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Air Canada has apologized to customers who were allegedly escorted off a plane for refusing to sit in a chair covered with vomit for the duration of their over four-hour flight. The airline issued a statement after a viral Facebook post claimed two as-yet unidentified female flyers were told there …

Getting into a cab is a seemingly ordinary experience —but not for Kim Kilpatrick and her service dog Ginger while visiting Calgary from their home in Ottawa. Kilpatrick said the taxi driver didn’t want Ginger to get in his vehicle. “She’s a yellow Labrador. She’s three and a half. And …

Inside a bright green building on Church Street in Halifax, Stacey Gomez sits at her desk, working on her computer. Her home is peaceful, filled with art and plants. Outside, workers saw and hammer.  Gomez is one of the last people left in the seven-unit building. In March, all the tenants …

When Kirsten Parnell went to sign a lease for a one-bedroom apartment in Halifax two weeks ago, she thought her gruelling search for a place to live was over. She was wrong.  Before securing the apartment, Parnell was asked to provide a co-signer and pay first and last months’ rent on …