Since the Ring of Fire was found in 2007, politicians and business leaders have talked about how it could be good for the economy. The Ring of Fire is a remote, mineral-rich area in northern Ontario. In recent weeks, this has gotten worse. Recently, Ontario Mines Minister George Pirie said, “From what I hear, mining…
Some parts of the area could get up to 35 cm of snow until Saturday night A storm that dumped ice and snow on parts of northwestern Ontario has made roads dangerous and caused schools and businesses to close. The area was hit by snow last night, and it’s expected to keep snowing through the…
Canadian Tim Hortons franchiser TDL Group Corp. and franchisee Greenwood Enterprises Inc. both say they are not to blame WARNING: This story shows burnt skin in a very graphic way. The family of an Ontario woman who says she was burned by a cup of hot Tim Hortons tea is suing the coffee and doughnut…
Thursday night, the accident shut down a stretch of highway in northern B.C. for several hours The police watchdog for the province of British Columbia says it is looking into the death of a man on a highway near Prince George on Thursday. The Independent Investigations Office (IIO), which investigates when someone is killed or…
Overall orders for routine vaccines are 10% lower than they were before the pandemic New data from Ottawa Public Health shows that thousands of children aren’t protected against measles and other diseases because they didn’t get routine vaccinations during the pandemic (OPH). The OPH measures how many people get shots by keeping track of how…
Even though he missed most of the racing season, an athlete from Campbell River, B.C., wins his second world title in a row Tyler Turner is speaking via Zoom from an Airbnb in La Molina, Spain. He is showing off a prosthetic snowboard foot and talking about how it feels to beat the odds again…
Today, people in Hamilton Centre are voting in a byelection to choose a new member of provincial parliament (MPP). The byelection was called for a month ago to replace longtime MPP Andrea Horwath, who quit as leader of the Ontario NDP in the summer after her party lost to Doug Ford’s Conservatives in the provincial…
There were more than 100 firefighters at the Old Montreal fire, and 9 people were taken to the hospital A five-alarm fire broke out in a historic building in Old Montreal on Thursday morning. At least one person is missing. Around 5:45 a.m., a fire broke out in a building at the corner of Place…
There were more than 100 firefighters at the Old Montreal fire, and 6 people were taken to the hospital On Thursday morning, there was a five-alarm fire in Old Montreal that firefighters had to fight. Around 5:45 a.m., a fire broke out in a building at the corner of Place d’Youville and Saint-Nicolas Street, right…
Rancher who couldn’t beat ex-minister for UCP nomination will run as an independen You have to go back to 1982 and a couple of angry former Social Credit MLAs to find someone who ran as an independent candidate and won in an Alberta election. Back in 1967, a rancher from Cochrane named Clarence Copithorne was…