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A Cold War-era jet aircraft — known as the T-Bird — has made its way to Calgary from Cold Lake, Alta., finding a new home at the Air Force Museum of Alberta. The Canadair CT-133 Silver Star is joining the museum’s Cold War Exhibit. The T-Bird, or T-33, was in service with the Royal …
Read More »Goodbye, hello and welcome home: Generations of Canadian golfers converge in Ottawa
It takes a lot to wear a Maple Leafs jersey in Ottawa and get cheered for it. But that’s exactly what happened when Lorie Kane pulled on the blue-and-white sweater on the 17th hole, dubbed “the rink” at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club on Friday at the CP Women’s …
Read More »Banff sets transit records as visitors leave cars at home or in the town’s parking lots
Traffic is an endless headache for those living in the resort town of Banff — and a frustrating reality for those who visit the mountains vying for parking near attractions like the hot springs or gondola. This summer, the town tested a lane reversal over the Bow River Bridge leading …
Read More »Wet’suwet’en chiefs return home after national tour of Indigenous nations
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs opposed to a natural gas pipeline under construction in northern British Columbia have concluded an 18-day tour across Canada aimed at building solidarity with other Indigenous groups over shared concerns about land ownership and consent to development. The Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project is a $6.6-billion, 670-kilometre pipeline that will deliver natural gas from …
Read More »Co-op has ‘shut down’ pleas to remove black mould from his Mississauga home, father of 4 says
A Mississauga man says he worried his family is getting sick because of black mould growing in their co-operative townhouse — and he says the co-op board isn’t moving fast enough to remove it. Steven Tomat, his wife Maria Valeria Hernandez and their four children live in a co-op managed by Springfield Co-operative Homes, located …
Read More »More people living in RVs on Vernon, B.C., streets because they can’t find a home, housing advocates say
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 …
Read More »A ceiling collapsed at a Toronto housing complex. Now residents could be waiting years to return home
Sharon Smith has been through a lot since having to leave her home of 21 years earlier this summer. She is one of many residents forced to leave Swansea Mews, a community housing complex just west of High Park on Windermere Avenue near the Queensway, after a ceiling collapsed and …
Read More »Doctors in Toronto treat man with Parkinson’s disease at his home in N.L. Here’s how they did it
Almost 16 years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, George Martin says he has his life back — thanks to a first-of-its-kind technology. The 68-year-old lives in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, but the NeuroSphere Virtual Clinic allows his doctors to treat him remotely from Toronto. It’s reduced the tremors caused by his …
Read More »Conspiracy theory about ‘new world order’ won’t save Vancouver home from foreclosure, judge rules
When Karen Wai King Lew told a B.C. judge that her mortgage debt had been completely forgiven, she invoked a two-decade-old conspiracy theory about a “new world order” that has recently resurfaced. According to a recent B.C. Supreme Court ruling, Lew appealed a foreclosure order on her Vancouver home on …
Read More »More volunteers needed in Calgary to home and train guide dog puppies
An organization that breeds and trains service dogs says it desperately needs more volunteers in Calgary to help raise and train them. BC & Alberta Guide Dogs relies on volunteers to raise puppies for up to two years with help and guidance from specialist puppy trainers. They play a vital …
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