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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 …

After the CRA withheld her tax refund, a London, Ont., woman says she’s been given different answers from different departments about her CERB eligibility.  2 letters from different departments give 2 different answers about woman’s eligibility. When Ashleigh Buchanan had her hours cut and was eventually put out of work …

The British Columbia government says military support is arriving for deployment after it asked for Ottawa’s help in fighting hundreds of wildfires.  More wildfires are burning in B.C. than anywhere else in Canada. The British Columbia government says military support is arriving for deployment after it asked for Ottawa’s help …

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 Monday, July 17, 2006, storms tracked across Ontario and Quebec for almost 400 km. This is one of the longest storms …

The weekend brought a couple of days of active weather across parts of Alberta, with severe thunderstorms and a hail storm over Calgary, Alta. as the 2023 Calgary Stampede comes to a close, much to the dismay of gardeners. Unfortunately, as we head into the work week the severe storm …

Protesters are preparing for city officials to take down the barricade blocking the entrance road to Brady Road landfill on Monday, but say teepees and a wigwam next to the road will remain as a memorial — and a new camp will be built outside the Canadian Museum for Human …

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 …