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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Drinking in certain city parks will be allowed for the first time across Toronto this summer after councillors greenlit an expansion of their alcohol-in-parks program. On Thursday, Toronto city council voted to make permanent a pilot program that allowed people over the …
Read More »Will daylight saving time become permanent? Why making the change is tough
People across the continent are getting ready to change up their clocks as much of Canada and the U.S. is set to spring ahead to daylight saving time (DST) this Sunday. But for Canadians tired of the time jumps, could jurisdictions in the country actually manage to make DST permanent? …
Read More »Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs calls for permanent road connecting remote communities – Winnipeg
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is calling on the provincial and federal governments to build an all-season road, so remote communities don’t need to rely on winter roads. On Wednesday, St. Theresa Point Asininew First Nation Chief Raymond Flett announced a proposal for a permanent road spanning from his …
Read More »Banff to make decision on permanent pedestrian zone in its downtown
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 17, 2024 10:04 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Alberta tourist town in Canada’s busiest national park is expected to make a decision today on whether to continue its popular downtown pedestrian zone every summer and fall. The Town of Banff …
Read More »Permanent emergency response team needed, B.C. Premier David Eby says
B.C.’s top elected official, Premier David Eby, took a tour in West Kelowna to see the wildfire devastation first-hand and talk to local officials and evacuees. He joined the Global BC News Morning show to talk about the tour in a live interview Wednesday morning. “There were a couple of …
Read More »Permanent speed limit drop recommended for neighbourhood greenway areas – Winnipeg
Several streets in Winnipeg considered a critical component of the city’s bike network, could be seeing permanent changes to the speed limit. In the summer of 2021, a pilot project dropped the speed limit to 30 kilometres an hour on four stretches of Winnipeg roads considered neighbourhood greenways: Eugenie Street …
Read More »Ontario judge grants another permanent injunction in 2 year land dispute
More than two years after a group of Indigenous demonstrators started occupying a proposed development site in southwestern Ontario, a provincial court has again granted an injunction permanently barring them from the land. In a written decision released this week, Justice Paul Sweeny of the Ontario Superior Court said Skyler …
Read More »Migrants across Canada call on Ottawa for action on regularization, permanent status
Thousands of migrants and their supporters held rallies across Canadian cities on Sunday to call on Ottawa to extend permanent status to undocumented people. There were also calls to swiftly implement an inclusive regularization program for undocumented migrants — a longstanding demand that advocates say appears closer than ever to …
Read More »Ottawa to temporarily ban handgun imports until permanent freeze comes into effect
The federal government plans to fast-track a ban on the import of handguns into the country without the approval of Parliament using a regulatory measure that comes into effect in two weeks, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino announced Friday. The change will last until a permanent freeze is passed in …
Read More »Couple brings Sikh art into permanent collection at Montreal’s Fine Arts Museum
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) has launched a new, permanent collection of Sikh art in its Arts of One World Wing. Most of the items were donated from the collection of Narinder Singh Kapany, known as the father of fiber optics, with the help of Mandeep Roshi Chadha, …
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