We’re only at the midway point of May, but conditions continue to be summer-like across B.C. This week, the trend will continue for parts of the province, likely to worsen the wildfire situation with a thunderstorm and dry lightning risk Tuesday and Wednesday. Rising freezing levels continue to melt the …
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As Canada considers ban on plastic produce labels, this company makes paper and compostable ones
A manufacturer near Windsor, Ont., has been making paper produce labels for over 20 years and recently started developing fully compostable ones, at a time when Canada is weighing banning plastic produce stickers. Lakeshore, Ont., developer says easy way to spot plastic labels is if they’re hard to rip. Ontario …
Read More »Inflation rate increased in April, back up to 4.4%
Canada’s inflation rate reversed its cooling trend last month and moved higher, to a 4.4 per cent annual rate. Increased from March’s 4.3 per cent annual pace. Canada’s inflation rate reversed its cooling trend last month and moved higher, to a 4.4 per cent annual rate. Economists had been expecting …
Read More »Shifting winds threaten to fan the flames of Alberta wildfires
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Edmonton Monday to meet with Canadian Armed Forces personnel who are helping fight wildfires burning across Alberta. Latest evacuation order came Monday afternoon for the 1,850 residents of Valleyview. Once sleeping giants, Alberta’s wildfires are threatening to show the full extent of their power. …
Read More »Average Canadian house price rose to $716,000 in April — up by $100K since January
After plunging due to interest rate hikes throughout last year, the average price of a Canadian resale home has now increased for four months in a row, new numbers showed Monday. After tumbling for much of 2022, the average price has risen 4 months in a row. After plunging due …
Read More »Raising disabled kids in Alberta is exhausting. But not for the reasons you think
As a parent with two autistic children, Sarah Doll knows all too well the agony of being stuck on wait-lists and tangled in red tape while her children regress. Her opinion piece is part of a series of personal essays the CBC is running ahead of the Alberta election. We’re …
Read More »Self-defence classes focus on safety, confidence, community for Toronto sex workers
At a small Toronto boxing gym, people punch, jump, duck, and laugh. Working up a sweat is just one goal for those who are there. All the participants in this class are sex workers — and they’re there to learn self defence. Classes are in response to uptick in reports …
Read More »Ontario tenant hit with $350-a-month rent hike calls for more transparency in lease agreements
The St. Catharines, Ont., resident says a provincial brochure included in lease agreements is ‘sneakily written’ and left her under the false impression her townhouse was rent controlled. Niagara-area resident says if she’d known her townhome wasn’t rent controlled, she wouldn’t have agreed to it. Hit with a surprise $350-a-month …
Read More »Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault to run in Montreal federal byelection
Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault is expected to announce that he will run in the Montreal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount, where a byelection will be held June 19. Marc Garneau, former Liberal cabinet minister, held the riding from 2008 until this year. Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault is expected …
Read More »Quebec sent Ottawa hospital hundreds of birth alerts despite Ontario ban
Despite the fact that Ontario put a stop to birth alerts in 2020, Quebec child welfare agencies continued to send hundreds of the controversial notifications — which can be used to threaten to or actually seize newborns from their mothers — to Ottawa’s largest hospital. Hospital received 298 birth alerts …
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