Author: psheffield

As temperatures heat up across southern Manitoba, people in Winnipeg are flocking to city-run swimming pools to try and cool down. But with the high demand, some facilities are struggling to keep up.

The City of Calgary says more time is needed to stabilize the water distribution system. Calgary’s current Stage 3 outdoor water restrictions will remain.

Alberta Health Services has issued an advisory for Isle Lake after Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, was identified.

The City of Vancouver archives recently released a new series of digitized Heritage Inventory photos. Predominately from the 1970s, these photos are great because they document the city’s ever-changing streetscape, and feature buildings and businesses that had never before been considered for heritage study. Included in the series are some fantastic photos of small, independent […]

The union representing Ontario liquor store workers has ramped up pressure in a five-day-old strike, with no talks planned to hammer out a deal.

Saskatchewan’s Crown corporations are reporting their annual profits this week. Both SGI and SaskTel had only good news to share when it came to the dollars and cents of the respective operations.

A strong ridge of high pressure sitting over the western portion of Canada and the U.S. has prompted heat warnings as dangerously hot temperatures persist.

Some 130 workers at Granby Zoo made good on their threat by going on strike Tuesday morning, denouncing the slow pace of negotiations to renew their collective agreement. The popular Eastern Townships park is still open to visitors, however.

It remains clear if the owners of about 20 homes in Savona, B.C., will have access to government support after damaging flash floods washed through on June 30.

The City of Kelowna has installed new drinking water taps at the city’s designated homeless encampment along Weddell Place.The two water taps are accessible to the roughly 200 residents living along the rail trail 24 hours a day and were put in place by the city on June 18."The water ta…