Around Canada

Artists can’t control how people react to their creations. Chats with some creative people on P.E.I. suggest they’re OK with that. Beaulieu sculpture that was well-received in Charlottetown raises eyebrows in Ottawa. Gerald Beaulieu accepts that his art makes some people uncomfortable. For an artist, it comes with the territory. …

These schemes include the so-called “grandparent scam,” where a senior receives a call or text messages saying a loved one is in desperate need of cash. They pretend to be a police officer, lawyer or even impersonate a younger family member. Start by taking a breath and asking for a …

Fire knows no borders in Canada — but firefighters’ workplace compensation for some types of cancer does. A new federal law could change that. New Brunswick, Quebec link far fewer cancers to firefighting than some other provinces. Fire knows no borders in Canada — but firefighters’ workplace compensation for some …

Canada’s taxpayers’ ombudsperson says his office is being flooded with dozens of complaints from Canadians who say the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is still asking them to repay pandemic-era benefits they’ve already paid back. Some Canadians say they’ve repaid a CERB overpayment but still had their tax refund witheld by …

Canada can, in some respects, blame itself for some of the scalding political and economic arguments surrounding its NATO contributions. It was a Canadian who helped turn the military alliance into geopolitical forum at its inception. Now, the current Liberal government is struggling to meet expectations. Lester B. Pearson is …

The popular history of the Chilkoot Trail, which brought thousands of gold-hungry stampeders to the Klondike in the 1890s, has often overlooked the significance of the area to Indigenous people. A new video series aims to change that. Parks Canada, Carcross/Tagish First Nation in Yukon teamed up to tell richer …

This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them. — On Thursday, July 15, 2004, the City of Peterborough, Ont., woke up to widespread flooding. Overnight, the city received over 190 …

It wouldn’t be the heart of summer in southern Ontario without muggy heat fuelling a risk for daytime thunderstorms. We saw a cluster of severe thunderstorms roll over southwestern Ontario on Friday afternoon, and much of the region will see another potential for severe weather on Saturday. DON’T MISS: Clean-up …

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 — …