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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A fire Friday morning in Stonewall, Man., may result in the loss of several businesses and the displacement of some residents, town officials say. The blaze broke out before 7 a.m. at a local printing business, with the owner calling 911 upon …
Read More »Canada introduces new guidelines to tackle antimicrobial resistance – National
Descrease article font size Increase article font size In response to the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance, the Public Health Agency of Canada on Friday announced new national prescribing guidelines for antibiotics. PHAC is partnering with Vancouver-based health technology company Firstline to roll out digital national guidelines to health-care providers …
Read More »Winnipeg Mayor’s State of City Address looks to tackle affordable housing crisis – Winnipeg
Affordable housing is few and far between in Winnipeg, and often called “a crisis.” It’s an issue Mayor Scott Gillingham said he is looking to fast-track in his annual State of the City address before the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce. He said he wants to help housing keep up with …
Read More »New infrastructure minister says Manitoba ‘staffing up’ public service to tackle snow clearing – Winnipeg
She’s been in the job for only a week, but Manitoba’s new infrastructure minister is tackling the province’s first major snowfall of the season, and hoping to improve snow-clearing efforts going forward. Lisa Naylor told 680 CJOB’s The Start that crews are working hard to get Manitoba’s roads and highways clear, …
Read More »Male fertility is declining worldwide. Study makes recommendations to tackle problem – National
Male fertility is on the decline worldwide, and an international group of researchers says the poorly understood issue needs to be tackled as soon as possible. In a new paper published in the medical journal Nature Reviews Urology, researchers warn that this lack knowledge often results in the burden of …
Read More »Toronto exploring new taxes, parking levy to tackle budget deficit – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 17, 2023 11:43 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Officials in Toronto are proposing several measures to tackle the budget crisis facing Canada’s largest city, including raising the land-transfer tax on high-value homes, increasing the vacant homes tax from one …
Read More »What if I wet the bed? At 84, I tackle my fears and face aging head on
This First Person column is written by Sheilah Bissett, who lives in Calgary. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I woke up one morning this spring and couldn’t get out of bed. My arthritic left leg was so painful that I couldn’t bend it. I’m 84 …
Read More »Critics demand less talk, more action on zoning plan to tackle Toronto’s housing ’emergency’
Critics are frustrated that city staff want to hold more consultations on a popular proposal to open up more neighbourhoods to multi-family residential units, instead of acting more quickly to tackle Toronto’s worsening housing crisis. A report going to city council’s Planning and Housing Committee next week lays out a blueprint to expand the development of multiplexes with …
Read More »The Liberals could do more to tackle inflation — but that’s now a question for the fall
On Tuesday, as the inflation debate that consumed question period this spring ground on for another day, interim Conservative leader Candice Bergen and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland got into an argument over which of them was “out of touch.” Brandishing a new survey that suggests a quarter of Canadians have been …
Read More »Weeks after the flood, N.W.T. homesteaders tackle ’30-acre catastrophe’
Ray Coombs watched the Hay River arrive at his homestead “like a big tidal wave” of water and ice. “It was really surreal what happened,” he told CBC’s Loren McGinnis. “And then it seemed like the perfect storm. “I could hear crackling like a major forest fire — that was …
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