More complex fires and longer seasons have made the job harder in recent years Fighting wildfires has always been hard on your body, but people in Canada are starting to pay more attention to how it affects your mind. Professionals who work with wildland firefighters say that the job has gotten mentally harder as fires…
Most of Quebec’s recycled glass is turned into powder instead of being blown again Even though the city website tells people in nearly half of Montreal’s 19 boroughs that they can put glass in their blue bin or bag, not all of them do. The company Ricova runs the sorting center in the city’s Saint-Michel…
OPP says there will be more than 9,000 accidents with big trucks in 2022 After 2022, when there were more transport truck accidents than in any other year in more than a decade, the Ministry of Transportation and the Ontario Provincial Police are doing more to make sure commercial vehicles are safe. According to a…
Deanna Bowen, the artist, says that the work came from “a place of self-recovery. Soon, a huge new piece of art about the lives of Black settlers in Canada will be put on display in front of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. On Monday, workers will start putting up the two-story mural, which…
Pierre Poilievre, leader of the federal Conservatives, also went to the annual Ismaili Muslim community event Politics and pancake breakfasts might seem like an odd pair. Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau both spoke at a Stampede pancake breakfast put on by the Ismaili Muslim community on Saturday. The two leaders…
Torch is a dog trained to find explosives. He will use his nose to find landmines A dog in Alberta is using his nose in a good way. Torch is a Belgian Malinois who is 3 years old and has been trained by experts to find explosives. He will go to Ukraine in the fall…
A wildfire in Powers Creek has burned over 20 hectares, and more than 50 people have been told to leave their homes A wildfire near Smithers in northwest B.C. has forced dozens of people to leave their homes and put hundreds more on alert to leave. According to the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS),the Powers Creek…
A trial against a tanker maker over workplace safety is set for March 202 Janet Ferguson lost her best friend when her daughter Kayla, who was 26 years old, was killed in an explosion at Ottawa’s Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter Ltd. in January 2022. Now, her family is sad again because Janet Ferguson died…
Karl Eaton says he needs a place to live by July 31 Karl Eaton has had a job ever since he was 16. Today, he works full-time for Telus and makes about $74,900 a year. However, the 55-year-old single father says that his take-home pay isn’t enough for him and his son to live in…
Ottawa police say that hate crimes rose by almost 24% in the first half of 2023 People from groups that are often targeted in hate crimes in Ottawa say they are not surprised to hear that they are happening more often. On Friday, police in Ottawa said that the number of hate crimes reported in…