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It’s been a contentious debate – whether to keep Banff’s downtown pedestrian zone – and residents voted Monday night to do away with it.

Quebec municipalities hit by the remnants of tropical storm Debby say they’re looking at months of recovery from a natural disaster that was unlike anything they had seen before.

Starting Monday, one lane of Highway 99 through the George Massey Tunnel will be closed to traffic overnight, according to provincial officials.

A 57-year-old man has been arrested and charged after allegedly sexually assaulting then assaulting a young person with a weapon in downtown Toronto.

A 21-year-old man from Toronto is facing numerous charges after allegedly ramming a vehicle into a police cruiser and injuring an officer following a carjacking in North York over the weekend.

A car owner is not entitled to auto accident benefits (AB) for injuries sustained in a carjacking because his injuries were not directly caused by the use and operation of the motor vehicle, Ontario’s Licence Appeals Tribunal determined last Wednesday.…The post Why this driver can’t collect benefits for his carjacking injuries appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

Matterhorn admirers trampling rare plants

Heat waves around Canada, including Saskatchewan, are becoming more common from human influence, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says.

Two brothers are facing charges after police seized $20,000 worth of illegal drugs during a Medicine Hat trafficking investigation.

British Columbia’s top doctor has ended the COVID-19 public health emergency, which began nearly 1,600 days ago on March 17, 2020.