Twenty years after the Trailer Park Boys debuted, the show about a foul-mouthed bunch of petty criminals from the Sunnyvale Trailer Park has become a part of Canadiana. CBC News spoke with some of the cast members to learn about the origins of the unlikely hit.The Trailer Park Boys have been a staple of Canadian…
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Spring is in full bloom across Canada with tulips, daffodils and cherry blossoms on display. Here’s a selection of some of the best blooms that CBC photographers, video producers and others captured in recent days.Crowds flock to a residential street in east Vancouver to enjoy the large canopy of cherry blossoms during the Easter long…
Though it got only a few lines in the hundreds of pages that made up Budget 2021, the federal government’s commitment to open talks on changing Canada’s “criminal rate of interest” has anti-poverty activists bracing for a battle with high-interest lenders.People walk pass a payday loan store in Oshawa Ont. on Saturday May 13, 2017.…
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Online campaign encourages Hong Kongers in Canada to recognize their identity in 2021 census
by Sue JonesThe #IAmHongKonger campaign calls on members of the diaspora to select Hong Kong as their ethnic origin in the long-form census and to list Cantonese as one of their spoken languages at home in the short-form version.Henry Lam, left, and his husband, Guy Ho, want fellow Canadian Hong Kongers to note their identity on the…
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Catholic church unveils new system for reporting sexual abuse committed or covered up by bishops
by Sue JonesVictims and advocates say a new system for reporting sexual abuse and cover-ups by Catholic bishops appears to be a case of “optics over substance” and may not go far enough to protect those at risk of being abused.Patrick McMahon, a victim of child sexual abuse by a priest, says he would like to see the…
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These South Asians in Toronto are helping with India’s COVID-19 crisis — while managing their grief from afar
by Sue JonesAs India grapples with a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases, many South Asians in the Toronto area are rallying together to help. Steve Gupta, left, and Dr. Budhendra Doobay worked together to send 300 oxygen concentrators to India to help with its surge in COVID-19 cases. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)As India grapples with a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases, many South…
A long-awaited bill requiring that new judges undergo training on sexual assault and systemic racism before they’re appointed to the bench has become law.Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti says the passage of Bill C-3 will ensure that sexual assault survivors are treated with dignity and respect in their interactions with the criminal…
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This critical care paramedic worked a week of 12-hour shifts to help keep Ontario’s ICUs from overflowing
by Sue JonesIn order to make room in crowded hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area, critical care paramedics with Ornge are transferring COVID patients to facilities in Kingston, London, St. Catharines, Barrie, Peterborough, Ottawa, Thunder Bay and Sudbury.The pandemic’s third wave has hard-hit ICUs in Ontario sending patients to hospitals that are less busy. Ornge provides patient…
A bomb exploded near a girl’s school in a majority Shiite district of west Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 30 people,…
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