Around Canada

Bolton and Kim Nicholson say they’ve weathered two years in an RV and a flood on their property, but it’s the town hall that has them looking for a new home amid Nova Scotia’s housing crisis. Town bylaws prevent people from living in recreational vehicles. A Bridgewater couple says they’ve …

Ya’ara Saks, Canada’s new minister of mental health and addictions, inherits a complex portfolio and an opioid crisis that has only gotten worse in almost every year since 2016. More than 36,000 people in Canada have died of overdoses between 2016 and 2022. Ya’ara Saks, Canada’s new minister of mental …

Nova Scotia RCMP say they believe the body of a man who went missing while tubing on Gold River in Lunenburg County earlier this week has been found. At about 7:25 a.m. Friday, a resident spotted a body floating in the water where Gold River meets the ocean, according to …

For the second straight week, a vicious thunderstorm has caused widespread damage across areas of southwestern Ontario. The focus of the weather’s fury this time was on southern Essex County. Tornado researchers will be areas of Kingsville, Harrow and Blenheim to examine damage. Thousands of people are still without electricity …

Polling indicates most Canadians feel its time for a change of government in Ottawa. Wednesday’s cabinet shuffle offered change beyond the cosmetic — but no indication that Justin Trudeau feels the need to alter course.  It was a sweeping cabinet shuffle, but not the kind that signals a change of …

The search for a man who went missing while tubing on Lunenburg County’s Gold River on Monday has ended, as officials say they believe the man was swept out to sea. The 31-year-old was tubing with two other men on the river northwest of Chester, N.S., when his tube capsized. …

Downed trees littered many roads, in some cases having collapsed on houses, in Essex County in southwestern Ontario. And thousands are without power Wednesday evening in the aftermath of a massive thunderstorm. Investigators from the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University will dispatch teams of researchers to the area Thursday …

More than 10,000 square kilometres of land have burned in the N.W.T. so far this season, and Premier Caroline Cochrane noted the season is only half done. This week, a wildfire burning in between Yellowknife and Behchokǫ̀ took a run toward Highway 3 and then toward Behchokǫ̀, burning through several …

Members of the Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department saved many lives during the worst of the flooding in West Hants last week — including Kimberly Gillingham, who nearly got swept away along with the firefighter who was rescuing her early Saturday morning. ‘You have to put your trust into your training,’ …

TD locked a woman out of her bank accounts for over a week after they said a e-transfer she received could be fraudulent. She said she’s concerned about the bank’s policies after she had trouble paying bills with no access to her money. $50 transfer deemed ‘suspicious’; bank unlocked accounts …