Government has said it will cut taxes and spend more The economy of the province is doing better than many people thought it would, so the Quebec government will have some room to work with when making this year’s budget, which will be released on Tuesday. What’s the meaning of that? Some economists didn’t expect…
Atiq left Afghanistan just before the Taliban took over the capital city, Kabul. He went to Turkey, where he now lives in a basement without any papers and works in a bakery. Every day, he risks being deported. “I feel like I’m in jail because I’m afraid to leave my one-room apartment after work. I’m…
Jill Perry says that the accusations of bullying, sexting, and mental abuse are false Kaitlyn Clark doesn’t remember much from the 2017 Canadian National Championships. She does remember feeling so weak inside the ring that she could barely fight her opponent. The boxer said she spent every waking moment in the days before the match…
Doctors and nurses keep saying that the health care system is “in crisis. Corinne McQuillan has had to deal with three different health care problems in P.E.I. recently. After waiting for years, she just lost a surgery appointment because her doctor is leaving the province. She had to wait a long time with her baby…
The power of creativity in action made me fall deeply in love with a person I didn’t expect to like This First Person piece is written by Sandra Low, who lives in Calgary. Please click here for more information about CBC’s First Person stories.see the FAQ. My heart was beating fast, and I was both…
A spokesperson for the industry says that restaurants still need help This summer, the City of Ottawa might have your back if you like deep conversations over drinks that go on until the wee hours of the morning. This week, a draft bylaw is being talked about that could make some changes that helped restaurants…
On 55 days, callers had to wait an average of 1-2 minutes for an operator, according to reports Five minutes felt like an eternity for Brett House. That’s how long House says he had to wait for a 911 operator to answer his call when he found a person on the street in Toronto last…
“I think everyone knows that fighting is not what hockey is about,” says a league spokesman The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League didn’t get any pushback for its decision to basically ban fighting. The league’s spokesman, Maxime Blouin, said that general managers and coaches have been fine with the decision. Blouin said Saturday that some…
Even though it’s been blamed for crime, it’s been a safe place for people living on the streets of Ottawa Frederick Renaud and Kimberley Sipes stand outside the Rideau Street McDonald’s and ask people for spare change. They say they’ve done this every day for the last six months. The couple was surprised to see…
The fact that they were so weak on stage showed how much power comes from within Jenene Wooldridge, a Mi’kmaw author and the executive director of L’nuey in Epekwitk, wrote this First Person column (P.E.I.). For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. When I was a kid, I didn’t see…