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Who's hacking CRA accounts? How The Fifth Estate tracked down alleged imposters who duped the tax collector; The Canada Revenue Agency's national headquarters in Ottawa\.

Who's hacking CRA accounts? How The Fifth Estate tracked down alleged imposters who duped the tax collector

March 7 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Victims of identity theft across the country told CBC's The Fifth Estate that the Canada Revenue Agency wrongly blamed them for claiming bogus refunds. Our journalists set out to uncover the real scammers and where they've been spending taxpayers' money.

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Feds relax some EI rules, provide $6B in business support as Trump makes new tariff threats; Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon speaks at a press conference about the rail labour disputes between the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway, in Ottawa on Thursday, Aug\. 22, 2024\.

Feds relax some EI rules, provide $6B in business support as Trump makes new tariff threats

March 7 , 2025 at 11:17:09 a.m. EST • :

The federal government is launching a more than $6-billion aid package for businesses impacted by President Donald Trump's tariffs and relaxing some employment insurance rules to help workers.

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Gene Hackman and his wife died a week apart from separate causes, officials say; FILE - Actor Gene Hackman with wife Betsy Arakawa in June 1993\.

Gene Hackman and his wife died a week apart from separate causes, officials say

March 7 , 2025 at 03:55:11 p.m. EST • :

Authorities on Friday revealed the causes of death for actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, saying the couple are believed to have died a full week apart at their home in New Mexico from two different diseases.

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Is parenting really harder these days, or is it just that everything else is?; Mother holding baby and multi-tasking in kitchen

Is parenting really harder these days, or is it just that everything else is?

March 7 , 2025 at 03:19:28 p.m. EST • :

If you feel like parenting is harder today than it used to be, you're far from alone. But given the state of, well, everything these days, some people are wondering if it's really the parenting that's so challenging, or if we're just raising kids in an impossibly intense time.

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Trump questions if Ukraine ready 'to settle' unprovoked invasion of its borders; U\.S\. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D\.C\., U\.S\., March 7, 2025\.

Trump questions if Ukraine ready 'to settle' unprovoked invasion of its borders

March 7 , 2025 at 07:05:10 a.m. EST • :

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that depriving Ukraine of potential additional defensive support would test its willingness "to settle" an unprovoked invasion of its borders by Russia that has entered a fourth year.

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ABOUT THAT | Is Trump lying about U.S. banks not being allowed in Canada?; U\.S\. President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that U\.S\. banks are barred from operating in Canada, despite 16 American banks currently providing services in Canada\. Andrew Chang breaks down how Canada's strict regulatory standards and fierce market competition may validate some of Trump's criticism\.  

March 7 , 2025 at 06:40:21 p.m. EST • :

ABOUT THAT | Is Trump lying about U.S. banks not being allowed in Canada?

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Six Nations man and partner killed in Buffalo, shocking 2SLGBTQ+ groups and Ontario friends and family; Jordan Celotto  

March 7 , 2025 at 02:22:14 p.m. EST • :

Six Nations man and partner killed in Buffalo, shocking 2SLGBTQ+ groups and Ontario friends and family

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Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of Juno, Polaris music awards; Among her awards, Buffy Sainte-Marie won the Juno for Indigenous Music Album of the Year in 2018\.  

March 7 , 2025 at 12:46:27 p.m. EST • :

Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of Juno, Polaris music awards

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Lucky young couple lands gig taking care of uninhabited Irish island; Camille Rosenfeld and James Hayes are the lucky duo who will work and live on Ireland's Great Blasket Island starting in April\.  

March 7 , 2025 at 06:08:32 p.m. EST • :

Lucky young couple lands gig taking care of uninhabited Irish island

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B.C. Conservative leader kicks Dallas Brodie out of caucus for 'mocking' residential school testimony; B\.C\. Conservative Leader John Rustad says Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie is no longer welcome in the party caucus following what he said was her "decision to publicly mock and belittle testimony from former residential school students\."  

March 7 , 2025 at 03:59:16 p.m. EST • :

B.C. Conservative leader kicks Dallas Brodie out of caucus for 'mocking' residential school testimony

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March 7 , 2025 at 03:27:01 p.m. EST • :

2nd hitman sentenced to life in prison for B.C. murder of former Air India bombing suspect

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March 7 , 2025 at 04:17:14 p.m. EST • :

RCMP rescue parents and their 2 toddlers found 'frozen' after crossing U.S. border into Canada

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March 7 , 2025 at 12:58:10 p.m. EST • :

Poilievre calls for update to conflict-of-interest law in latest swipe at Carney's Liberal leadership bid

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March 7 , 2025 at 06:09:24 p.m. EST • :

All Senate seats filled after PM announces 5 more appointments

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March 7 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

We're about to spring forward. Here's what would happen if we didn't change our clocks

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