Around Canada

Air quality will once again be deteriorating across southern Ontario as we head into the work week. Low-level smoke from wildfires will keep the air quality hovering at a medium risk throughout the week. As the weekend ends with localised thunderstorms, some reaching severe, the work week may also be …

A Saskatoon mother is angry that two insurance companies continued to take premiums from her son while knowing that he was addicted to cocaine, and then denied coverage after he died of a cocaine overdose in 2018.  Insurers continued taking premiums knowing Josh Jantzen was addicted. Val Jantzen is angry …

Canada’s environment minister hopes the next international climate summit will commit to phasing out unabated fossil fuels — oil and gas projects that don’t rely on technology to capture their emissions. Other countries are going further, calling for end of fossil fuel era. Canada’s environment minister hopes the next international …

Two Ontario men have been arrested and face multiple charges after a three-year police investigation revealed the duo had allegedly been running an investment scam, pocketing over $3 million in the form of loans from private investors. Halton Police said an investigation was launched by their Fraud Unit after receiving …

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 …