America Canada Restaurants and the food industry debut new takeout ware and packaging amid phase-in of federal single-use plastics ban that aims at removing many single-use plastics from the market gradually until 2025
America Canada Storm in Canada has left tens of thousands in the dark through Christmas, more have been stranded by poor travel conditions or flight cancellation and two Ontario regions have declared state of emergency
America Canada The average rent surpassed $2.000 for the first time ever in November, up 12,4% over November 2021 far outpacing Canada's inflation rate of 6,9%; the figure covers all types of housing from bachelor apartments to detached homes
America Canada Canada’s jobless rate fell to 5,1% per cent in November; the Bank of Canada is viewing the labour market as still too hot for comfort
America Canada Canadian investors have lost $131 billion, around $4.000 per capita, as a result of losses sustained by 183 publicly traded cannabis companies, according to a new report from a Toronto-based law firm
America Canada Amid a national shortage, emergency supplies of pain and fever medication for kids are expected to arrive soon at hospitals, overwhelmed by respiratory illnesses; observers say more should be done to guard against future drug shortages
America Canada 55.000 education workers went on strike on Friday in Ontario, after failing to reach an agreement with the province for better pay and more frontline staff; all 583 Toronto schools, 247.000 students enrolled, will remain closed if strike continues
America Canada The province of Britush Columbia has made permanent a temporary ban on rat poison over concerns the poison is inadvertently killing owls, among other wildlife who feed on poisoned rats
America Canada Hockey Canada announces the CEO and entire board of directors have been dismissed following political and corporate pressure about the handling of an alleged group sexual assault involving members of the 2018 men's national junior team
America Canada Researchers suspect Chinese hackers to have tampered with a widely used chat software distributed by a small Canadian customer service company
America Canada Hundreds of thousands of people in Atlantic Canada remained without power Sunday after Hurricane Fiona hit the area; Defense Minister said troops would help ‘for as long as it takes’
America Canada There are currently five wildfires of note burning across British Columbia and smoke from wildfires in US States Washington and Idaho has also wafted east; environment Canada has extended air quality alerts as fine particulates are expected to increase
America Canada A stabbing rampage on and near a Saskatchewan First Nation on Sunday left 10 people dead and at least 15 injured, while a province-wide manhunt continued into the night for two suspects