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This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Melissa Murray regularly ran 10 kilometres a day — until a serious bacterial infection caused her to …
Read More »Ontario may see earlier leaf colour change after wettest summer on record
Some parts of southern Ontario have already seen the fall leaves change colour due in part to the record amount of rainfall the region experienced this summer — and it’s expected that more leaves may change colour sooner. Global News meteorologist Ross Hull says that after the wettest summer on …
Read More »Toronto transit service to change next month. What you can expect
The TTC is increasing and revising its service schedule next month as ridership nears levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The service said in a news release Tuesday that starting Sept. 1, customers on 16 bus routes will benefit from either more room on board or shorter wait …
Read More »PlayNow users in B.C., Manitoba and Saskatchewan urged to change passwords
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The B.C. Lottery Corporation is urging people who use its online gaming platform to change their passwords amid cybersecurity concerns. The Crown corporation issued the appeal after malicious actors targeted its PlayNow.com website with an attempt to use passwords stolen from other …
Read More »New agreement between Manitoba, First Nations to change scope of forestry – Winnipeg
On Friday, a new memorandum of understanding was signed that will change how forestry works in the Swan River Valley. “For more than a decade, we have been raising concerns about Manitoba’s failure to consider protection of our treaty rights and fair resource sharing when making decisions about Lousiana-Pacific’s (LP) …
Read More »Puppy mills now illegal in Ontario, but advocates say little will change for dogs
Puppy mills are now illegal in Ontario after the province recently passed legislation banning them, but critics say the new law will do little to curb the problem. The law, called the Preventing Unethical Puppy Sales Act, or PUPS Act, was beefed up in committee meetings after animal advocates levelled scathing criticism …
Read More »Mother demands change after child burned by ‘scalding hot’ tea at Ontario McDonald’s
A family in Ontario is calling for national regulations around temperatures for hot beverages after they say their daughter suffered burns from a spilled hot tea at a McDonald’s restaurant in Cobourg, Ont. Samantha Wynne says on June 8 after being served a meal and walking to her table, an …
Read More »‘Rotten rock’: Climate change altering the face of Canadian mountaineering
The Abbot Pass hut stood for decades in a rugged saddle between two iconic peaks, overlooking the limpid turquoise of Banff National Park’s Lake Louise — a destination for alpinists from around the world until the ground melted beneath it and forced its closure. University of Calgary researchers have now used a century’s …
Read More »‘Our earth’: Saskatchewan students fight against climate change
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A number of Saskatoon students are hoping to capture the attention of policy makers in the province, as they bring awareness to the effects of climate change through a youth speaker series. The series is aimed at bringing in kids across the …
Read More »Ontario to change how it compensates injured migrant workers
Ontario will revamp how it compensates injured migrant workers. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board president Jeff Lang says the changes affect how the board pays a worker who cannot return to a job due to injury, but is able to work elsewhere. The WSIB pays workers 85 per cent of …
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