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Yellowknife RCMP seek assistance locating missing man
02 Jun 2026
The police are asking for the public to assist in locating a Nunavut man last seen in Yellowknife on Saturday.
1950s passenger airliner converted to airtanker among Yukon’s aerial firefighting fleet
02 Jun 2026
A 1950s commercial airliner converted into a firefighting airtanker is one of seven aircraft the Yukon government contracted for this year’s wildfire season. CBC takes a look at the numbers behind the fleet.
'It's telling a story': A look at mask making in Kaska territory
02 Jun 2026
After a nearly 10-year hiatus, a mask making workshop in Kaska Territory is back. Instructed by the master carver and facilitated by his partner Jenny Fröhling, people started taking chisels and knives to the softwood over the weekend.
Why attending university closer to home could be a game changer for Inuit
02 Jun 2026
For most Inuit in Canada heading to university means leaving your homeland, culture and traditions. The barriers are many. But Inuit have a solution. They're building their own university founded on I
N.L. government pitching gas developments for energy future
02 Jun 2026
There's no such thing as a wealth of natural gas from offshore Newfoundland and Labrador for sale on the international markets, but the provincial government is spending money and bureaucratic time with the hope of seeing that change.
Contract delays taking toll on P.E.I. nurses, union warns
02 Jun 2026
Prince Edward Island’s nurses have been working without a collective agreement for more than a year, and their union president says delays at the bargaining table are hurting morale and making it harder to recruit and retain staff.
Optimism crumbled to grief for family of woman found dead in encampment fire
02 Jun 2026
A woman whose body was found in the burned-out remains of a makeshift shelter in Fredericton was at the time making strides in her recovery from addiction, according to her siblings.
New report calls out low pay for N.B. non-profit sector
02 Jun 2026
A new report from the New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity highlights the low wages for many working in the non-profit sector.
How a Quebec theatre is opening its doors for audiences with visual and hearing impairments
02 Jun 2026
Dominique Boucher, who has lived with a visual impairment for the past 40 years, has stayed away from the theatre. But as more theatres in Quebec experiment with performances that offer audio descript
Fires lead to 'tragic loss of life' in Winnipeg, with 12 deaths so far this year
02 Jun 2026
Winnipeg has already seen a dozen fire-related deaths in the first five months of 2026 — a number being driven by poverty and substance abuse, one fire official says.
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
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By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
