Around Canada

United Way NWT has breezed past its initial goal of raising $100,000 for its emergency response fund for fires and floods.  By Sunday afternoon, the campaign had raised $529,000, said David Connelly, volunteer chair of the United Way NWT’s emergency response committee. “That speaks to the tremendous generosity and timely …

An American museum will have to navigate export laws if it tries to buy portions of a meteorite believed to have landed in New Brunswick last month.  ‘In Canada, all meteorites are considered Canadian cultural property.’ Catch a falling star if you can, and by all means put it in …

Inspired by the passion and reach of young activists like Greta Thunberg, Canadian groups like Seniors for Climate Action Now!, Climate Legacy and Grand(m)others Act to Save the Planet (GASP) are becoming increasingly visible and vocal.  Groups like Seniors for Climate Action Now! are focusing their efforts on fossil fuel …

Armed with nothing but shovels, gasoline and a combined 64 years of experience, father-son firefighting duo Louis and Clarence McCallum saved their nearly three-decade-old cabin from a northern Saskatchewan wildfire.  Pair says they only used shovels, gasoline and a combined 64 years of experience. Clarence McCallum says it’s a miracle …

Marie Doduck, author of A Childhood Unspoken, spent years hiding from the Nazis until she was sent to Canada to start a new life. To mark Canadian Jewish Heritage Month, Doduck shared fascinating snippets of her life story with CBC’s The Early Edition.  Marie Doduck evaded Nazi capture for years …

Three years after his account with the Canada Revenue Agency was hacked, and his social insurance number was stolen, a Toronto man says he’s been left on his own to clear his name. Fraudsters have since applied for $40,000 in federal benefits in his name — and the CRA says …

New provincial legislation that would loosen farmland protection is getting a cold reception from Ontario farming groups, which are urging the government to abandon proposed changes that would see more homes built on prime farmland.  Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act aims to address housing affordability, supply issues. Farmers in Ontario …

Allan Boss was 24 when he was in a vehicle crash, suffered a traumatic brain injury and had to relearn almost everything. His beloved guitar became a tool of healing and a measure of his progress as, note by note, chord by chord, he regained his life.  Music became the …

Hayden Fox may be the fourth generation to work his family’s farm, but he’s the first in his family to teach millions of others about agricultural life.  Fox has close to two million followers on the social media platform TikTok, where he makes comedic videos about his day-to-day life working …

Ginette Paradis, co-owner of Paradis Valley Honey in Watino, Alta., is concerned about what wildfire smoke could mean for this year’s honey harvest.  The business — located about 470 kilometres northwest of Edmonton — has been blanketed by smoke that has also settled in communities across Alberta as wildfires continue …