Around Canada

Sarah Joy Hopkin says her original plan was to get married next summer, but when the Vancouver resident heard her mother’s health was failing, moving the date up a year and having the event at a Waterloo, Ont., long-term care home was a no-brainer. “There is really nothing more that …

The Bank of Canada’s unprecedented campaign of rate hikes since early 2022 have meant higher payments for many already. But with millions more set to renew soon, the pain will spread to just about everyone.  About one-third of all mortgage holders have felt the sting of higher rates already — …

For the first time ever, a Canadian province has filed criminal charges against a business for providing false information related to carbon offsets, underscoring the sometimes murky activities of companies in a complicated, rapidly growing industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually. 25 charges filed against company involved in …

Protesters say the provincial government’s refusal to search a Manitoba landfill for the suspected remains of two murdered Indigenous women is just the latest example of a long history of systemic racism. We’ll hear why they’ve blockaded a city landfill in Winnipeg as they demand justice. It’s been a week …

Christian conservative groups rallying support for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs now have enough signatures to be a decisive factor in any leadership review vote. 2 activists say they’ll urge people to join PC party to vote for premier in leadership review. A Christian conservative group rallying support for New …

Several Canadian cities have recently dipped their toes into allowing drinking in public parks, under certain conditions, but not without pushback. While some see it as a ‘bit of responsible fun,’ others worry about the public health impacts of normalizing alcohol consumption. As laws around drinking in parks relax in …

The man who dumped mulch and dirt onto a red dress mural painted at a blockade outside the Brady Road landfill says he regrets what he did. Kyle Klochko went to the Winnipeg landfill on Sunday to empty the back of his pickup truck and says he didn’t know a …

Newly obtained court documents show B.C. police officer who died by suicide this year had been under RCMP investigation for inappropriate texts to a teenager he met on the job. Officer died by suicide after learning police force was issuing news release about him, court hears. A B.C. police officer …

From loan defaults to deflation in China, there are early clues the inflationary trend could be reaching a turning point. The Bank of Canada is wary of increasing rates too much, but immigration, a housing shortage and Canadians with deep pockets may be blunting the effects of 10 rate hikes.  …

The Bank of Canada has increased its key interest rate for the 10th time since March, 2022. It’s all an effort to rein in inflation, but critics are worried high interest rates may be part of the problem, as certain things like housing costs drive up the inflation rate. There’s …