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Unusually warm temperatures and a surprisingly dry September and October have been guilty pleasures for some British Columbians in recent months. While being able to enjoy sunshine and not having to carry a raincoat or umbrella for the first few weeks of fall is a nice change of pace, a lack of precipitation …

No one on Canada’s roster was alive the last time the team won a medal at the women’s World Cup. Now the Canadians are a win away from securing one for the first time since 1986, when they captured the bronze. Kia Nurse scored 17 points to lead a balanced …

Toronto rapper Smiley’s welcoming energy precedes him. Standing outside his trailer handing out cups and drinks, he takes the time to ask his team if they need anything moments before he hit the main stage at Rolling Loud, an international hip-hop festival held in Canada for the first time last weekend. Smiley was grateful for the chance to …

As the city’s rental market continues to heat up, some Calgarians say they’ve experienced steep rental hikes when their leases have come up for renewal.  Lindsay McNally, 30, has lived in her one-bedroom Beltline apartment for two years, paying $1,350 a month for rent and parking. When it came time to …

Biologist Andrew Derocher wasn’t thinking of climate change when he first started studying polar bears in Hudson Bay in the 1980s. About a decade into his career, a picture started to emerge: as sea ice diminished due to human-caused global warming, the polar bears he was studying were venturing onto …

It’s been a deadly year so far for cyclists as Ontario Provincial Police say they’ve seen a 400 per cent increase in deaths so far compared to this time in 2021.  Sgt. Kerry Schmidt reported in a Twitter video posted Tuesday that the OPP have investigated eight cyclist deaths since January, while …

If you haven’t spotted a northern crayfish in Alberta already, there’s now one more spot where you might see one swimming about.  Parks Canada recently caught one of the mini-lobster looking critters near a stream flowing into Bow Lake in Banff National Park.  It’s the first time they’ve seen the …

This story is part of Situation Critical, a series from CBC British Columbia reporting on the barriers people in this province face in accessing timely and appropriate health care. The emergency department at the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater, B.C., is set to be closed overnight for five days, adding more pressure on the B.C. community worst affected by ongoing ER closures this year. Not counting this closure, the Clearwater hospital has had its emergency …

A former GTA daycare worker who pleaded guilty to slapping, kneeing and dragging five children has been given no jail time.  Magdelene Vasanthkumar, now 52, worked at BrightPath Maple on Maple Avenue — one of two locations owned by BrightPath Early Learning Centre and Child Care in Milton, Ont.  Security video from the daycare …

With a deft swing of a drip torch, Joe Gilchrist ignited sagebrush near Savona this spring, just northwest of Kamloops. B.C. In seconds, an angry crackle grows into a tongue of orange flame, fluorescent against the dusty landscape of the Skeetchestn Indian Reserve in central B.C. Gilchrist — a fire keeper — sets …