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Canadian Food Inspection Agency lab tests have confirmed the presence of the highly damaging mollusc disease dermo in oysters from P.E.I.’s Egmont Bay.  Control measures likely to be imposed soon as investigation of source continues. Canadian Food Inspection Agency lab tests have confirmed the presence of the highly damaging mollusc …

In 1820, 95 Black Refugees made the difficult choice to leave Nova Scotia for an uncertain future in the slave colony of Trinidad. That decision led to a fascinating achievement two centuries later in Canada.  Rhonda McEwen is a descendant of group that left Halifax for Trinidad in 1820. When …

Seven hundred people in the northern hamlet of Patuanak, Sask., lost their only road out of the community this week after a wildfire blocked Highway 918. However, the hamlet is not directly threatened by wildfires or wildfire smoke.  Hamlet of Patuanak, Sask., lost only road access when fire blocked Highway …

A woman has been charged with impaired driving after allegedly driving into a restaurant in Toronto early Saturday morning, police say. The incident happened around 4:30 a.m. near Sackville Street and Dundas Street E., Toronto police said in a post on X on Saturday. The driver, a woman in her …

Greater Toronto Area-home sales ticked 2.4 percent lower in June compared with a year earlier as 6,243 properties changed hands, while new listings rose.  The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board said sales were up from May, which shows signs of recovery. Real estate watchers in the Greater Toronto Area are …

As the Calgary Stampede kicks off, health experts are warning about the risk of measles exposure and are urging parents with babies and unimmunized children – along with other vulnerable Albertans – to sit this one out.  1.3 million visitors expected at Stampede as Alberta outbreaks continue to grow. As …

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the federal government is talking to mining and metals giant Rio Tinto about helping the company with cash flow problems caused by the United States’ global steel and aluminum tariffs.  Trump doubled tariffs on steel and aluminum to 50% last month. Industry Minister Mélanie Joly …

In Halifax, the median proportion of household income spent on housing and transportation costs in 2024 was comparable to cities like Toronto, according to recent data from Statistics Canada. The typical household spent 31 per cent of before-tax income on housing and transportation costs.  Median Halifax household in 2024 spent …

The small northern town of Stewart, B.C., is without ambulance service until further notice, drawing concerns from the district’s mayor and the paramedics union. B.C. Emergency Services says “some” shifts have been filled.  The District of Stewart says the disruption could continue for an ‘undetermined period of time.’ The mayor …

An unhealthy water service in the Town of Wabana is slowly being cleaned up, with 150 households being removed this week from a quarter-century-old boil order.  150 households on Bell Island latest to benefit from expensive effort to clean up an unhealthy problem. An unhealthy municipal water system in the …