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Canada Post is in trouble. Here are the facts; A Canada Post truck is seen on a road in Montreal last December\. Canada Post resumed operations after a month-long strike, but is now set to strike once again on Friday\.

Canada Post is in trouble. Here are the facts

May 21 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

With another strike looming, Canada Post says it is fighting for its life amid staggering losses.

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Iran says it is 'ready for talks' about renewing relations with Canada, but Ottawa must make 1st move; CBC's senior international correspondent Margaret Evans speaks with Esmail Baghaei, the spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Minister, in Tehran\. On the Iran-Canada diplomatic freeze, Baghaei says that since it was Canada that unilaterally severed the relationship, it's up to Canada to decide on a course of action moving forward\.

Iran says it is 'ready for talks' about renewing relations with Canada, but Ottawa must make 1st move

May 21 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Recent efforts to restore talks between Washington and Tehran over a deal to limit Iran's nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions has raised hopes among ordinary Iranians that other countries like Canada will also renew diplomatic relations as they long for an end to their country's isolation and economic pain.

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'It's just really strange': Retired dog handler weighs in on search for missing N.S. children; A drone photo of Lilly and Jack Sullivan's house in Lansdowne Station, N\.S\.

'It's just really strange': Retired dog handler weighs in on search for missing N.S. children

May 21 , 2025 at 05:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

As search and rescue crews once again depart a rural Nova Scotia community without finding two children who disappeared more than two weeks, a retried RCMP dog handler says it is baffling the siblings are still missing after such wide scale searches. 

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How prescribed burns can help ecosystems thrive; A fire specialist holds a torch during a traditional and prescribed burn in Toronto's High Park in April 2025\. The fire helps protect the rare black oak ecosystem\.

How prescribed burns can help ecosystems thrive

May 21 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Low, controlled fires, also known as prescribed burns, are being used not just for wildfire protection but ecosystem health. Many ecosystems rely on fire, and it can help germinate seeds, keep brush at bay and fend of invasive species

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Chicago newspaper prints a summer reading list. The problem? The books don't exist; Fiction titles are seen on display at an Indigo store in Toronto in 2023\. The Chicago Sun-Tribune has said it's 'unacceptable' that an insert in its paper listing summer reading recommendations cited multiple books that don't exist\.

Chicago newspaper prints a summer reading list. The problem? The books don't exist

May 20 , 2025 at 04:04:53 p.m. EDT • :

The Chicago Sun-Times is being roasted online after it confirmed that a freelancer used AI to generate a summer reading list made up of real authors and fake books. The newspaper called it "a learning moment for all of journalism." Meanwhile, the paper's union said it was "deeply disturbed" by what it called "this slop syndication."

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WATCH | Hail the size of ping-pong balls crashes down during storm in southwest France; A front driveway is littered with debris and large hailstones\.  

May 20 , 2025 at 09:06:56 p.m. EDT • :

WATCH | Hail the size of ping-pong balls crashes down during storm in southwest France

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More homeowners hit with years-old water bills from previous occupants; Meg Dolland is one of several Ottawa residents who have been asked to pay for a previous owner's water arrears, years after the fact\.  

May 21 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

More homeowners hit with years-old water bills from previous occupants

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Canada wants to join Golden Dome missile-defence program, Trump says; President Donald Trump says Canada has asked to join the U\.S\. missile defence program\.  

May 20 , 2025 at 04:47:56 p.m. EDT • :

Canada wants to join Golden Dome missile-defence program, Trump says

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Why wasn't Joe Biden's 'aggressive' prostate cancer spotted sooner? Experts weigh in; Former U\.S\. president Joe Biden speaks at a conference in Chicago on April 15\. He's been diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer that's spread to the bone, his office says\.  

May 20 , 2025 at 07:48:25 p.m. EDT • :

Why wasn't Joe Biden's 'aggressive' prostate cancer spotted sooner? Experts weigh in

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Emily Clark scores OT winner as Charge edge Frost in Game 1 of PWHL Finals; Ottawa Charge players celebrate Emily Clark's game-winning goal in overtime during Game 1 of the PWHL Finals against the Minnesota Frost on Tuesday\.  

May 20 , 2025 at 10:38:05 p.m. EDT • :

Emily Clark scores OT winner as Charge edge Frost in Game 1 of PWHL Finals

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May 20 , 2025 at 09:49:06 p.m. EDT • :

U.S. college student pleads guilty in data breach that affected North American schools

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May 20 , 2025 at 04:34:52 p.m. EDT • :

Norm! Cheers star George Wendt dead at 76

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May 20 , 2025 at 02:03:35 p.m. EDT • :

Lac du Bonnet wildfire evacuees return but for many, 'their world has changed'

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May 20 , 2025 at 11:10:39 a.m. EDT • :

Man charged in deadly 401 crash that killed multiple children appears in court

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May 20 , 2025 at 08:30:06 p.m. EDT • :

Suspect in violent assault of Toronto woman on Vancouver's seawall released on house arrest

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