The union for Ontario's wildland firefighters is calling for a funding increase as they struggle with a lack of resources during a particularly trying season. «As summers go on and fires get more intense with the heat, so too does our fatigue,» says a wildfire crew leader who's VP of the local OPSEU union.
Many homeowners across the country are falling behind on mortgage payments.
It's been a tough rodeo for Canada's economy so far this year, ever since U.S. President Donald Trump sparked a tumultuous trade war with wide-ranging impacts on consumer spending, jobs and travel plans. But those economic worries seem largely in the rearview mirror, at least in Alberta, as the 10-day long Calgary Stampede begins.
Vien Huynh-Lee’s family came to Canada as refugees from Vietnam and moved to Manitoba. Despite the challenges of living in a place so different from Vietnam, they found a home in this rural community.
Researchers working on treatments and cures for long COVID are closely watching newly signed Winnipeg Jets forward Jonathan Toews's healing journey. Toews is returning to the NHL this coming season after a two-year absence, as he worked to manage debilitating long COVID symptoms.
David Hickey jumped into the Ottawa River on Wednesday to rescue a 27-year-old man and an eight-year-old boy from drowning. He couldn't save the boy's father.
An unhealthy water service in the Town of Wabana is slowly being cleaned up, with 150 households being removed this week from a quarter-century-old boil order.
Two men accused of looting in La Ronge during the wildfire evacuation in June are staying in jail.
Operations are back to normal after multiple Canadian airports faced bomb threats Thursday morning that grounded flights and were expected to cause widespread delays, according to air traffic control manager Nav Canada.
The mother, who cannot be identified because of a publication ban that protects the identity of her daughter, had previously been charged with child abandonment. Prosecutors on Thursday laid a new charge of criminal negligence causing bodily harm to the child.
Peer support groups for people with chronic pain are cropping up across Canada, as advocates work to break down the stigma surrounding the invisible condition.
The City of Victoria says it will address ‘public disorder’ in the city's downtown core through a multi-step reallocation of $10.35 million of city funds, with the largest budget item to be spent on police and bylaw enforcement.
Kevin Pillar is hanging up his cleats. The former Toronto Blue Jays centre-fielder announced his retirement Wednesday after 13 seasons in Major League Baseball.
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke says negotiations on a centuries-old land claim are moving too slowly. The area in question, about 97 square kilometres, extends beyond Kahnawà:ke's current borders.
Alberta continues to battle a relentless wildfire season, with more than 70 wildfires burning across the province, fuelled by days of extreme heat, high winds and low humidity.
The former boss of Manitoba Hydro was paid nearly $900,000 in compensation in 2024, despite only working 1½ months before her dismissal from the Crown corporation.
A tiny, insect-eating bird that breeds in Alberta is delaying its annual migration south, a change likely triggered by climate change that spells trouble for the fragile species.
A Halifax tenant has spent almost a decade trying to get her landlord to rectify flooding issues in her unit. She feels she's no closer to a resolution and believes the residential tenancy system has no teeth.
