EDMONTON - Happy Birthday, Celsius! Environment Canada's use of Celsius turns 50 years old in 2025. It was the catalyst of a lengthy national metric conversion that abruptly ended a decade after it be...
Dec 31, 2024
HALIFAX - For more than 150 years, the stout and tidy Walton Harbour lighthouse in Nova Scotia has stood watch from a cliff overlooking the upper Bay of Fundy. But in recent years, coastal erosion lef...
Dec 31, 2024
MONTREAL - A Quebec heritage site on the Island of Montreal that was the former home of a renowned artist has been destroyed in a fire. A Montreal fire department spokesperson says it took some 40 fir...
Dec 31, 2024
MONTREAL - Quebec ski hill operators say they're remaining optimistic despite warm temperatures and heavy rainfall that could dampen the lucrative holiday ski period. The co-owner of the Mont-Saint-Br...
Dec 30, 2024
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Joe Average was an artist, advocate and activist whose bright, multicoloured images were as multi-faceted as his existence. But his sister Karin Carson says she used to giggle ...
Dec 30, 2024
HALIFAX - The plane that caught fire upon landing at Halifax's airport over the weekend has been removed, and the runway has reopened. A spokesperson with the Halifax Stanfield International Airport s...
Dec 30, 2024
The federal government plans to extend the deadline for claiming charitable donations on tax returns through to the end of February. The announcement from Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc comes nearly...
Dec 30, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Housing market poised for 2025 comeback as lower rates unleash pent-up demand Economists and real estate agent...
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COBBLE HILL, B.C. - Gil Yaron barely contains his excitement when asked to describe his non-profit venture to convince construction companies, developers and renovation contractors to recycle tonnes o...
Dec 30, 2024
MONTREAL - Municipal leaders across Quebec are looking for ways to get young people, especially women, to run for local office in next year's elections, but that is a tall order given the well-documen...
Dec 30, 2024