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It’s 12:05 p.m. and Courtney Cameron is picking up her four-year-old son, Davis, from Marlborough Public School in Windsor, Ont. It’s more than two hours before school officially ends for the day. Davis has autism, and Cameron is picking her son up early because he needs an education assistant (EA) …

Canada’s protracted Christmas tree shortage has been driven in part by an aging cohort of tree growers and a shrinking number of tree farms. It’s a heightened example of a broader problem facing agriculture with Canadian farmers aging at a faster clip than the overall population. Average industry age is …

In order to hit its 2035 targets for zero-emission vehicles, Canada will need hundreds of thousands of public charging ports for electric vehicles, but critics say there’s no cohesive plan to make that happen.  Infrastructure required to meet zero-emission vehicle targets by 2035, experts say. Most of the people who …

While Canadians raced to get vaccinated against COVID-19 early in the pandemic, only 15 per cent of the population had their updated shot this fall. But the virus is still spreading. Latest shots were designed to shore up protection against current variants, including newly flagged JN.1. Canadian COVID-19 vaccination rates …

Police on Vancouver Island say a woman has been charged with forgery and impersonation after she allegedly applied for a nursing job with fake documents. Charrybelle Talaue, 34, also faces a charge of failing to comply with the conditions of an undertaking, according to a release from the Central Saanich …

B.C. has recorded its largest period of interprovincial migration losses in 20 years, with more than 12,800 people moving elsewhere in Canada since July 2022, according to Statistics Canada. It’s the first time in a decade B.C. has seen 15 months in a row of more people moving out-of-province than …

Mysterious messages started appearing in Paula Toledo’s inbox on Dec. 8, telling her to brace for an onslaught of people trying to get in touch with her. The messages said internet sleuths had been trying to track down a song she recorded some two decades ago. “I was not sure …

Two Catalina seniors are breathing a sigh of relief after reaching a settlement with the provincial government over the land where they lived for nearly 40 years. Randy and Pauline Diamond paid more than $10,000 for the land where they lived for 40 years. Two Catalina seniors are breathing a …

Loneliness is a global health concern that affects a quarter of the world’s population, knows no age or boundaries and can change our physiology.  Knowing a patient’s social connections called as important as knowing their vital signs. At one point, Elaine Dawe’s sense of loneliness enveloped her life. “I was …

Go Public has learned that new Kia cars — orders customers have waited months and months to drive — have arrived in the country but are not being released to dealerships to sell. It’s part of a controversial strategy devised by Kia Canada to game 2023 sales numbers.  Kia Canada …