Cuban government apologizes to Montreal-area family after delivering wrong body
Cuba's foreign affairs minister has apologized to a Montreal-area family after they were sent the wrong body following the death of a loved one.
A new update on third doses for COVID-19 vaccines is expected today from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, Afghan refugees are in limbo hoping for a life in Canada, and flooding takes a devastating toll on livestock. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
1. Booster shots: As the world reacts to the Omicron variant, who should be getting booster shots? Today, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization will give an update. We're also tracking all the variants of concern in Canada.
2. Prop gun death: Alec Baldwin says the key question in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is how a live round ended up in a prop gun on set.
3. Afghan refugees: Thousands of Afghan refugees hoping to enter Canada remain in limbo, waiting for a response that never seems to come.
4. B.C. floods: Massive rainfall and flooding in British Columbia has had a terrible impact on farmers’ livestock, with the province saying more than 640,000 animals have died.
5. Wage hike: New Brunswick is getting the biggest raise to its minimum wage in 40 years, which will make it the top rate in all of Atlantic Canada.
One more thing…
Calling all Kevins: If you can fend of bumbling crooks with paint cans and a pet tarantula, you may be interested in renting the Home Alone house for one night this month.
Cuba's foreign affairs minister has apologized to a Montreal-area family after they were sent the wrong body following the death of a loved one.
The federal government's proposed change to capital gains taxation is expected to increase taxes on investments and mainly affect wealthy Canadians and businesses. Here's what you need to know about the move.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of welcoming 'the support of conspiracy theorists and extremists,' after the Conservative leader was photographed meeting with protesters, which his office has defended.
On a night she should have been mourning, a nurse from Quebec's Laurentians region says she was forced to clean up her husband after he died at a hospital in Montreal.
Members of the Bank of Canada's governing council were split on how long the central bank should wait before it starts cutting interest rates when they met earlier this month.
A North Bay, Ont., lawyer who abandoned 15 clients – many of them child protection cases – has lost his licence to practise law.
A Winnipeg man said a single date gone wrong led to years of criminal harassment, false arrests, stress and depression.
Police tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted Wednesday at Harvard and other colleges as school leaders sought ways to defuse a growing wave of pro-Palestinian protests.
For centuries, people have wondered what, if anything, might be lurking beneath the surface of Loch Ness in Scotland. When Canadian couple Parry Malm and Shannon Wiseman visited the Scottish highlands earlier this month with their two children, they didn’t expect to become part of the mystery.
A property tax bill is perplexing a small townhouse community in Fergus, Ont.
When identical twin sisters Kim and Michelle Krezonoski were invited to compete against some of the world’s most elite female runners at last week’s Boston Marathon, they were in disbelief.
The giant stone statues guarding the Lions Gate Bridge have been dressed in custom Vancouver Canucks jerseys as the NHL playoffs get underway.
A local Oilers fan is hoping to see his team cut through the postseason, so he can cut his hair.
A family from Laval, Que. is looking for answers... and their father's body. He died on vacation in Cuba and authorities sent someone else's body back to Canada.
A former educational assistant is calling attention to the rising violence in Alberta's classrooms.
The federal government says its plan to increase taxes on capital gains is aimed at wealthy Canadians to achieve “tax fairness.”
At 6'8" and 350 pounds, there is nothing typical about UBC offensive lineman Giovanni Manu, who was born in Tonga and went to high school in Pitt Meadows.
Kevin the cat has been reunited with his family after enduring a harrowing three-day ordeal while lost at Toronto Pearson International Airport earlier this week.