Around Canada

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 …

Talks between WestJet and the pilots' union continue amid the countdown toward a Friday strike deadline, with the airline saying it has started to cancel flights ahead of the anticipated work stoppage. Talks continue amid early Friday strike deadline Talks between WestJet and the pilots' union continue amid the countdown …

RBC recommended the Smart Reno platform to two couples in the Greater Toronto Area. They say it came as a shock to later learn the contractors weren’t qualified based on their shoddy work, which the homeowners have, or will have to, spend even more money to fix.  RBC customers say …

Labour lawyers say joint union-employer panels created to handle remote work complaints don’t have a clear solution for when a public servant is unhappy with their arrangement.  A letter of agreement on telework, negotiated between the government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) in bargaining that recently ended …

Canadians who may have received pandemic benefits by mistake are allowed to ask for a review of their eligibility status — but they might see their tax refunds or other benefits withheld by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) while they wait for a decision.  CRA says it has collected $247 million …

The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus is having a widespread impact on poultry farming in the province, from anxiety for farmers to a shortage of the drug used to euthanize infected flocks.  As of Friday, 20 locations in the province were considered actively infected. Poultry farmers in Quebec are grappling with …

A controversial construction project on the coast of P.E.I. has been the subject of residents’ ire for months, thanks to a large stone seawall that critics say severely restricts access to the public beach. But the property’s owners say the seawall mitigates erosion.  Owners of property at Point Deroche argue …

There are roughly 1,500 asylum seekers in Portland, Maine, population 68,000, where services are buckling under the needs of the growing number of migrants, many of whom had hoped to continue onto Canada.  With Roxham Road closed, Portland’s services are straining under the needs of 1,500 asylum seekers. A fierce …

People in the Yukon’s Klondike River valley have been battling floodwaters all week, including at the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Farm near Dawson City.  Derrick Hastings, the farm’s manager, said things happened quickly. The farm had been preparing as ice jams on the Klondike caused flooding in nearby Rock Creek and Henderson …

Nearly one year after the loss of her twins, Kaitlin Geiger-Bardswich writes she felt abandoned and alone in the aftermath of the miscarriage. We didn’t know what had happened; if I was still pregnant, if the bleeding would stop, if it would get worse. ‘We’re loss moms, I guess’ One …