Lawyers and homebuyers say the plans are a step in the right direction, but they are worried The Ontario government is proposing new rules that would make it harder for builders to back out of deals or raise prices on people who have already paid for their new homes but are still waiting for them…
Former ministers are all worried about how much power the prime minister has Blaine Higgs started his time as New Brunswick’s premier by saying that he wouldn’t run the government from the top down, as he said Brian Gallant did. In a personal letter to voters during the 2018 election campaign, he said, “Today, the…
The MMIWG report said that a national team should look at “unresolved” cases, but that hasn’t happened yet Val Charlette wonders if an Indigenous-led task force would have thought her daughter’s death was strange if they had been called in to look into it. Angela Lavallee wonders if a task force would have found out…
Jerry Martin, 51, died on Friday from what his partner thinks was an overdose of fentanyl Krista Thomas stands at the corner of Main and Cordova streets in Vancouver. This is where her late partner, Jerry Martin, used to sell tested heroin, cocaine, and other illegal drugs from a mobile store. Martin, who was 51,…
The rate went from 30.8 per 100,000 in 2018 to 169.1 per 100,000 in 2019 Alberta’s new report on sexually transmitted infections shows that the number of babies born with syphilis is going up at what experts call an unacceptable and alarming rate. In Alberta, the number of babies born with syphilis went from 30.8…
Since July, 6 more businesses have closed than opened each month Both Hands Wood-Fired Pizza and Bakery has been a mainstay in Thunder Bay, Ont., for over 20 years. Owners Derek Lucchese and Sue Holloway bake handmade pizza, bread, and granola in their large wood-oven stove for loyal customers. But on July 1, Derek and…
Since June, when the zebras arrived, the zoo has worked closely with Western College of Veterinary Medicine: manage There’s no black-and-white answer to how five zebras ended up at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm and Park Zoo, but they’ve settled in and are ready to meet the public now. In an email, the City of Saskatoon…
A new, interactive website gives ideas and tools for dealing with the climate crisis A group of young Indigenous people from the Yukon have made an interactive website that they hope will make people think very differently about the climate crisis and how to solve it. One of the creators, Carissa Waugh, said, “It’s not…
Hearing about each other’s pasts helped us both get better This is Melanie Chambers’s First Person column. She lives in Rossland, B.C. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, visit please see the FAQ. Even though it happened over 30 years ago, my hands are shaking as I type a message to the person…
Last week, Zachary Tiglik was shot and killed in the Carlington neighborhood of Ottawa People in Ottawa are remembering the latest shooting victim as a hard worker and a good friend who was always there to listen. Zachary Tiglik was shot and killed in the city’s Carlington neighborhood on the night of June 29. The…