A Nova Scotia group of volunteers goes out on warm, rainy nights in April to help dozens of salamanders cross roads and get to their breeding grounds without being harmed by vehicles.Laura Eamon, one of the volunteers, holds a yellow-spotted salamander she saved from the road. (Submitted by Laura Eamon)If you’re exploring one of Nova…
A small change in the Liberals’ recent federal budget would allow labour unions to launch trade challenges without the sign-on of an employer.Traffic and trade flows across Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., on Feb. 14, 2022. (Nicole Osborne/The Canadian Press )One of the country’s largest unions says a small change promised in the federal budget…
High winds in Central Quebec, the greater Montreal area, the Laurentians and the Outaouais region knocked out power to more than 120,000 Hydro-Québec customers Friday night. Just under 20,000 remained without power as of 1:16 p.m. Saturday.Hydro-Québec crews have been working to repair downed hydro poles, like these ones on Edison Street in the Anjou…
If you haven’t filed your taxes yet, you might be slotting time this Easter weekend to check that off your to-do list. Here are a few answers to questions you may have about filing your tax return this year.For Canadians whose taxes aren’t complicated to calculate, knowing the tax system allows you to skip on the $100…
Didelphis virginiana, the marsupial commonly known as the North American or Virginia opossum, normally lives mostly in the United States, Mexico and Central America and a few southern regions of Canada. But thanks to climate change, it may be coming to a backyard near you.Claude Thériault snapped this photo of an opossum on his front…
Dozens of Canadian soldiers boarded a plane to Poland Friday for what their commander said would be an intense but gratifying mission to help Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression.Eighty soldiers from across 3rd Canadian Division board a plane while deploying to Poland to join the lead elements already in that country as part of the federal…
Pam Velt thought she was fully insured. But after the November 2021 floods wiped out her property in the Nicola Valley, she was shocked at the payout amount from her overland flood insurance.Flood waters cover a neighbourhood of Merritt, B.C., on Nov. 16, 2021, after severe rain prompted the evacuation of the city. (Artur Gajda/Reuters)A…
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez fears Quebecers may lose access to local information if other municipalities follow Montreal’s decision to make the weekly distribution of circulars, coupons and local newspapers in Publisacs an opt-in model.Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez fears Quebecers may lose access to their local information if other municipalities follow Montreal’s decision to…
On Monday, the Boston Marathon will see 30,000 runners for its 126th race. Among the thousands will be one Haudenosaunee man running for charity: Joel Matthew Kennedy.Joel Matthew Kennedy, centre, founded the Indigenous Running Club in 2016. Kennedy is travelling from London, Ont., this weekend to run in the Boston Marathon. (Indigenous Running Club/Facebook)On Monday, the…
The N.W.T. premier says the territory is “honoured” to host Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in their upcoming visit. Meanwhile, Edward Sangris, chief of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation in Dettah, says he learned of the visit on TV.Britain’s Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrive to attend the Christmas…