Category Archives: Canada
Nearly 200 households in need of shelter after moving day in Quebec: housing agency
MONTREAL - Nearly 200 Quebec households have been forced to find temporary shelter after failing to find a new place to live on the province's annual moving day, the provincial housing agency said Sat...
Jul 2, 2023
Sneakers of the House: Canada's MPs embrace comfort, style in office footwear trend
OTTAWA, Ill. - You won't catch Omar Alghabra in a pair of Jordans. The federal transport minister has been loyal to the Adidas brand ever since he was a kid playing soccer in Saudi Arabia. "Adidas was...
Jul 2, 2023
Montreal wants more affordable housing, developers want to make a profit
MONTREAL - For six years, the City of Montreal has been sitting on a vast piece of land that could help relieve a housing shortage, but private developers, whom the city needs to realize its vision fo...
Jul 2, 2023
Smog, air quality alerts in place across much of Quebec as wildfires continue to burn
MONTREAL - Environment Canada has issued a smog warning for a large part of Quebec as forest fires continue to burn in the provinces northwest. The federal department says smog can be expected in the ...
Jul 1, 2023
Rooming house revival: Canadian cities look to single-room homes amid housing crunch
MONTREAL - Rooming or boarding houses are regaining favour with some Canadian cities as a way to offset a lack of affordable homes, but experts warn there are pitfalls to the once-popular form of urba...
Jul 1, 2023
Strike gets underway for more than 7,400 port workers across B.C.
VANCOUVER - Port workers across British Columbia formally went on strike on Saturday after negotiations supported by federal mediators failed to produce a deal to keep more than 7,000 employees on the...
Jul 1, 2023
Celebrations, fireworks taking place in Ottawa despite air quality concerns
OTTAWA - Canada Day celebrations are taking place in Ottawa and across the country on Saturday, although some have been scaled back due to poor air quality. Canada's capital city will see some festivi...
Jul 1, 2023
Legacy of Canada's ban on Chinese immigration lasted longer than the law
OTTAWA - When Matthew Yan looks at the stoic and determined expression on his father's face in the black and white photo affixed to the identification papers he carried for decades, he mostly feels pi...
Jul 1, 2023
Possible B.C. port strike will spare cruise ships, employers say
VANCOUVER - A possible strike by British Columbia port workers will not disrupt cruise ships docked in Vancouver, Prince Rupert or Vancouver Island, employers say. The BC Maritime Employers Associatio...
Jun 30, 2023
N.W.T. construction company fined $100K following worker's death
FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - A construction company in the Northwest Territories has been fined $100,000 after a worker was killed at a site outside Fort Simpson in 2020. Nogha Enterprises Ltd. pleaded guil...
Jun 30, 2023