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Robert Brown never thought he’d be living like this — all of his possessions crammed into an old, 30-foot motorhome, moving from place to place in search of some place to rent or park his RV. Brown and his partner Mathie Franchuck moved to Vernon, B.C., one month ago on a promise …

In New Brunswick’s northernmost town, signs of an industrial era still loom over the waterfront. Dalhousie’s sweeping view of the Restigouche River and Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula is partially blocked by a rusting metal fuel pipeline and mangled fences around a vast tract of land. The pipe, which once carried fuel …

When Adam Liboiron moved into his new home along the Humber River in west-end Toronto last winter, he was told his house would have its “own ecosystem.” Then summer arrived. “I didn’t know what that meant until recently,” he said.  Since then, Liboiron says he’s been battling an average of half a dozen snakes, both garters and …

Trained as physicians in their country, a Ukrainian couple is now building a new life on P.E.I. as resident care workers at a long-term care home in Charlottetown.  Olena Yevchenko, 29 and Yehor Polusmiak, 28, were on vacation in Africa when war broke out in Ukraine.  Polusmiak’s parents moved to …

With gas prices continuing to hover around $2 a litre, the pain is being felt acutely by those who drive for a living. They say the price at the pumps is now cutting into their bottom line. Taxi drivers and drivers who work for ride-hailing or food delivery apps are responsible for …

A group of middle-school students in Winnipeg came across a dead body in a field during a class exercise on Friday. Pembina Trails School Division superintendent Ted Fransen said students involved in a community cleanup day at École South Pointe School were doing service education when they came across the body in a …

After a two-day bail review held this week, Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich will find out Wednesday whether or not she’s heading back to jail.  Lich, an organizer of the Ottawa protest that brought the city to a halt for weeks, was seeking an amendment to her bail conditions that would allow her …

Indian drug manufacturers who have signed up with Russia’s RDIF to produce Sputnik V are struggling to scale up production of the second component of the Covid-19 vaccine, and are now counting on the approval for the single-shot Sputnik Light to salvage the situation, reports Viswanath Pilla. A top executive …

Google on Friday said it will start showing information related to vaccination centres on its various platforms like search, maps and Google Assistant. Google, in a blogpost, said its teams have been working on surfacing “authoritative and timely information” for people asking vaccine-related questions. “We have worked with the Ministry …

WUHAN: The WHO mission to China to uncover the origins of the coronavirus has failed to identify the animal source, scientists said Tuesday. Experts believe the disease — which has gone on to kill more than 2.3 million people worldwide — originated in bats and could have been transmitted to …