Новости за 02.05.2024

After mounting pressure from politicians, community members and police, B.C plans to recriminalize the use of drugs in public places. Andrew Chang explains why the province is reversing course on its pilot program aimed at addressing the overdose crisis.

Titanique is setting its course for Canada. Producers of the show, an off-Broadway farcical Céline Dion jukebox musical, say it will make its maiden voyage to Montreal later this year, followed by dates in Toronto.

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the greenest ways to dispose of old clothes, check out a hot experiment in the Arctic tundra and find out whether we still really need humans in fire towers to watch for wildfires.

In the wake of significant backlash from mayors and councillors across Alberta, the province is promising amendments to proposed legislation to give itself major new powers over municipalities.

The province's Special Investigations Unit has released more information about the fatal crash on Highway 401 that killed four people on Monday, including a three-month-old boy. 

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories discharged toxic sewage at the Chalk River site along the Ottawa River during peak fish spawning season earlier this year, breaching federal regulations and prompting corrective direction from Environment Canada enforcement officers.

Teenagers with disabilities are getting a chance to work at the Giant Tiger store in Windsor, and it's helping them gain confidence and connections.

Auston Matthews will miss the Maple Leafs' must-win Game 6 against the Boston Bruins. Head coach Sheldon Keefe said following today's morning skate the star sniper would be unavailable with Toronto down 3-2 in its first-round playoff series.

Marlboro, 7-Up, DDT. These companies, and more, once included images of infants in their print ads. We've come a long way, baby.

Alberta's environment ministry says it is watching three triggers closely to determine whether or not emergency declarations are used to respond to drought this year.

The Bank of Canada is getting closer to cutting interest rates as inflation shows signs of coming down and staying down, the central bank's governor, Tiff Macklem, told MPs Thursday.

Canada's greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2022, as the economy rebounded from the pandemic slowdown, according to figures obtained by Radio-Canada. However, the government sees the numbers as an encouraging sign, because they are lower than pre-pandemic levels.

One of dozens of people accused of undermining a program designed to tackle British Columbia's affordable housing crisis claims B.C Housing is using the courts to score political points by threatening to take away his home.

Prince William and his wife, Catherine, released a picture of their daughter Charlotte to mark the princess's ninth birthday on Thursday.

The Refugee Team for the Paris Olympics will feature 36 athletes from 11 countries in 12 sports. They were picked from more than 70 scholarships, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said at the team announcement on Thursday.

Halifax police have charged a fourth teen with murder in the death of 16-year-old Ahmad Al Marrach, who was fatally stabbed last week outside the Halifax Shopping Centre.

The huge influx of newcomers to Alberta has helped drive the job market in Calgary into strange territory, with record levels of employment and surging levels of unemployment at the same time.

Representatives of convicted sex offender and disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard recently served one of his accusers with a lawsuit in Manitoba. Nygard was charged with sexually assaulting April Telek and a month later, he sued her for defamation.

For Premier Doug Ford, there's more at stake in Thursday's provincial byelection in Milton than just one seat at Queen's Park. 

F1 Exhibition opens Friday at the Lighthouse Artspace near the city’s waterfront. It’s billed as a groundbreaking show that gives fans an inside look at the sport’s greatest stories.

The LGBT Purge Fund broke ground on the future site of its national monument in downtown Ottawa, the first step in the construction of a landmark meant to recognize the discrimination faced by 2SLGBTQ+ people across the country.

A new ride-hailing app promising fair pay to drivers is launching today, starting in the Toronto area, to take on Uber and Lyft. The company believes it will attract drivers by paying them 100 per cent of fares and charging only a membership fee to work for the service.