 | | | | | | Hello, these are your top stories for Friday, March 01, 2024.
For breaking news and in-depth coverage, download the CBC News App. | | |  | | | | February 29 , 2024 at 06:07:46 p.m. EST • : | | Brian Mulroney — who, as Canada's 18th prime minister, steered the country through a tumultuous period in national and world affairs — has died. He was 84. | | Read more | |  | | | | March 1 , 2024 at 06:01:50 a.m. EST • : | | Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral Friday in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony. | | Read more | |  | | | | March 1 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • : | | It comes as no surprise to some industry experts: Air Canada hiked its first checked-bag fee by $5 for economy-type fares this week, just two weeks after WestJet did the same. | | Read more | | |  | | | | March 1 , 2024 at 04:00:14 a.m. EST • : | | An IT firm run by a defence department employee has been awarded millions of dollars in government contracts since 2015. | | Read more | |  | | | | March 1 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • : | | An embarrassing multi-million-dollar accounting error that was covered up for years at Veterans Affairs Canada will end up costing taxpayers almost $1 billion now that a Federal Court judge has signed off on a combined class-action settlement. | | Read more | | | |  | | | March 1 , 2024 at 05:38:06 a.m. EST • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | March 1 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | March 1 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | March 1 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • : | | | Read more | | | | |  | | | March 1 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • : | | | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | | March 1 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • : | | | Read more | | | | | | March 1 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • : | | | Read more | | | | | | February 29 , 2024 at 10:25:03 p.m. EST • : | | | Read more | | | | | | February 29 , 2024 at 08:42:19 p.m. EST • : | | | Read more | | | | | | February 29 , 2024 at 07:12:53 p.m. EST • : | | | Read more | | | |  | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | | |
