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. …
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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 »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 …
Read More »Manitoba to conduct review of Indigenous-themed art after sculpture in premier’s office deemed inappropriate
The province is conducting a review to ensure all Indigenous-themed artwork displayed in ministers’ offices is created by Indigenous artists. Art experts say sculpture is cultural appropriation and depicts stereotypes of Indigenous peoples. The province is conducting a review to ensure all Indigenous-themed artwork displayed in ministers’ offices is created …
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 »WestJet begins cancelling flights ahead of possible pilots’ strike
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 …
Read More »Toronto-area homeowners shocked by shoddy renos from contractors RBC touted as ‘trusted’
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 …
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