Around Canada

The main entrance to the city-owned Brady Road landfill has been blocked for more than a week in response to the provincial government’s decision not to fund a search of the Prairie Green landfill, north of Winnipeg. Protesters have said they intend to remain peaceful. A small group of protesters …

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 …