A spike in military suicides during and after Canada’s decade-long war in Afghanistan may be subsiding, according to a new report, but some service members remain at increased risk of taking their own lives.
Inuit Heritage Trust and Parks Canada ink deal on fate of Franklin artifacts
Parks Canada and the Inuit Heritage Trust have come to an agreement on how the artifacts from the ill-fated Franklin expedition will be preserved and studied.
Federal call centres dropped more than 3 million calls last year
The auditor general of Canada has slammed the Canada Revenue Agency’s call centres for shoddy service. A CBC News investigation has found similarly poor results at Service Canada’s network of 10 call centres, where agents do not respond to about half the calls made by people needing information about Employment Insurance.
Big election win for Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party, CBC projects
Jason Kenney has capped his three-year goal of uniting Alberta’s political right, leading his United Conservative Party to a majority win over the province’s first-ever NDP government.
She changed a stranger’s life in what’s believed to be a North American first
One of the recipients of what’s believed to be North America’s first paired living liver donation is calling the stranger who saved his life “an angel.”
Retired city worker faces multiple murder charges after shootings in Penticton, B.C.
A retired city worker is facing multiple murder charges after a shooting spree left four people dead in the city of Penticton, B.C., on Monday.
Immigrant families more likely to own home than add to pension plan, StatsCan says
Immigrant families who have been in Canada for more than two decades tend to be worth more than families who were born in the country, new numbers from Statistics Canada released Tuesday show.
Netflix adds 9.6 million subscribers in first quarter as competition heats up
Netflix’s popularity is still booming, even as the video streaming service rolls out it biggest U.S. price increases and girds for new challenges from Walt Disney and Apple, two of the world’s most popular brands.
Trading tuition for a slice of future income
Toronto-based private college HackerYou is launching a new payment option that enables students to enrol for $1 up front in exchange for a portion of their future earnings.
Mortgage stress test accounts for up to $15B drop in new mortgages in 2018: CIBC
Ottawa’s new mortgage stress tests accounted for at least half of the decline in new mortgages started last year, according to a new report by CIBC that calls for the measure to be revisited amid a falling housing market.