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The Banff housing crisis is in the middle of a seismic shift as pandemic restrictions lift and tourism sees a V-shaped bounce back to pre-COVID times. Sharon Oakley, manager of housing stability with the Town of Banff, said during the pandemic people were less comfortable sharing close quarters. Instead of having …
Read More »Patients wait months for Pap test results as labs juggle high demand, staff shortage
After experiencing unusual, unexplained bleeding and two rounds of abnormal Pap tests, Wendy Yen is anxiously awaiting her latest results. But the 45-year-old Toronto resident learned it could be several months before she finds out, due to backlogs and processing delays at many Canadian laboratories. The labs screen samples for a …
Read More »Chef who helped feed millions of Ukrainians awarded Ukraine's Order of Merit
Chef José Andrés of the World Central Kitchen speaks with Rosemary Barton Live about his efforts to feed millions of Ukrainians and bring them hope through food. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the chef the country’s Order of Merit. News Source link
Read More »Over 200 years of formal Catholic presence in Burin ends as curtain closes on St. Patrick’s
More than two centuries of organized Catholic presence in the Town of Burin ended on Sunday as a final mass was held at St. Patrick’s church. But it was an understated affair, with dozens of empty chairs in a sanctuary brimming with religious symbols and a history built on the efforts …
Read More »China tightens security in Shanghai after anti-lockdown protests erupt across country
What you need to know: Protests erupted after a fire killed at least 10 in the city of Urumqi, where some people have been locked in their homes for four months. Widespread public protest is extremely rare in China, the world’s second-largest economy. The protests roiled global markets on Monday, …
Read More »On-line learning disabled after ‘cyber-incident’ at Durham District School Board
Toronto A cyber attack has disabled online learning and left telephone and email services down, Durham District School Board said Sunday. Literacy tests cancelled for Monday and most student Chromebooks will not work, board says CBC News · Posted: Nov 27, 2022 6:35 PM ET | Last Updated: 12 hours …
Read More »Emergencies Act inquiry price tag estimated at nearly $19M
The price tag for the inquiry probing the government’s use of the Emergencies Act hasn’t been finalized yet — but it could be roughly $18.8 million, according to the Privy Council Office (PCO). A PCO spokesperson told CBC News that while the total won’t be known until the Public Order Emergency Commission completes …
Read More »Private school in B.C. Interior replaces French with Nsyilxcən
An independent school in Kelowna, B.C., has swapped out French as its second language of instruction and replaced it with an endangered language of the local Westbank First Nation. The switch happened earlier this month at Studio9 School of the Arts, a K-to-12 school that has Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. …
Read More »Trudeau tells us how he became the ‘somebody’ who did ‘something’ about the convoy
In a phone call on February 2 — a few days after the self-styled Freedom Convoy set up in downtown Ottawa — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Anita Vandenbeld, the Liberal MP for Ottawa West–Nepean. As an MP from the affected area, Vandenbeld was relaying what her constituents were …
Read More »Iranian dissidents in Canada say they’re being watched and under threat from the regime in Iran
There are growing concerns from Iranian-Canadians who say they are being threatened, monitored and even followed at protests and outside their homes by affiliates of the Iranian regime who are here in Canada. “They know the view out of my apartment. They said it was a school. That I have …
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