Manufacturing and distributing will be hit hardest, according to a new climate-based analysis Floods, droughts and major storms that wash out highways, damage buildings and affect power grids could cost Canada’s economy $139 billion over the next 30 years, a new climate-based analysis predicts. The report, titled Aquanomics, was published Monday by GHD, a global engineering and architecture services firm. In an interview with CBC News, the firm’s Canadian water lead Don Holland said that the value of water and the costs associated with it are underacknowledged. “I think we all knowRead more

Discontent with CAQ, Liberals has English speakers exploring their options Standing before a crowd of cheering supporters after winning a historic majority in 2018, François Legault took a moment to address anglophones in the province. “I want to assure you that my government will be your government,” he said, speaking in English. Days later, Legault appointed himself the minister responsible for the English-speaking community, saying he would “govern in a respectful manner with the historical anglophone community.” But in the years since, many anglophones say, Legault has failed to live upRead more

2 companies with similar name to Toronto developer Paradise Developments incorporated since February 2021 A million dollar-plus home in the Greater Toronto Area’s hot real estate market for only $700,000. A five per cent down payment. A 30-year mortgage at a 2.75 per cent interest rate. Those were the appealing terms of a real estate deal that local realtor Horace Dockery said has been circulating in Toronto’s Black community since last summer. The offer was for pre-construction homes in developments constructed by Paradise Developments Inc. — a licensed developer currentlyRead more

‘This is news to us,’ wrote TUPC director William Komer in an email to CBC A deal that would have seen The United People of Canada (TUPC) buy a church building near downtown Ottawa collapsed because the controversial group failed to make deposits totalling $100,000, according to court documents. The sworn affidavit from the building’s owner, Patrick McDonald, states TUPC failed to make three separate payments toward the purchase of the former St. Brigid’s Church when they were due on Aug. 10. That violated the agreement of purchase and sale for the property and, coupledRead more

Lack of available rentals means international students are turning to charities for shelter The housing crunch is so bad in Timmins, Ont., that a local gurdwara, or Sikh temple, has opened its limited space to students who haven’t yet found accommodations. More international students are choosing to attend post-secondary school in northern Ontario. But that means more support and help is needed, particularly when it comes to housing. ‘I see a lot of red flags now,’ says international student unhappy with state of room rental International students scrambling to findRead more

Chris Amyotte, 42, died after being shot by beanbag guns by VPD Vancouver police say a man who died after officers used a beanbag shotgun on Monday had asked bystanders for help following a “violent incident” that occurred moments earlier. Police have not confirmed the man’s identity, but the family of Chris Amyotte, an Ojibway man from Manitoba, said it was he who died on the Downtown Eastside. Amyotte’s cousin, Samantha Wilson, said witnesses told her he had been bear-sprayed and was asking for help before police arrived at the scene,Read more

Canada’s Henderson, Szeryk, Sharp projected to make cut at CP Women’s Open It takes a lot to wear a Maple Leafs jersey in Ottawa and get cheered for it. But that’s exactly what happened when Lorie Kane pulled on the blue-and-white sweater on the 17th hole, dubbed “the rink” at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club on Friday at the CP Women’s Open. Kane, 57, was in the midst of hitting the final shots of her iconic career at the tournament, which started in 1991 and was about to comeRead more

One-third will stay in Winnipeg while others will settle in other provinces Tears welled up in Sayed Najib Amin’s eyes and his voice cracked between sobs as he waited for his young nephews to arrive at Winnipeg’s international airport on Friday, exactly a year after the boys’ parents were killed in Kabul. After months of anticipation and delays, a charter plane from Pakistan carrying 324 Afghanistan refugees — including 120 children — landed in Winnipeg. Among the arrivals were two boys, age 2½ and four. They are Amin’s orphaned nephews. “We suffered a lot, soRead more

Canada had threatened to invoke measures to take control of Quebec territory The Quebec and Canadian governments say they’re now on the same page about the province’s caribou population, while offering little in the way of specifics. In a statement released Monday, officials from both levels of government said “that they are confident of reaching an agreement aimed at maintaining, protecting and restoring woodland caribou on Quebec territory.” The caribou have been recognized as a vulnerable species in Quebec since 2005. According to most recent figures, 5,252 woodland or mountainRead more

Rangers, first established in Yukon, are the watchful eye and paramilitary presence in Canada’s North Canadian Rangers have been keeping a unique military presence in the North for 75 years and on Monday, they were honoured in Dawson City, Yukon, where the first ranger patrol group formed after the Second World War. The Rangers received an honour called “Freedom of the City,” an “ancient ritual” where militaries would arrive at walled cities and seek permission to enter, according to Lt.-Col. Kristian Udesen. This “proved there was a trust and link between that militaryRead more