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A Sherwood Park aesthetics clinic is under fire for performing unauthorized cosmetic procedures treatments to its clients, however the owner said it’s an honest mistake. Last week, Health Canada issued an advisory saying treatments were being provided by someone posing as a medical practitioner without the necessary qualifications at MedSkin …

Like many restaurants, it hasn’t been easy for Mundo Trattoria lately. Between construction, inflation, labour costs and staffing, staying afloat is sometimes a struggle. On top of that, there’s been another challenge: people reserving a table and not showing up. “It is more frequent than not,” said Julian Ierfino, Mundo …

The reputation of a popular Ontario beach town is being “gravely harmed” by what its mayor says are misleading social media posts claiming people are pooping in the sand. Town of Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith is calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to clean up the mess, which began …

A memorial plaque with a laser-etched image of Christopher Young wearing a Santa hat sits on a shelf at his father’s Halifax home. “That’s how I’ll always remember my son, as a happy guy,” said Gerry Young, 61. However, the grieving parent said his 33-year-old son’s suicide on April 26 — the …

“How can anyone consider supporting (London Health Sciences Centre)?” a former board member asks in a scathing letter calling out the current board of directors and announcing plans to cease his $1-million legacy pledge to the hospital foundation upon his death. Ronald Breen, a chartered accountant who was at one …

As Toronto recovers from a historic storm that the insurance bureau estimates likely caused more than $1 billion of damage, the Ontario Green Party leader is calling for a shift at the provincial level. On Tuesday, Toronto and the surrounding area were bombarded by a historic rainstorm that lashed near-record …

It has become almost second nature for Alicia Hennessey to gather her belongings and move them to higher ground when there’s rain in the forecast for Nova Scotia. Her street has had three major overflows in the past three years, and this week’s flash flooding was no exception. For Hennessey, …

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gave his clearest position yet on supervised consumption sites, referring to them as “drug dens” and vowing to shut down some of these sites if elected prime minister. Poilievre also said a Conservative government would pull federal funding for such operations. “We will close safe injection …

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said he nearly “fell off his chair” after learning that Halifax’s council was planning to establish designated homeless encampments in historic parks such as the Halifax Common and Point Pleasant Park. During a media availability following a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Houston said his provincial …

Some police services in Canada are using facial recognition technology to help solve crimes, while other police forces say human rights and privacy concerns are holding them back from employing the powerful digital tools. It’s this uneven application of the technology — and the loose rules governing its use — …