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Read More »The most important election of our lifetime? These Albertans say it’s high stakes
You might’ve heard a politician, advocate, or friend say this is the most important election of our lifetimes. People of all political stripes are weighing the stakes of the upcoming federal election as they make their choice for who Canada should have at the helm in the midst of the U.S. …
Read More »‘Opportunity of a lifetime’: New GM Wright Rogers ready to take charge of WNBA’s Toronto Tempo
Monica Wright Rogers has merely put 10 toes on the ground in Toronto to begin her role as general manager of the WNBA’s expansion Tempo, but she can already feel the support of the city behind her. Her hiring solidifies her as the 12th member of Canada’s first-ever and only …
Read More »Pamela Anderson planned to make pickles at home in B.C. Then, she was offered the role of a lifetime
As she turned the pages of the script, one her agent had previously turned down, Pamela Anderson knew she could play the lead role — and play it well. “Goosebumps,” she told CBC’s On the Coast guest host Amy Bell. “I knew how to play her. I knew that I …
Read More »Lifetime ban? License suspension for car thieves could be coming to Ontario
The Ford government says it plans to suspend some driver’s licenses for people found guilty of auto theft offences in legislation set to be tabled later in the week. Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria, along with Solicitor General Michael Kerzner, teased the proposed new law Tuesday, which could lead to repeat …
Read More »A lifetime of agony: families of missing, murdered Inuit women call for answers
OTTAWA — Every day on his way to work in 2016, Veldon Coburn drove past Bordeleau Park, by the edge of the Rideau River near downtown Ottawa. On a September day that year, while he drove past the park, Coburn heard on the radio that a body had been found …
Read More »B.C. man faces lifetime ban from entering U.S. after border agents find forgotten bottle of CBD oil in his car
As the owner of an events company doing business with Christmas festivals in the U.S., Jonathan Houweling crosses the Peace Arch border in Surrey, B.C., dozens of times a year without issue. But during his latest trip on Nov. 7, he was chosen for a random search, where a border agent found …
Read More »What Queen Elizabeth’s lifetime of duty should mean to us now
“Duty” and “service” might seem like odd words to apply to a queen or king. They are figures of power, privilege and luxury — people who live in castles with any number of assistants at their beck and call. But those words were foremost in the official statements that followed Queen …
Read More »I unlearned a lifetime of Russian propaganda to figure out what information to believe
This First Person column is written by Tatiana Lebedeva who moved from Russia to Canada in 2014. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. It was late on Feb. 23 when I read the first reports of bombing in Ukraine. A friend texted that her …
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