Around Canada

The Canadian Cattle Association is hoping to push back on what it sees as the beef industry’s bad rap and instead promote the idea that grazing cattle preserves grasslands and promotes biodiversity. Cattle grazing preserves grasslands, improves biodiversity, industry group says. Inside an agricultural exhibition building at the Calgary Stampede, …

Seniors at risk of dementia who were given hearing aids and counselling had less cognitive decline over a three-year period, a randomized trial finds. Around 3 million Canadians struggle with hearing loss. Seniors at risk of dementia who were given hearing aids and counselling had less cognitive decline over a …

The 2023 wildfire season in British Columbia has officially surpassed the 2018 season as the most destructive ever recorded according to area burned.  Over 13,900 sq. km of land has now burned, amid recent surge in fire activity. See smoke from a wildfire near Cranbrook, B.C. The St. Mary’s River …

Canada’s inflation rate fell to 2.8 per cent in June, its lowest level in more than two years.  Gasoline pulling rate down, while food and mortgages pushing it up. Canada’s inflation rate fell to 2.8 per cent in June, its lowest level in more than two years. Statistics Canada said …

CBC has verified that notices have been issued to tenants in multiple buildings under at least two different management companies, just weeks after the province of B.C. announced a program to provide air conditioners to eligible British Columbians. BC Hydro offering $50 rebates to customers who purchase air conditioners. Finding …

A number of people are making donations to the pro-choice movement in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year to overturn Roe v. Wade — whether it’s in their lifetime, or after. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a number of people have made donations to the …

The price of the language tests that immigrants to Canada must take, and potentially having to pay to take them multiple times, is just one concern advocates and prospective residents have. Some say the tests are an insufficient way of assessing a person’s candidacy for residence in Canada. Advocates question …

A new flag with a message for Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson was raised Monday morning by protesters who continue to block access to Winnipeg’s landfill in spite of a court injunction. Injunction issued Friday against blockade but protesters remain on site, setting up second location. A new flag with a …

A new report released Tuesday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found that while minimum wages have risen since 2018, they haven't increased as fast as rental rates. Researchers say this not only leaves workers spending too much on rent, but ultimately puts minimum wage workers at risk of …

A Toronto investor who lost thousands to Ontario’s self-proclaimed Crypto King is one of five men facing charges connected to the alleged kidnapping, forcible confinement and assault of Aiden Pleterski last December, CBC Toronto has learned.  CBC received an edited video of a visibly beaten Aiden Pleterski the same day …