There was relief — and tears — as Wheatley, Ont., residents displaced by last summer’s explosion were allowed to return to their homes Wednesday and reunite with their neighbours.Wheatley couple return to mould-infested homeBecky and Bugsy Lamb had to leave their home after the blast that tore through Wheatley, Ont., last year. Now they’re dealing with…
Nunavut’s department of health has lifted the do-not-consume order for Iqaluit tap water, meaning residents can once again drink from the city’s water supply after going two months without it due to concerns about fuel contamination.Water from the City of Iqaluit’s water treatment plant is safe to drink again, the territory’s health department announced Friday…
Available on the City’s website, updates will be provided three times a week Toronto residents now have access to a new tool…
Some residents of Monte Lake, a small B.C. community devastated by the White Rock Lake fire, were able to view the damage first-hand as the district confirmed on Saturday that 28 residences and one business have been lost.A door mat sits on the ground at a property destroyed by the White Rock Lake wildfire in Monte…
Al Nixon found a bench near the beach in St. Petersburg, Florida, to clear his head. Now residents line up to share…
More than 1,500 properties in B.C. remain under evacuation order due to wildfires raging nearby, with thousands more on standby to leave their homes at a moment’s notice.A fire known as the Brenda Creek wildfire is seen burning south of Highway 97C between Kelowna and Merritt, B.C., on Wednesday. (Chloé Dioré de Périgny/Radio-Canada)More than 1,500 properties…
A family that fled a wildfire near Lytton, B.C., is wondering if they’ll have a home to go back to as hundreds of residents of the village were ordered to leave because structures and public safety were threatened.Video captured by a Lytton resident fleeing the B.C. community on June 30, 2021 shows numerous structures on…
Residents of a condominium in Mississauga, Ont., were tested on Monday after a cluster of five cases of the coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa was discovered at the building.A mobile rapid testing unit van from Switch Health enters the underground parking of a condominium building where Peel Region public health workers tested residents, after five cases…
One by one, residents of Ontario’s long-term care homes described the emotional devastation caused by the COVID-19 lockdown to an independent inquiry — and implored governments to address isolation before the second wave of COVID-19 crashes down.Lonely, depressed, muzzled and trapped are some of the words the residents used to describe the pandemic to the…