April in Alberta often brings unwelcome spring snowstorms and the Stanley Cup playoffs. This year it could mean higher prices at the gas pumps.  Provincial fuel tax relief expected to end while federal carbon tax increases on April 1/ April in Alberta often brings the Stanley Cup playoffs and unwelcome …

Italy greenlit the sale of insect products late last year, but included strict regulations on supermarket placement and labelling. One chef is already using cricket powder in his pizza.  Cricket farmers tout environmental benefits, chefs praise ‘elasticity’ and nutty taste. At the seafront pizzeria La Rambla in Maccarese, Italy, a …

The RCMP is apologizing after an officer failed to properly investigate Jennifer Johner’s claim 20 years ago that she was attacked while fighting off a sexual advance. The RCMP says the officer, now retired, refused to take part in investigating her complaint. Jennifer Johner’s voice shakes when she reads the …

A winter storm is expected to wallop parts of Newfoundland starting Thursday evening and last into Saturday morning — and a meteorologist warns it’s the type of snow that should be cleared quickly.  ‘Don’t let it pile up,’ meteorologist says as Environment Canada updates weather warnings. A winter storm is …

Maggie Mitani was a brand new member of the University of Windsor women’s hockey team when, in February 2023, she felt a slight lump on her neck. She wasn’t worried and initially brushed off getting it checked out. But with her teammates’ insistence that she go to the doctor, Mitani’s …

Prince Edward Island is now short another family doctor, the province’s health agency confirmed Thursday. Dr. Harold Molyneaux has taken an immediate leave due to medical reasons, Health P.E.I. said in a statement. As a result his Summerside clinic, which served around 2,500 patients, will close immediately. The health agency …

Parents in Sudbury, Ont., say they have to either stay home with their children or pay the higher cost of private child care due to long waitlists to access licensed, subsidized daycares under the national $10-a-day program.  Average wait time for a daycare spot in the city is 23 months. …

The Bank of Canada left interest rates unchanged this week, at least in part because it doesn’t want to add fuel to a real estate market that’s already heating up.  As housing market heats up, central bank leaves interest rates unchanged at 5%. The Bank of Canada is trying to …

For the past two decades, geologists have wrestled with whether humans have changed the planet enough to kick off a completely new epoch in geological time called the Anthropocene. Now, a subcommittee of Earth scientists has reportedly made a decision: No, we haven’t. Proposed that start of new epoch was …

The Russian ambassador to Canada said in an interview with CBC News that Western electronics might be found in Russian drones being used in Ukraine.  Russia’s ambassador to Canada says that despite sanctions, Western electronics could still end up in drones. The Russian ambassador to Canada said in an interview …