How Canada’s media manufactures sympathy for the landlord class ( breachmedia.ca )
B.C. coal mining company fined for more than 400 violations ( www.cbc.ca )
A B.C. coal mining company in northeastern B.C. has been fined more than $45,000 for repeated violations of the province's environmental protection rules, including the failure to monitor mine waste into fish-bearing water and failure to limit particulate being put into the air....
Trudeau says he considered stepping down during marriage difficulties ( www.cbc.ca )
Caribou habitat protected in huge B.C. park expansion ( www.nationalobserver.com )
In Canada, a pattern of police intimidation of journalists is emerging ( www.aljazeera.com )
'There's nothing hidden,' Edmonton police chief says after commission refuses to share audit plan ( www.cbc.ca )
Canada Says It Won’t Give Arms To Azov, Despite U.S. Policy Change ( www.readthemaple.com )
How a New Jersey man was wrongly arrested through facial recognition tech now in use in Ontario ( www.cbc.ca )
A New Jersey man who was wrongly jailed after being misidentified through facial recognition software has a message for two Ontario police agencies now using the same technology....
Canada Imposes New Sanctions on Russia Amid G7 Summit ( epicnews.ca )
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Decision day for Greg Fertuck, charged with 1st-degree murder of wife Sheree in 2015 ( www.cbc.ca )
Accused killer Greg Fertuck is set to learn Friday morning whether a Saskatoon judge believes his claim that he made up a detailed confession he gave undercover police officers about killing his wife....
Landlords in Alberta are using government-funded climate retrofits as an excuse to hike rents ( ricochet.media )
On May 29, the National Housing Council’s review panel on the financialization of purpose-built rental presented a report that highlights the urgent need not only to build more non-market housing specifically, but also to protect Canada’s existing affordable rental housing from financialized landlords through an acquisition...
Liberals haven't prioritized productivity during nearly nine years in power: David Dodge ( nationalpost.com )
Poilievre says Tories will vote against capital gains tax hike, calls it a 'job killer' ( www.cbc.ca )
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday his party will oppose the government's proposed capital gains inclusion rate increase — a tax hike that is projected to pull in roughly $19 billion in new revenue....
Losing control: How Manitoba's public guardian system leaves people feeling trapped, stripped of their rights and helpless ( www.cbc.ca )
When George Kinsman left a Winnipeg hospital in 2022, he had no idea he was walking out a man who had lost his legal right to make his own decisions....
Who are these people? They supposedly worked for a Toronto police board member's companies ( www.cbc.ca )
Until recently, a black-and-white photo of a woman holding her face in her hands was used to depict Mary Ellen Steinam — also known as Ellen Steinam — across social media and on the website of a marketing company founded by Toronto Police Service Board member Nadine Spencer....
Opposition to stampeding Bill C-70 through Parliament grows ( rabble.ca )
Among the controversial provisions are section 20 (1) “Every person commits an offence who, at the direction of, for the benefit of or in association with, a foreign entity or a terrorist group, induces or attempts to induce, by intimidation, threat or violence, any person to do anything or to cause anything to be done...
Green Leader Elizabeth May says no list of disloyal MPs in full spy… ( nationalnewswatch.com )
May told a news conference the full version of the classified report does not contain a "list of MPs who have shown disloyalty to Canada."...
Operation spotted turtle: how Ontario biologists fight wildlife traffickers ( thenarwhal.ca )
“Someone is coming up behind you,” species-at-risk biologist Scott Gillingwater says. We lower our voices and change the subject. The two of us look conspicuous; we’re wearing chest waders and sun hats and are standing on the edge of a potholed road beside a grassy path near a marshy wetland. I turn to see a man with...
Explorer Ernest Shackleton's last ship found off Labrador's south coast, says expedition ( www.cbc.ca )
[B.C.] Canada's first commercial electric flight to make history June 14 ( www.nanaimobulletin.com )
On June 14, Sealand's Pipistrel Velis Electro will take flight for an introductory flight lesson. It will be the first time a person can purchase a commercial flight on an electric aircraft in Canada. The student will be allowed to operate the aircraft under the guidance of the flight instructor....
Canadian Home Prices "Need" To Be High To Pay For Retirements: PM - Better Dwelling ( betterdwelling.com )
Canadian real estate prices have surged in almost every market, with a typical home price doubling in many regions. A median household in major cities like Toronto and Vancouver would need to save over 20 years for just the down payment, more than 3x the historic average. Seems absurd? The outlandish scenario was apparently a...
Can a diet that's good for the planet reduce your risk of dying from disease? ( www.cbc.ca )
Ontario plastics plant facing government orders to reduce toxic emissions will shut down permanently ( www.cbc.ca )
A plastics plant in southwestern Ontario that was ordered by the province and federal government to reduce emissions of the cancer-causing chemical benzene now says it will permanently close by June 2026....
Shannon Phillips targeted climate and parks action. Then she got targeted. The NDPer is now leaving office ( www.cbc.ca )
B.C. blows past country with new construction in April 2024 ( www.chemainusvalleycourier.ca )
Building permits issued B.C. in April 2024 totalled 3.13 billion -- up $1.4 billion from March -- and created a record-high 7,521 residential units — up almost 78 per cent compared to the previous month. Based on these figures, B.C. accounted for almost 28 per cent of all new residential units in the country in April....
