Dryden, Fort Frances, Kenora, and Sioux Lookout are all looked at to see what they need The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) commissioned a study that shows more safe consumption services are needed in the Ontario area because of the rising number of drug overdoses. However, there are still questions about how to get the general…
The justice minister says that the delay in passing a law has to do with finding the right balance between privacy and safety The justice minister of Newfoundland and Labrador says that Clare’s Law, which lets people who are worried about their safety ask in private about their partners’ criminal history, will soon go into…
Environment Canada says that in the next few weeks, the weather will get cooler again Just a week ago, it was hard for Montrealers to imagine doing yoga in the park or drinking seltzer on aterrasse. As the worst ice storm in 25 years hit Quebec and cut power to millions, they bundled up in…
After a year of work, the group of police experts advising the board in northwest Ontario that is in charge of the troubled Thunder Bay Police Service will give its final report next week. At the police board meeting on Thursday, panel chair Alok Mukherjee will talk about the report’s findings and make suggestions. The…
In the MUN Gazette on Thursday afternoon, the Board of Regents made an announcement Vianne Timmons, the president and vice-chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland, has been fired by the university’s governing body. Timmons announced on March 13 that she was taking a paid six-week leave of absence from the president’s office. This came after…
Canfor is shutting down mills in Chetwynd, Houston, and Prince George Canfor will soon stop running its mills in Prince George, Chetwynd, and Houston, which will put hundreds of people out of work in northern B.C. The company told employees about the closings in January, and since then, they have been winding down operations and…
Many Canadians are used to seeing snow in April There is still a lot of snow in eastern Ontario. On the prairies, a blast of winter in early April put us to the test. But, as we complain (yet again) about how long winter is, this is a reminder that snow in April is normal,…
Nathan Sears’s family has filed a class-action lawsuit against Airbnb, the property owner, and the person who ran the business Brittany Sears’s last two and a half weeks have been full of hope, confusion, and overwhelming grief. “My heart has felt more pain than I ever thought was possible.” Nathan Sears, her brother, was one…
The regulator says that the amount of toxins is still below the guidelines for protecting aquatic life Alberta’s energy regulator has confirmed that dangerous chemicals are in a small body of water after two releases of wastewater from Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands mine that was contaminated with tailings. In a Tuesday update, the agency said…
A U.S. court has charged Simranjit Singh with 4 failed attempt A man from Ontario is accused of bragging that he moved more than 1,000 people across the Canada-U.S. border. He is now facing a nine-count indictment that says he was the “primary organizer” of a network that moved people across the border using Akwesasne…