Ya’ara Saks, Canada’s new minister of mental health and addictions, inherits a complex portfolio and an opioid crisis that has only gotten worse almost every year since 2016. Lawyers and experts say they would like to see the new minister take a holistic approach to the crisis and act swiftly to protect and expand harm … Read more
A Bridgeantanater couple says they’ve spent two years in an RV and a flood on their property, but it’s the borough that has them looking for a new home amid the housing crisis in Nova Scotia. “I would put up a sign saying’ city of Bridge8bater, you win’,” Kim Nicholson said alongside her husband, Bolton. … Read more
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has approved the wholesale sale of more than 1,200 kilograms of cannabis by a company after the Canada Revenue Agency threatened to destroy it. In a ruling released online this week, the court allowed Tantalus Labs Ltd. to move forward with a hasty sale of remaining inventory of cannabis … Read more
A senior U.S. military figure has agreed to have tough conversations with Canada about defense spending when he gets a binational military corps. Lt.General Gregory Guillot was speaking during a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday to confirm his nomination as the next head of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). His comments came after a … Read more
Luise Cox is upgrading her 1960s bungalow in Mississauga, Ont., this week tearing and pulling the old air conditioner and natural gas furnace. Instead, crews are replacing those units with a brand new heat pump (and some extra insulation in the attic, too). “We needed to improve, and for the environment it’s better,” the 85-year-old … Read more
Fallen trees were littered with many streets, in some cases after they had fallen at home, in Essex County in southwestern Ontario. And thousands were without power Wednesday night as a result of a massive storm. Investigators from the Northern tornado Project at Western University will send teams of researchers to the area on Thursday … Read more