Six people on a committee disagreed about whether or not Germain Hotels needs the city incentive Tuesday at city hall, after a long debate about whether a hotel project at the Ottawa International Airport should get a $13 million break on property taxes, the vote was a strange tie. City staff have decided that Germain…
The B.C. health minister says that setting a nurse-to-patient ratio is “the best practice around the world. British Columbia will be the first province in Canada to use a nurse-to-patient ratio. This is part of the province’s plan to improve public health standards for work load. The move is an important part of the tentative…
Team moved from competing in Canada to the NCAA ten years ago, but it was hard for them to do well The football team at Simon Fraser University has four downs and is out of the game. The university in Burnaby, B.C., announced on Tuesday that it would end its varsity team right away, putting…
Three investigations are now looking into what caused the spill and what was said about it A leaked document shows that the Alberta government waited a month before calling for an emergency response to one of the biggest spills of oilsands tailings in the province’s history. The document, which was obtained by The Canadian Press,…
All Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) facilities no longer have to make people wear masks or keep a certain distance from them. This was announced by the province on Tuesday. “In our health care facilities, we’ll go back to the way things were before. So, basically, there is no need for masks and facilities, “The province’s…
75% of Ottawans over the age of 4 don’t have the recommended COVID vaccine protection Recent developments: Most of Ottawa’s COVID-19 numbers are staying the same or going down. 75% of Ottawans over the age of four don’t have the recommended COVID vaccine. The COVID risk level for the EOHU stays at a moderate level.…
At least 12 charges, such as attempted murder and first-degree murder, have been brought against the suspect The man who was arrested after the deadly pickup truck crash in Amqui, Que., last month is now being charged with a number of new crimes, including three counts of first-degree murder. Steeve Gagnon was also charged with…
Sherisse Tucker thinks problems are caused by a lack of workers in facilities Concerning Care is a series on CBC that looks more closely at home and respite care in Newfoundland and Labrador, which has the oldest population in Canada. It talks about a lack of workers, the emotional and financial costs of family members…
In Pitt Meadows, B.C., the first hands-free vertical farm opens A new vertical farming business in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, hopes to improve food security in the province by selling produce that is grown locally and is good for the environment. The business, called UP Vertical Farms, grows baby leafy greens vertically, on shelves stacked…
Recommendations: apologies, more research, and better planning for the futur The Ottawa People’s Commission says that the city can’t move on from the convoy protests of last winter until all levels of government do something to win back the trust of the people who live there. This conclusion is in the second part of the…