Reusing some household water can help with drought. Here's why that's tricky in Canada | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
It's not just COVID anymore, or a triple-demic. Welcome to the 'new norm' of seasonal illnesses (www.cbc.ca)
Trudeau government unveils plans to cut $500 million in spending (www.cbc.ca)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government unveiled details of its plan to tighten government spending Thursday — and not all departments are feeling the same impacts.
Disposing of a mattress is ridiculously hard. So is the wider struggle for waste sustainability (www.cbc.ca)
Ottawa exempting home heating oil from carbon tax for 3 years, Trudeau says (www.cbc.ca)
Landlords aren't being paid. Tenants are feeling squeezed. And the system that's supposed to help is broken (www.cbc.ca)
The long delays in resolving landlord-tenant disputes are worst in Ontario but other provinces are experiencing it as well. Experts say those delays will have an impact on the already-stressed rental market.
Does COVID-19 spread in a hospital mean there's an outbreak? Not anymore, says B.C. health ministry (www.cbc.ca)
Several B.C. hospitals and long term care facilities have seen a spike in COVID-19 cases recently according to the provincial health ministry, but these cases are not being named or reported publicly....
U.K. police say 88 people who bought sodium nitrite from Canadian websites have died (www.cbc.ca)
It now costs more to afford basic necessities in Calgary than in Vancouver, Toronto: StatsCan (www.cbc.ca)
Federal housing minister floats Airbnb crackdown to boost long-term rental supply (www.cbc.ca)
Judge says Ottawa listing plastic items as toxic was 'unreasonable and unconstitutional' (www.cbc.ca)
“Not every item within [the plastic manufactured items category] has the potential to create a reasonable apprehension of harm”...
Basic income 'unlocked dozens of doors for me,' supporter says amid call for national program | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Canada's major food companies say they care about animal welfare. Here's how they actually perform (www.cbc.ca)
Black bear walks into a gas station bar, takes a pack of gummy bears and leaves (www.cbc.ca)
The owners of the store at Tipton Gas Bar in Lake Cowichan, B.C., were baffled when a black bear walked in and stole a bag of gummy bears.
'Game Boy Mom' photo traced to Sask. after more than a decade of memes (www.cbc.ca)
Are we voting with our wallets to overheat the planet? (www.cbc.ca)
Posters for 'whites only" parent and child group in Metro Vancouver sparks outrage. (www.cbc.ca)
ANALYSIS | There's now a Bank of Canada number for carbon tax's impact on inflation. It's small (www.cbc.ca)
Conservatives argue the Liberal government's climate measure drives up the cost on everything. The inflation-watching head of the central bank offered some perspective on this.
Feds handed out 4.3 million hours over Phoenix pay system woes (www.cbc.ca)
The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat distributed nearly 4.3 million compensation hours to workers affected by the problematic Phoenix pay system, according to data obtained by CBC news.
Republican presidential candidate proposes border wall with Canada (www.cbc.ca)
Ford's Greenbelt flip-flop could spell legal trouble for taxpayers, lawyers say (www.cbc.ca)
Remember how canceling the gas plant was such a big deal? I bet the apologists will be out in force explaining how the fact that we are on the hook for this abjectly corrupt effort to transfer billions of dollars of unearned benefit to Ford’s wealthy developer friends/donors is, “ToTaLlY dIfFeReNt.”...
Can't afford or not allowed AC in your apartment? You're not alone (www.cbc.ca)
Tenants report extra fees, eviction threats among barriers to cooling in new national survey...
Meatloaf likely source of Calgary daycare E. coli outbreak as shared kitchen charged (www.cbc.ca)
The City of Calgary said Wednesday it has laid charges against a shared kitchen — used by several daycares experiencing an E. coli outbreak — for operating without the proper licence.