City staff suggested stopping the installation of solar panels and wind turbines for a while The city council of Ottawa has agreed with a recommendation from city staff to stop installing new solar, wind, and bioenergy production facilities for now, while the city figures out how to best zone the projects. Mitchell LeSage, a city…
Here are some important questions about the B.C. port workers’ strike and how it might affect your business As a strike by port workers in British Columbia (B.C.) continues, businesses big and small are worried about how it will affect Canada’s economy. Industry groups say that the strike by 7,400 waterfront workers will slow down…
Prices will go up by 8 cents in New Brunswick on Friday, but only 4 cents everywhere else Nova Scotia’s Utilities and Review Board has decided that gas prices will go up by 3.74 cents per litre and diesel prices will go up by 4.17 cents per litre to cover the cost of new federal…
Last week, the last 30 tagged Atlantic whitefish were set free near Bridgewater In order to save one of Canada’s most endangered freshwater fish, specimens bred in captivity and released into the Nova Scotia watershed, which has the world’s only remaining wild population, are now being tracked electronically. Last week, the last 30 Atlantic whitefish…
Yannick Bandaogo admitted to killing someone and trying to kill someone in the 2021 attack on the North Vancouver library WARNING: There are violent details in this story. The mother of the young woman who was killed during a stabbing spree in North Vancouver that also seriously hurt six other people said Wednesday in a…
The NDP MPP says that the project will kill wildlife and a lot of trees An environmental assessment for Infrastructure Ontario’s planned redevelopment of Ontario Place says the project will be good for the environment overall, but it doesn’t take into account the controversial spa or live-music venue that will be built there. Chris Glover,…
Pukonen wants people to know that no change is impossible, not even climate change Markus Pukonen has been going around the world without using a plane, train, or car for the last eight years. This trip is more than 73,000 km long. He didn’t even ride an elevator. In July 2015, Pukonen, who is from Tofino,…
The remains of Jewell Langford were found east of Ottawa in 1975. They were identified 45 years later The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) gave more information about how they finally found the remains of the woman who went missing decades ago and became known as the Nation River Lady. OPP said that the remains were…
“I hope no one gets very sick because we don’t have much room. Security in the Arctic is getting more attention now that Russia and China are looking at the area, but leaders in the North say Canada won’t be able to exercise sovereignty if their communities aren’t built up well. The leaders of the…
Cathy Ryan quit school after 11th grade in 1981, but she went back to school last year and just finished her last two classes Cathy Ryan, 58, of Tillsonburg, Ont., says that she dropped out of high school in 1981 because she was being stupid. However, Ryan says that it was her determination that kept…