Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canada Revenue Agency says 120 employees are no longer with the agency following an internal review of employees who claimed the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). The CRA announced the review process on June 30, and it has gone over approximately 600 cases so far. The
There’s a stark contrast between public perception and the reality of how homeless people spend money, says a researcher who gave 50 homeless people in British Columbia $7,500 each to do with as they wished. Instead of blowing the windfall on “temptation goods,” such as alcohol, drugs or cigarettes, they spent it on rent, clothing
Canada’s minister for women, gender equality and youth says policies in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick that require parental consent before students under 16 can have schools use their preferred pronouns and names puts transgender and nonbinary kids in a “life-or-death situation.” And while Marci Ien declined to comment on whether Ottawa sees a role for
The people of Northwest Territories have been out of their homes for a few weeks now and some people appear to be getting fed up and are planning to break the evacuation order. The Northwest Territories RCMP said it’s received information about a group of people who may be planning an unsupported return to Yellowknife.Mounties
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Halton Regional Police have issued a warning on Wednesday morning after a load of five million bees fell off a truck in Burlington, Ont. Police said the load of bees can be found along Guelph Line just north of Dundas Street.An image from Halton police shows several
child has been acquitted of assaulting his younger stepsister after what a Quebec judge deemed to be a harmless bit of teasing. The boy, who was 12 years old at the time, admitted to having touched his then-11-year-old sister’s thighs while the two were watching a movie one evening.But the girl suffered no harm as
Amid a wave of legislation in some U.S. states targeting the LGBTQ2 community, Canada has updated its travel advisory for the country specifically advising people to check state and local laws before visiting. While overall travel advice around risk levels or health concerns has not changed for the U.S. by Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the
A man has been arrested at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa after throwing paint on a painting in a self-described climate protest. Kaleb Suedfeld is with the group On2Ottawa, and threw pink paint on a work titled Northern River by landscape painter Tom Thomson.On2Ottawa says this is to draw attention to their calls
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet went into a huddle at this year’s cabinet retreat in Charlottetown, it was clear that housing was top of mind. When Trudeau emerged from the retreat last week, he told reporters some of the measures Canada most needs. Among those was the need for densification, a growing
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Former Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul has died, according to Skate Canada. She was 31. Paul, who competed for Canada in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, died on Tuesday in a seven-vehicle collision in Melancthon Township, a rural community in Dufferin County, Ontario.According to police, a transport