Around Canada

Some 1.9 million Canadians owed the federal government a total of $23.5 billion in student loans as of July 2022 — a number that only balloons further when including provincial loans and private debt. Meanwhile, tuition fees are now 13 times more than they were 50 years ago.  Expert says …

According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, there are hundreds of firefighters from around the world deployed across Canada.  Hundreds of firefighters from overseas have pitched in. Andrew Stewart said his first glimpse of a Canadian wildfire left quite the impression. The firefighter from the South Australian Country Fire …

When Peter Kirkegaard was violently ill for days recently and doctors couldn’t figure out what was wrong with him, his wife urged them to perform a CT scan. The results showed a tiny wire bristle from a barbecue brush lodged in his small intestine.  Peter Kirkegaard, 60, is urging others …

In the corner of a classroom lined with chairs and a buffet table, Afroditi Marinakis fiddles with the tassel on her graduation cap. “Do you know if the point is supposed to be in front?” she asks, adjusting the fit. After nearly 10 years of off-and-on study to earn her …

The public outcry over Paul Bernardo’s transfer to a medium-security prison is raising questions about how such decisions are made and who has the authority to overturn them. Here’s a look at the process — and what life is like in medium security.  Bernardo’s transfer to a medium-security prison has …

The U.S. Department of Defence has begun sending real-time satellite and sensor data to Canadian authorities, technology it said would help more quickly identify new fires as Canada endures one of its most destructive early wildfire seasons.  Satellite data will help Canada more quickly identify and suppress new fires, U.S. …

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 Friday, June 16, Jamaica’s Meteorological Service issued a flash flood watch for the entire country. Tropical Storm Cindy was on its …

Anyone coming to or leaving Prince Edward Island on Saturday will need to take the Confederation Bridge or or an airplane.  2nd time this month MV Confederation out of operation due to technical difficulties. Anyone coming to or leaving Prince Edward Island on Saturday will need to take the Confederation …

When Maxime Bernier went to Davos, Switzerland in 2008 and set foot on the grounds of the World Economic Forum’s annual conference, it would have been impossible to imagine that one day he would be publicly attacked by the Conservative Party for having attended.  The Conservatives are using Maxime Bernier’s …

It was one of the things Jody Stuart loved most about his property — a lush treeline that provided both privacy and protection from cars zipping down a well-traveled roadway outside Halifax. Those trees are now leafless and blackened, a constant reminder of a wildfire that destroyed Stuart’s house, garage …