When Les Robertson was walking home from the gym in North Vancouver’s Lower Lonsdale neighborhood three weeks ago, he did a double take. Standing near a burrow it had dug in a vacant lot near East 1st Street and St. Georges Avenue was a yellow-bellied marmot.
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Saskatoon baby waiting for life-saving organs
Megan Crawley has spent many sleepless nights waiting for a call that could save her baby’s life.
Western Forest Products ‘indefinitely curtails’ Port Alberni mill
Western Forest Products Inc. says it’s indefinitely curtailing operations at its Alberni Pacific Division facility.
Liberals plan to convert some Montreal office buildings into housing under federal budget
The federal government plans to convert some government office buildings into housing, including some in Quebec, and to leasing federal land, according to the budget announced Tuesday.
Here’s how Edmonton is preparing to battle wildfire season
The City of Edmonton says it’s ready to take on wildfire season as another dry spring causes grass fires and bans in the capital region.
Teenagers’ screen time has dropped post-pandemic: Montreal Public Health
Teenagers are showing post-pandemic improvements when it comes to screen time, according to a new study published Tuesday by Montreal Public Health.
Toronto woman has close encounter with coyote near Ontario Place
A Toronto woman is warning others to be on the lookout after a coyote approached her while she was sitting on a park bench near Ontario Place last weekend.
Relocated seal returns to Greater Victoria after ‘astonishing’ 204-kilometre trek
A moulting seal who was relocated after drawing daily crowds of onlookers in Greater Victoria has made a surprise return – after what officials described as an “astonishing” six-day journey.
In federal budget, Ottawa looks to Canada Post land for building housing supply
The federal government is eyeing underutilized Canada Post and National Defence properties as a way to deliver affordability and supply to the country’s housing market.
Feds offer $5B in Indigenous loan guarantees, fall $420B short on infrastructure asks
The federal government is providing up to $5 billion in loan guarantees to help Indigenous communities invest in natural resource and energy products. But when it comes to a promise to close what advocates say is a sprawling Indigenous infrastructure gap, Ottawa is short more than $420 billion.