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Winnipeg small business owner Barbara Best is facing an uncertain future as she struggles to repay the Canadian Emergency Business Account Loan (CEBA). Her store, Lizzy B’s, is a custom framing and needle art supply store and she has owned it for six years. “When I bought the store, the …
Read More »Some Saskatchewan small businesses at risk of closing as loan repayment deadline nears
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Hank Ukrainetz is the owner of Hank’s Tavern, a hotel and tavern in the City of Bradwell, Sask. Her business was one of the 29,088 small businesses that benefited from federal emergency loans during the covid 19 pandemic. The Canada Emergency Business Account …
Read More »Small plane crashes during landing at Quebec City airport, pilot taken to hospital
Authorities at Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec City confirmed that a small plane with one person aboard was involved in an incident Tuesday morning. Both Quebec City police and firefighters were called in to assist. Quebec City police spokesperson Sandra Dion confirmed one person was taken to hospital. Their …
Read More »Ontario Power Generation and province plan 3 more small modular reactors
CLARINGTON, Ont. — Ontario is planning three more small modular reactors at the site of the Darlington nuclear power plant, an announcement that comes the same week the energy minister said the province is moving forward with a new, large-scale nuclear facility. The power generated by the small modular reactors …
Read More »Small child pronounced dead after Ajax, Ont. drowning call
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police and first responders are on the scene of a drowning reportedly involving a three-year-old child in Ajax, Ont. Durham Regional Police said a drowning call came on Tuesday evening in the area of Rossland Road West and Harwood Avenue. A three-year-old …
Read More »MPP Taylor says proposed Ontario alerts for missing vulnerable persons to ‘pinpoint’ small regions
A Hamilton, Ont., politician who’s tabling a new bill expanding OPP alerts to include vulnerable people who go missing says the prospective notifications would be hyper-focused and only reach residents in certain communities. Hamilton Mountain NDP MPP Monique Taylor says the new initiative aims to target just the neighbourhoods in …
Read More »Group forms to build small modular nuclear reactor in Ontario
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 27, 2023 9:03 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size CLARINGTON, Ont. — Ontario Power Generation, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and Aecon Group Inc. are joining forces to build a small modular nuclear reactor in Ontario. The group …
Read More »Small B.C. community ordered to evacuate from path of wildfire southwest of Penticton
Emergency officials have ordered all residents to evacuate from the B.C. community of Olalla, about 40 kilometres southwest of Penticton, due to the Keremeos Creek wildfire. The unincorporated town, with a population of more than 400, was put under full evacuation orders Thursday afternoon, affecting roughly 200 properties, around 5 p.m. …
Read More »N.S. sex worker going to small claims court over non-payment
A sex worker in Nova Scotia is pursuing a claim for non-payment of services in small claims court, in a case she and her advocates hope will help shift the conversation about sex work in Canada. The woman at the centre of the case said she spent an evening with a client …
Read More »Small Ontario town rallies to replace Pride decorations after flags cut up, destroyed
People in the town of Minto, Ont., are supporting the local LGBTQ community after Pride decorations were cut up and destroyed in acts of vandalism that police are calling hate-motivated crimes. Between June 4 and 13, Pride flags at schools in Listowel, Harriston, Drayton and Mapleton were torn down, cut up and shredded, …
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