An ongoing outbreak of “extensively drug-resistant” salmonella infections has spread across six provinces, affecting many children aged five and under, prompting a public health notice. On Saturday, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) issued a public health notice saying it, along with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Health Canada, launched an investigation into
Popular Canadian furniture store Bad Boy has filed a notice of intention (NOI) to make a proposal under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act to begin a restructuring process. According to a notice filed by KSV Restructuring Inc., a licensed insolvency trustee named in the proceedings, the NOI was filed on Nov. 9.“Bad Boy believed it
Canada is set to welcome nearly 1.5 million new permanent residents over the next three years, according to the new targets recently announced by Immigration Minister Marc Miller. Canada does not foresee a cut to immigration levels and plans to hold its target of annual newcomers steady at 500,000 people starting in 2026, according to
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says “every violent and hateful event” will be investigated by police after two Jewish schools were struck by bullets overnight. “This is absolutely unacceptable,” she said at a news conference Thursday afternoon. “This is not Montreal. Our values are to be inclusive, to be respectful and it has to stay that
The daughter of a retiree is looking to a major Canadian airline for answers after her father became ill on a recent 16-hour flight from India to Canada and died upon arrival. Despite asking the airline crew several times to divert the plane to the nearest European airport and hospital, Shanu Pande says she still
A bus carrying members of Shania Twain’s crew was involved in a rollover on Highway 1 east of Wolseley, Sask., Wednesday morning. Twain’s management company, Maverick, confirmed members of the crew were involved in the rollover. Twain was not involved in the rollover.Twain is currently on her “Queen of Me Tour.”Dwayne Stone, the fire chief for
After leading her small town through a historic and devastating wildfire season, one of Quebec’s youngest mayors is taking a step back from politics to take care of herself. Isabelle Lessard, 23, was thrust into the spotlight last summer after raging forest fires forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes in Chapais, Que., about 715
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Four massive beer tanks will surely cause a buzz in southwestern Ontario as they make their way to their new home at Labatt Brewery in London. The brewing equipment, over 33 metres long and nearly seven metres wide, is expected to take up two lanes of traffic
Homebuyers are more often getting the “upper hand” — and better prices — on sellers in Canada’s slowing real estate markets, according to a new Royal Bank of Canada report. The RBC analysis of the October resale market argues higher interest rates have the fall housing market “stuck in a low gear.”Inventories are still growing
Jean Laroque and his longtime partner Catherine Ennis just had the Halloween of a lifetime. The couple, from the Eastern Townships near Montreal, took home a whopping $55 million in the Oct. 31 Lotto Max draw.At first though, Ennis wasn’t sure it was a Halloween trick or a Halloween treat.Because Laroque’s a bit of a