A small business owner in Moncton is voicing his concerns about the city’s response to increasing homelessness after he was alarmed to find two strangers sleeping on his back step Tuesday morning. Shawn Arseneault, who has been running a small engineering firm out of his home on the east end of downtown Moncton for about
Some Thanksgiving dinners in western Canada might have a hole to fill in the menu. On Friday, Sobeys issued a recall on Sunrise brand Grade A fresh turkeys between five and eight kilograms in weight with a best before date of Oct. 11.“We ask that you return it to a Sobeys store near you for
Melvin Ellsworth wants more than anything to have a safe, affordable place to live. “Oh, I wish,” he said. “I would jump at it in a second.”The 73-year-old is one of dozens of people living at Grand Parade Square in downtown Halifax. The site is now home to more than 30 tents, filled with people
The ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land and sea, catching the country off guard on a major holiday. Several hours after the invasion began
A viral video that captured a woman’s xenophobic rant against a group of German tourists has resulted in her getting fired from her job. Brianna Pinnix, 30, was filmed on a New Jersey Transit train yelling at a group of German men and telling them to “get the f–k out of our country.”The video was
A surprisingly robust September jobs report could put the Bank of Canada in the position to raise interest rates again later this month, some economists are arguing. Canadian employers added 64,000 jobs in September, Statistics Canada said Friday, outpacing August’s gains of 40,000 positions and keeping the unemployment rate steady at 5.5 per cent for
Online buy-and-sell platforms are a great way to snag a bargain or offload some of your unwanted stuff, but it seems like scammers are working overtime to come up with convoluted ways to part you from your hard-earned dollars. TikToker Michel Janse is warning of a scam that happened to her recently, where an opportunistic
The federal government will be taking five measures that mean food prices should stabilize “soon,” Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne announced in Ottawa Thursday. While the minister said the changes will appear in “days or weeks,” he did not provide specific dates and faced questions from reporters about how some of these actions differ from what
Canada’s Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced several measures on Thursday in Ottawa to help combat high grocery prices, following a recent meeting with the country’s top grocery CEOs. These measures include price matching, price freezes, and more.
As winter draws near, we’re already starting to experience shorter daylight hours and soon Canadians will be plunged into even more darkness for another four months. Daylight saving time 2023 will come to an end on Nov. 5, so consider this a sign and set an alert so you don’t forget to adjust your clock