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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s seen a copy of the preliminary deal struck between the …
Read More »His colon cancer was originally misdiagnosed. Now he’s encouraging screening as Ontario boosts capacity
By the time Steve Slack was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, doctors told him it was incurable. The Bowmanville, Ont., resident started experiencing symptoms around age 45, but says his doctor thought they might be food sensitivities. “I was misdiagnosed,” he told CBC News. Slack wasn’t diagnosed until 2021, when he …
Read More »He’s paddled 60 km to work on B.C.’s North Coast. This week, he’ll try to kayak from Washington to Alaska
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Yota Kano is on the water “pretty much every day.” He’s been an avid paddler since …
Read More »Idris Elba still isn’t James Bond, but he’s now a knight
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Idris Elba might not be the new James Bond, but he is now one of the …
Read More »Elliot Page gave $25K for a community well in N.S. It’s still not running and he’s not happy
It sounds like a sure-fire win: a Hollywood star makes a generous donation to fix a problem in a cash-strapped small town. But for Elliot Page and his $25,000 donation made years ago to build a community well in Shelburne, N.S., it’s become the gift that keeps on giving — headaches …
Read More »Iranian soccer official says he’s talking to authorities after former IRGC commander denied entry to Canada
A senior Iranian soccer official says he’s been in contact with “relevant authorities” after Canada’s immigration minister confirmed the government revoked travel documents granted to a former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to attend a FIFA meeting in Vancouver. The incident, which has drawn pointed questions from Conservatives, …
Read More »Canadian detained by ICE for 6 months says he’s an ‘indefinite’ prisoner, has no idea when he’ll get out
A Winnipeg-born man has been imprisoned in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centre in the Mojave Desert since October, where he says he’s without proper food, medical care and regular showers — and he has no idea when he’ll be released. Clayton Herman, 54, has spent nearly 200 …
Read More »Austrian man finds out his grandfather was a Nazi in just a few clicks. He’s encouraging others to do the same
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. LISTEN | Full interview with Christian Rainer: As It Happens6:27He found out his grandfather was a …
Read More »‘It’s more shouting’: Finland’s president says he’s not exactly a ‘Trump whisperer’
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Alexander Stubb has been called Europe’s “Trump whisperer” in some circles, but according to the Finnish …
Read More »He was abused by a priest. He’s still waiting on compensation
Timothy Clark felt a growing sense of duty. To say something, to protect others. So he popped some coins into a school payphone and dialed the number for the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Halifax. It was 1984 and he was 14 years old. A member of the archdiocese office staff …
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