In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at ways to make boring but important climate terms easier to understand, see what can be made out of construction waste and find out how to cool buildings more sustainably.
In an Ottawa courtroom on Tuesday, federal Crown prosecutors played three videos downloaded from social media by RCMP in 2020 — videos the Crown contends were created in part by Patrick Gordon Macdonald, an alleged neo-Nazi terror propagandist who lives in the capital with his parents.
There's stiff competition among prospective home buyers in the St. John's region because listings are unusually low. One real estate agent says deep-pocketed buyers from outside the province are primarily to blame.
The toxic drug crisis has taken more than 47,000 lives in Canada since 2016 and the synthetic opioid fentanyl has become a household name. But now, an even more potent class of synthetic drug is showing up in drug busts across the country: nitazenes.
A Toronto music school featured on one of Taylor Swift's albums is now hoping to expand, launching a $19.89 fundraising campaign aptly named after the pop superstar's album 1989.
A Nova Scotia woman says she was shocked to discover her bathroom floor and swimming pool were the background of explicit videos posted by her dog-sitter on an adults-only website.
Using the online alias "Dark Foreigner," an Ottawa man made hate propaganda videos and images for an international neo-Nazi organization to promote hatred against Jews and others, federal Crown prosecutors alleged at the beginning of Patrick Gordon Macdonald's trial on Monday.
When they were first conceived, Christmas cards were meant to save time. Now, depending on your point of view, modern Christmas cards are either a cherished custom that brings you joy, or an unnecessary burden during a time of year when the mental load is already heavy.
Someone who owns a home knows its weaknesses when it rains. But those shopping for a place to live largely don't have that information and may unwittingly move into flood-prone areas.
The price of cheese in Canada has gone up, but food industry analysts say there's more to it — and a black market for luxury cheese depends on who's buying.
This past April, 47-year-old Colin Baudry of Ottawa finally got his very own apartment after living on the street for a year. It's that stability that allowed him to get clean, and now he's eager to start giving back to the community that supported him.
Dr. Sarah Giles wants you to know she's sorry that patients are suffering because of staffing shortages in health care. But she's learned that working longer hours won't solve the problem. In fact, it could have led her to leave the profession altogether.
Stephen A. Nelson had struggled for over a decade to find a good, affordable and stable place to live in the mountain town’s severely squeezed housing market. Eleven days before the wildfire evacuation, he moved into a seniors’ lodge in Jasper, Alta. His new home was among the residences that burned down and now, living in a hotel, he is facing the reality that it may be time to move on.
