African Lion Safari ended elephant rides after 2019 attack. So why are they still allowed in Canada?

An Ontario Ministry of Labour investigation obtained by CBC describes the day Maggie the elephant attacked her handler in the last ride as part of an attraction at African Lion Safari, and raises questions about why they're still allowed by Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums.


Weeks after deadly attack in London, Ottawa hosts national summit on Islamophobia today

The federal government is set to host a national summit on Islamophobia today, one day after holding a similar summit on antisemitism.


Toronto police made 'series of mistakes' when investigating 2017 death of trans woman: interim chief

The investigation into the death of Alloura Wells, a transgender woman found in Toronto's Rosedale Ravine in 2017, was plagued by a "series of mistakes," the city's interim police chief conceded in the face of information dug up by the CBC podcast The Village.


In Saskatchewan, the story of a Cold War-era Canadian-designed rocket comes to an end

More than 83,000 CRV7 rockets will be disposed of over six years, making the end of a weapon that dates back to the Cold War and was adopted by NATO allies.


As a teenage girl with Asperger's syndrome, I'm tired of trying to be someone I'm not

I've realized that my problem was never with my diagnosis — it was with the impossible-to-achieve norms I had set for myself, trying so hard to be normal in a social setting and just ending up even more lost than I was before.


Are mandatory COVID-19 vaccines needed for health-care workers before a 4th wave?

The debate over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for health-care workers is growing louder in Canada as more countries move forward with the controversial approach to safeguard health-care settings and fight the spread of more contagious variants.


Olympic opening ceremony director fired for past Holocaust joke

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.


4th Canadian victim of Florida condo collapse identified

A fourth Canadian victim has been identified nearly four weeks after the June collapse of a 12-storey condo tower in Surfside, Fla., that killed more than 90 people.


Liverpool, U.K., becomes 3rd site stripped of UNESCO world heritage status

The English city of Liverpool was removed from UNESCO's list of world heritage sites on Wednesday because new buildings undermined the attractiveness of its Victorian docks, making it only the third site to be removed from the prestigious list.


Biden nominates David Cohen as pick for ambassador to Canada

U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated David Cohen, a tech executive who once served as chief of staff to the mayor of Philadelphia, to be his ambassador to Canada.