1+ week, 4+ day ago   (492+ words) When Montreal Public Health officials warned residents to take caution during a heat wave earlier this summer, Runa Leila said her thoughts were with the dozens of families in the Parc-Extension neighbourhood without access to air conditioning. It’s why she…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (107+ words) CBC Hundreds flood Miawpukek First Nation for 31st annual powwow The Miawpukek powwow grounds were buzzing with jingle dresses and drumming on Saturday. As CBC's Abby Cole reports, the annual event aims to continue Mi'kmaq culture and tradition. - Miawpukek First Nation…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (828+ words) Tenants in Hamilton are staring down another summer with no bylaw forcing landlords to cool units to 26 C — three years after city council directed staff to draft it. At the Tuesday planning committee meeting, city staff requested a new deadline…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (713+ words) The Halifax Regional Municipality has hired a new fire chief after a nationwide search, the first woman to hold the role. On Monday, the municipality announced Deryn Rizzi will become the new chief of Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency on Aug....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (748+ words) A week ago, Abi Martin was cooking gnocchi in her ninth floor Beltline apartment when she says the temperature inside climbed above 30 C — warmer than it was outside. Martin says the extreme heat makes her dizzy and unsteady on her…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (637+ words) A year after it came into force, London's renoviction bylaw has proven effective at stopping landlords from using stated plans to renovate as a way to oust long-term tenants. That's the assessment from the tenants' rights group ACORN, one that…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (261+ words) Leaders of Saskatoon’s Westside Pentecostal Church are looking to beef up their security after a man with an ax repeatedly tried to break the building's gas line. “We're very concerned about it. We're very thankful someone intervened and the person…...