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He’s the new mayor, same as the old mayor. Voted in largely on a promise to keep Toronto “on course” by building on what he and city council accomplished over the past eight years, John Tory will have no shortage of major issues to address in his third term. “We’ve made so …
Read More »Convoy donors gave more than $460K to CPC leadership race — and many were first-time federal donors
Canadians who donated to the Ottawa convoy protest contributed more than $460,000 to Conservative leadership candidates — and many of them were donating to a federal political party for the first time — an analysis by CBC News shows. A comparison of donations to Conservative leadership contenders up to Aug. …
Read More »Canada gave me a new outlook on life, but my heart aches for friends left behind in Afghanistan
This First Person piece is by Soomaya Javadi who immigrated from Afghanistan to Saskatoon. Javadi is Hazara, an ethnic group that faces discrimination in Afghanistan. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I remember the night I arrived in Saskatoon: Oct. 15, 2021. On that cold night, I was welcomed with warm …
Read More »Working to save an urban forest gave me back my confidence
This First Person article is the experience of Brigitte Watson, a resident of Pointe-Claire in Montreal’s West Island. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I stood on the street corner — my first Saturday protest at the Fairview forest — filled with dread. Would …
Read More »How one stone gave a Halifax-area park heritage status
A hulking, rocking chunk of granite that’s been attracting visitors for two centuries and is rumoured to have caught the attention of royalty has had its historical importance to the Halifax area set in stone. The Halifax Regional Municipality awarded heritage status last week to the Rocking Stone and the surrounding Kidston Lake Park in …
Read More »In court docs, state AGs allege that Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai personally approved a secret 2018 deal that gave Facebook advantages in Google's ad auctions (Leah Nylen/Politico)
Leah Nylen / Politico: In court docs, state AGs allege that Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai personally approved a secret 2018 deal that gave Facebook advantages in Google’s ad auctions — The states originally filed the suit against Google in December 2020 and updated that with a heavily redacted version of …
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