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Hamilton police say there is ‘no longer a threat to public safety’ in Stoney Creek after two people were found dead and police engaged with a man who had ‘barricaded himself in the residence with firearms.’  Man had fired shots from inside the residence, police said. Hamilton police say there …

Exorbitant rents in Metro Vancouver are nothing new, but renters in the region say the listings they’re coming across have reached a whole new level of absurdity.  Housing experts and renters say supply of affordable rental homes in Metro Vancouver is ‘out of control.’ Two-bedroom basement suites going for $3,000 …

UPDATE: On Saturday, Réjeanne Fairhead broke the world record in the women’s 95-99 age category by more than three minutes, finishing with a time of 51:09.01. Last May, Réjeanne Fairhead laced her Keds and started walking. Fifty-eight minutes and 52 seconds later, she crossed the five-kilometre finish line at the …

Almost a decade ago, the notion of a conflict between the United States and its allies on one side and China on the other was described as the “unthinkable war” by major foreign policy and defence observers. Lately, it’s become clear that those same experts are thinking through the unthinkable.  …

Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Stephen Guilbeault is urging regulators in Atlantic Canada to consider oil industry profits before approving any fuel price increases to pay for the new clean fuel regulations coming into effect July 1. Clean fuel regulations require gas and diesel suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas …

The Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools superintendent of education wrote that the school division would not support engagement and participation in the Rainbow Tent at the Nutrient Children’s Festival of Saskatchewan.  Rainbow Tent meant to promote inclusivity and diversity: Nutrien Childen’s Festival organizer. An email the superintendent of education for Greater …

Developers led by a businessman close to Premier Doug Ford want to build nine condo towers over a railway corridor in downtown Toronto, a site that former mayor John Tory envisioned as a kind of Central Park for the city.  The plan, dubbed Rail Deck District, would see towers as …

A growing number of Indigenous archaeologists are doing archaeology in their own way and pushing back against the colonial boundaries of the field.  The field of archaeology changing. So are the ways some young Indigenous people see themselves. When she was about eight years old, Jennifer Tenasco moved from her …

According to a Montreal heritage advocacy group, the nearly two-century-old Monastère du Bon-Pasteur exemplified how to breathe new life into a historic institution and turn it into a living space and a vibrant gathering space for Montrealers.  ‘I’m grieving a lot right now,’ says 1 of dozens of residents left …

A teacher who was injured during a shooting at a school in La Loche, Sask., in 2016 has died.  Charlene Klyne, 62, died unexpectedly at a Saskatoon hospital last Wednesday. Her family said it was due to complications from her injuries incurred in the shooting. Jan. 22, 2016, was a …