Around Canada

Orientation week is meant to be a fun and light-hearted introduction to a new school, but students planning welcoming events at the University of Waterloo also want to ensure first-year students feel safe, especially after the classroom stabbings in June. O-week co-ordinator says they’re excited to welcome new students to …

This summer, 86,000 passengers on international flights with WestJet began or ended their journey in the U.S., which is a record high for the airline.  Number of Americans on WestJet’s transatlantic flights up 70% from last summer. When planning a special five-week, overseas family vacation to celebrate her birthday and …

Have you ever wondered why it can cost more to have something shipped from the U.S. compared to China, even though the United States is right next door? The answer dates all the way back to 1874 and the creation of the Universal Postal Union. It can cost up to …

The families who waited months for a labour dispute to be resolved before burying their loved ones say they feel a sense of relief, but the strangeness of grieving a relative’s death for a second time. Cemetery still overgrown in some areas, strewn with branches. Enza Lucifero’s father, Saverio, died …

The mysterious development consultant who Ontario’s integrity commissioner identified only as “Mr. X” in a scathing report about the removal of land from the Greenbelt has been identified to CBC News as former Clarington, Ont., mayor John Mutton.  John Mutton denies he is Mr. X, telling Toronto Star he has …

Key indicators are forecasting Canadians may be on the brink of entering a fall COVID-19 wave. The past month has seen an increase in positive test cases, a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations and rising virus levels in wastewater across the country. The highly mutated new variant BA.2.86 was also detected …

The prospect of being deported has caused immense stress for the Aboizneid and Alsaleh families, even though the dates for the Hamilton residents leaving Canada have been deferred. A child psychologist and associate prof at the University of Calgary says the “threat hanging over your head” can greatly impact families …

Western University immersion program has been running in Trois-Pistoles, Que., since 1932 but the pandemic and inflationary pressures have seen it lose more than half its host families.  Paid little to house and feed immersion students, families have been pulling out. Marie-France Santerre has been hosting students in her home …

Companies offering online gambling to Ontarians will soon have to try new some approaches to advertising, as a provincial regulator moves to bar athletes and other celebrities from promoting their services.  Athletes, celebrities and anyone likely to appeal to kids will soon be banned. Companies offering online gambling to Ontarians …

Ontario is looking for a developer keen to build more than 400 housing units at the future home of an Ontario Line station, but the lack of commitment to make any of the units affordable has its critics concerned. The site at King and Bathurst streets is the first of …