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A meteorologist with Environment Canada is warning Christmas Eve travelers to slow down on the roadways as dense fog hovering across Ontario could cause near zero visibility. The weather agency has issued fog advisories for most parts of the province, starting from Windsor in the southwest to the Niagara and …
Read More »Feds blamed AFN for delays, slow progress on First Nations policing bill: documents
Federal officials worried long-promised legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service was being delayed by Assembly of First Nations hesitations about the bill, newly released internal documents show. Records obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act also appear to show that one of the sticking …
Read More »Ontario’s economy to slow sharply, but rebound next year: fiscal watchdog
The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario says the province’s economic growth is expected to slow sharply this year with a modest recovery beginning next year. The FAO’s economic and budget outlook report projects a deficit of $2.5 billion in 2022-2023, but says that will improve to billion-dollar surpluses through the …
Read More »Winnipeg slow to adopt organic waste collection service – Winnipeg
Since 2016, Compost Winnipeg has been picking up food waste from homes and businesses in the city. As of November 2022, they’ve composted 4 million kilograms of organics — waste that would otherwise go to the landfill, where it would contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. Winnipeg is the largest city …
Read More »COP15: Progress slow but some agreements made at biodiversity talks, Guilbeault says
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there’s been agreement on one of Canada’s main goals at the international conference in Montreal aimed at protecting the world’s declining biodiversity. Guilbeault says the more than 190 nations at the COP15 meeting have agreed that Indigenous people must be fully consulted on conservation …
Read More »Manitoba government slow to lower child-care fees: advocates – Winnipeg
Despite promises to make changes to child-care fees, advocates say Manitoba is slow to enact those pledges. Under a Canada-Manitoba agreement announced in 2021, a 50 per cent reduction in average parent fees was promised by the end of 2022, with an average of $10 per day by 2025-2026 for …
Read More »Interior Health’s slow progress on safe supply frustrates doctor, advocates
A doctor in Nelson, B.C., says after four years of trying to establish a safe supply program through conversations with the local health authority, he is making his frustrations public with hopes it will pressure officials into action. Michael Vance, a family physician who focuses on addictions, says he’s had multiple …
Read More »‘I want a home back again’: One year after fire, Lytton, B.C., residents mourn slow recovery
It’s been a year since the residents of Lytton, B.C., and those in neighbouring communities lost everything when a wildfire spread through the village, burning down homes and businesses, and killing two people. In the days leading up to the fire, the community — home to about 250 people — had set …
Read More »Vacancies pile up in the Senate with Trudeau slow to appoint new members
Canada’s Senate is nearly 20 per cent vacant after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau allowed some seats in the upper chamber to go unfilled, in some instances for years at a time. Of the 105 seats in the upper house, 17 are unoccupied and some provinces — most of them west …
Read More »Family slow to be notified of long-term care death; Your summer travel guide: CBC’s Marketplace cheat sheet
Miss something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace has rounded up the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday. She died in February. But her long-term care home didn’t notify the family until nearly a month later Why did it …
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