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The fallout from a security incident at city hall in August will reverberate for months to come. Hoarding, fenced off areas and construction workers remain common sights at the Municipal Building. In early August, a man who was experiencing a mental health crisis broke into the building in the middle …
Read More »This single mom applied for her OSAP funding months ago. As classes begin, she’s still waiting
Amy Wesselink turned her life upside down so she could head back to school this month, but a delay in her Ontario student funding has her worried she’s going to have to drop out with nearly $8,000 in tuition fees coming due. A hairdresser and a single mom of four, Wesselink says her income sank amid COVID-19 public health measures. …
Read More »Toronto-area man still not buried 8 months after death amid graveyard dispute
Lisa Tsotsos has been trying to bury her father for eight months now — and as the emotional weight of the ordeal and her legal bills pile up — she says she’s starting to lose hope. Her dad, Louis, died of COVID-19 complications on Jan. 15. But instead of being buried …
Read More »August was one of the hottest months on record in B.C.: meteorologists
August 2022 was one of the hottest on record in Vancouver, according to meteorologists. Environment Canada meteorologist Ken Dosanjh says it was about 18.3 C on average in Vancouver last month — and temperatures in August usually sit at about 17.2 C. Vancouver’s hottest month on record remains July 1958, when temperatures averaged …
Read More »International student says she spent months in mental anguish after Canadian immigration error
Warning: This story mentions thoughts of suicide. An international student says she ran out of money and spent months in distress after coming to Canada because an immigration official didn’t give her the right document allowing her to work part time while studying in northern Ontario. Shreya Rajput arrived from India on Dec. …
Read More »Six months after invading Ukraine, Russia itself is feeling the pressure
For a whole host of reasons, anniversaries can be painful moments. According to the (mistaken) conventional wisdom of the wider world, Aug. 24 is the sixth-month anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war, with all its horror, has been truly and genuinely in our faces for only the past half-year — and not …
Read More »Calgary man with months to live wants to give away his 33-foot long, hand-built steel boat
Rudy Holik only has a few months to live — and one of his last wishes is to give away his 10-metre long, hand-built steel boat to someone who can make use of it. In 1994, the Calgary man started building his steel vessel, which weighs more than 4,500 kilograms, in …
Read More »After months of delay, B.C. scholar gets Canadian travel document needed for U.S. job
After spending nearly half a year trying to secure it, Vancouver-based Chinese scholar Guldana Salimjan has received the Canadian travel document that will allow her to pursue her research in the United States and reunite with her husband. It comes two weeks after CBC reported delays in the processing of her application …
Read More »Doctor’s cancelled flight to Magdalen Islands leaves 57 patients waiting months for care
Nearly 60 patients suffering from chronic pain on Quebec’s Magdalen Islands will have to wait two more months to receive specialized care after an Air Canada flight carrying a Montreal doctor was cancelled. Dr. David Landry, a radiologist at Montreal’s Notre-Dame Hospital, was due to spend a week providing specialized …
Read More »After months of sky-high gas prices, e-scooters cruise to popularity in Toronto
As a worker in the trades, Toronto resident Kyle Ott relied heavily on cars to get around to different job sites across the GTA – often using ride-hailing apps like Uber. Four months ago, he purchased an e-scooter. “I figured, why not? I’ll give it a shot,” said Ott. “This gets me …
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