Author: wrowan

The Ontario Science Centre is abruptly closing at the end of the day today, after engineers found structural issues with the roof.

A handful of people were hospitalized for possible heat stroke during Ottawa’s heat wave, but the city’s paramedics did not see a dramatic spike in calls. From Monday to Wednesday, there were five heat-related hospitalizations. Marc-Antoine Deschamps, public information officer for the paramedic service, said a woman was hospitalized in critical condition on Wednesday, with […]

The federal and Quebec governments have announced nearly $60 million a year for the next two years to get unhoused Montrealers a roof over their heads.

A $4.1-million addition to Cobblestone Elementary School in Paris will add 186 new student spaces for the growing community. Ministry of Education funding for the eight-classroom addition was announced earlier this month. The Grand Erie District School Board also received $2.2 million to add a four-room addition to the school for child care. The Early […]

A First Nation on southern Vancouver Island has expanded its land base by 15 per cent, from 242 to 282 hectares.

Honciuc Menendez is barely old enough to get a driver’s licence but on Friday he’ll officially graduate from the University of Toronto with distinction.

A car raffle has become a win-win for kids in need.The Child and Youth Advocacy Centre in Kelowna is driving change for vulnerable children with the support of Lift Auto and CSN Collision Centres through last week’s Father’s Day Car Show, where the CYAC team were out at City Park selling tickets…

Summer officially began on Thursday and for the first time in five days, it actually felt like summer with a high of 20 C!

A Metro Vancouver helicopter company is in the process of obtaining final approvals for commercial flights of its newly acquired Black Hawk helicopter with the hopes the powerful aircraft can help in B.C.’s wildfire fight.