Customers who got their “secured” credit cards through Plastk are caught in the middle of a legal battle between that company and the bank it partnered with — leaving many waiting on hundreds or thousands of dollars. One expert says consumers often don’t know where to turn for help. Expert …
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Road where dump truck struck cyclist was approved for bike-lane study by council in April
Ottawa council had already approved a study into the feasibility of adding a bike lane to a stretch of road where a cyclist was struck by a dump truck on Friday and sent to hospital with life-threatening injuries. A woman was rushed to hospital in critical condition after she was …
Read More »B.C. mining town rebranded as an outdoor paradise hopes to survive another wildfire season
Tumbler Ridge physician Dr. Charles Helm used to look forward to summer. Now, he dreads it. The town is one of many B.C. communities facing the imminent threat of wildfires each summer. Tumbler Ridge doctor Charles Helm used to look forward to summer. Now, he dreads it because of wildfires. …
Read More »Canadian Blood Services needs thousands more donors to roll up their sleeves
Canadian Blood Services is making an urgent call for blood and plasma donors this week as thousands of appointments sit unfilled. The national organization says it has 150,000 appointments to fill in order to tackle a dwindling inventory of blood and plasma, including many appointments in the Greater Toronto Area. …
Read More »Deadly crash in southwestern Manitoba highlights ‘crucial’ role of volunteer firefighters, fire chiefs say
Volunteer firefighters were the first to arrive at a deadly crash in southwestern Manitoba on Thursday, but officials say their numbers have been dwindling since 2016. Emergency response would have taken longer if not for volunteer firefighters: Manitoba Fire Chiefs Association. When 15 people died in a fatal crash on …
Read More »How student loans keep some people trapped in debt
Some 1.9 million Canadians owed the federal government a total of $23.5 billion in student loans as of July 2022 — a number that only balloons further when including provincial loans and private debt. Meanwhile, tuition fees are now 13 times more than they were 50 years ago. Expert says …
Read More »Toronto wants more multiplexes built. But how will they be financed?
The building of a multiplex is not a budget-friendly undertaking in Toronto and that raises questions about how the people building them will finance their construction. City favours seeing more multiplexes, but no municipal, provincial incentive money for building them. Are multiplexes the answer to Toronto’s housing crisis? Toronto city …
Read More »Meet the international firefighters battling Canada’s worst wildfire season in a century
According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, there are hundreds of firefighters from around the world deployed across Canada. Hundreds of firefighters from overseas have pitched in. Andrew Stewart said his first glimpse of a Canadian wildfire left quite the impression. The firefighter from the South Australian Country Fire …
Read More »For these Quebec adult ed students, graduation celebrates long-awaited high school success
In the corner of a classroom lined with chairs and a buffet table, Afroditi Marinakis fiddles with the tassel on her graduation cap. “Do you know if the point is supposed to be in front?” she asks, adjusting the fit. After nearly 10 years of off-and-on study to earn her …
Read More »‘Going to be quite the scar’: Ingested barbecue brush bristle lands man in emergency surgery
When Peter Kirkegaard was violently ill for days recently and doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong with him, his wife urged them to perform a CT scan. The results showed a tiny wire bristle from a barbecue brush lodged in his small intestine. Peter Kirkegaard, 60, is urging others …
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