortgage specialists say they’re busier than usual these days answering panicked calls from Canadians holding a variable mortgage or set to renew who want to know how to save money in the face of rising interest rates. Earlier this month, the Bank of Canada raised its benchmark lending rate a full …

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Without action, sorry is a meaningless word

This column is an opinion by David A. Robertson, a writer and freelance journalist based in Winnipeg, and a member of Norway House Cree Nation. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. WARNING: This story contains distressing details. My father was born and raised in Norway House Cree Nation in …

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Canada’s top women hockey players say there’s much to do to clean up toxic behaviour

Players on Canada’s senior women’s hockey teams are demanding a “thorough and transparent investigation” into recent allegations of sexual assault involving Hockey Canada teams, and say the organization has a lot to do to address “toxic behaviour” in the sport. The players from Canada’s most recent Olympic and world championship …

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Growing crop of young farmers in Manitoba raises hopes for future

When Anastasia Fyk finished high school and left her family’s farm, she never imagined she’d live there again. But after eight years abroad, concerns about climate change drew her back to western Manitoba and her family’s land northwest of Dauphin, with the goal of finding a more sustainable way to …

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Russia to quit International Space Station after 2024

Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s new space chief said Tuesday amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. Yuri Borisov, who was appointed earlier this month to lead the …

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Tornado confirmed north of Belleville, Ont.

Environment Canada says researchers have determined at least one tornado hit the Marmora and Madoc areas north of Belleville, Ont., on Sunday evening. Winds are believed to have peaked around 175 km/h, according to what investigators have found so far.  “There was a long track of damage due to at least …

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Sharing is caring: How a program is trying to retain young construction talent in rural Alberta

Three construction associations created a worker-share program in a bid to encourage young construction workers to stay in rural Alberta — and so far it’s working. A variety of factors can impact the construction industry in rural Alberta, such as a project’s nature of work, an aging workforce and a limited number of …

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Vancouver Island community grapples with how to accommodate people living in RVs

The small Vancouver Island community of Duncan is struggling to find housing solutions for people who live in RVs as some of them face tripling rent increases and restrictions on where to park. While recreational vehicles are generally more affordable places to live, they are subject to city bylaws across the …

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Government insists it will meet its 2030 emissions target despite extension for oil and gas sector

The federal government says Canada will still achieve its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitments despite Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault offering the oil and gas sector a little more time to hit its targets. “The target date hasn’t changed. Really, the minister was just trying to show flexibility and good will,” said Bruce Cheadle, a …

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