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All eyes are on Hurricane Lee this week as the strong storm traverses the warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. Lee will slow down and begin turning north by the middle of the week, setting up a track that could put Atlantic Canada in line for some hazardous conditions …

It was sometime in the late 90s when Kulvir Kaila first heard his sister Kuljeet on the radio, and he remembers the thrill he felt in that moment like it was yesterday. “It was so exciting to hear her voice. She was so polished already at such a young age,” …

A former youth worker with Alberta Child and Family Services is on trial in Calgary, accused of having a years-long sexual relationship with a boy she met when he was 14 years old and living in a secure residential facility for troubled teens. Beverly Allard, 65, faces a charge of …

Donation drives and other initiatives are underway in Quebec to help Moroccans after a 6.8-magnitude quake toppled buidings and killed nearly 2,700 people, as of Monday. Donation site at LaSalle College accepting clothes, flashlights, baby supplies and more. Three days after a devastating earthquake struck Morocco, leaving death and destruction …

As Canada faces a growing affordable housing shortage, one Toronto-area college is pairing students with seniors in an effort to help find them accommodations as the school year begins. Humber College says over 500 students already signed up on the housing platform. As Canada faces a growing affordable housing shortage, …

The overdose prevention service at the Collins Bay Institution will be the third of its kind in Canada and the first in Ontario. Correctional Service Canada says it will save lives, but a union official says it presents staff with a moral dilemma. Advocate says the program isn’t condoning drug …

Housing Minister Sean Fraser says the government is still considering a wide range of potential moves to help ease the acute housing insecurity Canadians across the country are feeling.  Poilievre calls current situation “fundamentally unjust and wrong,” Housing Minister Sean Fraser is keeping a wide range of options on the …

The last homelessness count in the city found there were approximately 300 people who identified as homeless, of which roughly 100 stay in shelters every night, according to Tony Brushett, the executive director of the Yellowknife Salvation Army.  Residents were told to evacuate the northern Canadian city by Aug. 18. …

Experts say Ontario’s Greenbelt has not only accomplished its original purpose of containing sprawl, but helped offset the effects of climate change. ‘Over the years, it has performed what it was meant to do,’ says veteran farmer. In 45 years of farming beans, wheat and corn on his rolling acreage …

In the nearly two days since a deadly earthquake killed more than 2,000 people in Morocco, Montreal’s Café Amistad has become a gathering place for people seeking answers and support. The city is home to the largest Moroccan diaspora in Canada.  Canada one of multiple countries that offered support, but …