Around Canada

Advocates and workers say more protections, and greater awareness and enforcement are needed to uphold the rights of the growing number of Canadians performing freelance, contract and gig work as it continues to become more widespread.  Unions can help raise awareness but can’t address the problem alone: advocate. Montreal resident …

Southern Ontario will be seeing the heat and muggy air mass hang on for one more day before relief is provided by a cold front. However, before the cooldown occurs, there will be conducive conditions for thunderstorms to fire up in the region. Some of the storms could reach severe …

Canada has quietly pushed to expand the definition of what counts toward NATO’s military spending target of two per cent of a nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). Canada ranks among the lowest military spenders in NATO. Canada has quietly and consistently lobbied major NATO allies for months to expand the …

Officials from several provinces say affordability is their top priority heading into Monday’s premiers’ meeting as the cost of living soars across the country.  Atlantic Canada’s premiers concerned about federal clean fuel regulations. Officials from several provinces say affordability is their top priority heading into Monday’s premiers’ meeting as the …

CBC found several long-term care homes planning to expand with taxpayer support are run by operators with long histories of non-compliance with the law, or poor outcomes through the pandemic. A CBC analysis shows enforcement and accountability measures lacking since the new Fixing Long-Term Care Act. While the Ontario government …

Protesters blocking the entrance to Brady Road landfill are outraged after a man shovelled soil from the back of his truck onto a mural honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.  ‘I can’t see the blockade going down’: supporter. Protesters blocking the Brady Road landfill south of Winnipeg say …

A Toronto landlord is suing her former tenant, the tenant’s boyfriend, the City of Toronto and Airbnb after her downtown condo was rented out on the short-term rental platform for months without her knowledge or consent.  Lawsuit names Airbnb, City of Toronto, former tenant and tenant’s boyfriend as defendants. A …

When Kevin Ross started farming 40 years ago, he knew the weather was going to be unpredictable. What he couldn’t have predicted is the rate at which farmland in southern Ontario would disappear.  ‘We are definitely at a crossroads,’ said the mayor of Essex. Kevin Ross jumps out of his …

Click here to view the video A round of severe thunderstorms rolled through northwestern Ontario on Sunday afternoon, prompting widespread warnings along their path. Conditions will remain favourable for some lingering strong to severe thunderstorms through the remainder of Sunday evening before more stable air arrives behind the cold front …

If you have to insist you won’t be intimidated, it’s probably because there’s a reason to believe that you could be intimidated. And that is the basic problem facing both the Liberal government and the Canadian media industry. The Liberals seem to be keen for a fight with tech giants …