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A southwestern Ontario family is calling for a needle-free flu vaccine to be publicly funded again so that it’s a real option for children this flu season. Ryan McClanahan has been trying buy a nasal spray, such as FluMist, but says it’s impossible to find for his nine-year-old son who has a …
Read More »2 Kelowna university students find affordable rent living with and volunteering services to seniors
The first time he visited Kelowna before studying physics at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus (UBCO) this fall, Regina’s Mike Marshall was surprised to find everything was so much more expensive than in his hometown. But Marshall, 25, says he was even more surprised when his friend, who also came from …
Read More »N.S. families who lost their homes to Fiona scramble to find a place to live
On the night post-tropical storm Fiona hit Nova Scotia, Dana Boutilier woke up at home to water dripping on her face from the ceiling above. She quickly realized something was very wrong. She jumped out of bed to find herself ankle deep in water. “As I proceeded to leave the room to go …
Read More »Surge in Prairie meth use forces First Nations to find creative solutions
Elaine Fox knows everyone in Onion Lake Cree Nation. That means the elder knows how methamphetamine is altering the fabric of her community like never before. “It’s broken family relationships,” she said. Onion Lake Cree Nation Elder Elaine Fox is helping people fight substance use. (Kory Siegers/CBC) The 66-year-old said …
Read More »Where to live when you can’t find an affordable rental? For this woman — it’s her SUV
Courtney Dahoy, 34, moved back to Calgary this summer for work, after a short period spent living in Camrose. So far, she said, the job is going well. But amid Calgary’s tight rental market, the search for a place to live is not. “You used to be able to find …
Read More »Christmas charity’s struggle to find depot space highlights growing challenges faced by non-profits
For more than two decades, the Surrey Christmas Bureau has been providing toys and raising smiles for underprivileged children — but this year, they’re in need of a Christmas miracle themselves. Every year, the bureau looks for a donated space in the city where it can set up a toy distribution centre. But …
Read More »Former MPs find new paths and purpose after politics
It’s been a year since Bernadette Jordan last walked through the doors of the House of Commons as an elected official. She lost the seat she’d held since 2015 to Conservative candidate Rick Perkins in South Shore St-Margarets in 2021. Jordan was minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast …
Read More »Fed up with being unable to find a home, this B.C. man built a houseboat from recycling bins and road signs
After eight years of living in tents, a car, and homemade structures in B.C. and Alberta — and over a year on the B.C. Housing waiting list for shelter — Philip Hathaway and his wife took to the sea. “I said, you know what? They don’t want us in the …
Read More »Bob Rae says Ukraine should get all the weapons Canada can find
The word “hawk” and the name Bob Rae are seldom found in the same sentence — except when it comes to Ukraine. Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations said recently that the federal government should give Ukraine every weapon it asks for. Ever since the onset of major hostilities last winter, Rae — the former …
Read More »At Rolling Loud, Canadian rappers fighting for radio play and stage time find space to perform
Toronto rapper Smiley’s welcoming energy precedes him. Standing outside his trailer handing out cups and drinks, he takes the time to ask his team if they need anything moments before he hit the main stage at Rolling Loud, an international hip-hop festival held in Canada for the first time last weekend. Smiley was grateful for the chance to …
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