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A planned highrise condo tower that would have redefined the Hintonburg skyline has been cancelled. The 30-storey Claridge Hintonburg was supposed to be built at 1040 Somerset Street West, a short walk from the Bayview O-Train station. It was to boast unobstructed views of the surroundings, including the Ottawa River. The building…

York Region public health has alerted the public not to consume two products linked to a food poisoning investigation after 12 diners who ate at a Markham, Ont., restaurant last weekend became seriously ill. Dr. Barry Pakes, the region's chief medical officer of health, said Thursday that Mr. Right brand Kaempferia Galanga Powder, a…

Photo: Contributed UPDATE: 7:15 a.m. The Kelowna Fire Department says the use of fireworks is strictly prohibited in the city following a hedge fire Tuesday night. Platoon Capt. John Kelly says the regional dispatch centre received multiple 911 calls about 10 p.m., reporting a large cedar hedge on fire next to Moraine Park. Crews…

Two candidates running to lead Alberta's United Conservative Party say they've received death threats over the course of the campaign. Travis Toews, the former finance minister, and Brian Jean, the MLA for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche, told CBC News they've each been the subject of at least one death threat. Both have also received additional…

Flags at Barrie City Hall have been lowered to half-mast after six young adults from the community were killed in a single-vehicle collision. Barrie police discovered the crash scene Sunday at 2 a.m. near McKay Road and Veteran’s Drive, which is between County Road 27 and Highway 400. That stretch of road is currently an…

Sharon Ellingwood White says that 10 years ago, she was helping local residents create Facebook accounts.Now the part-time librarian in Canaan, Vt., says she's become the "de-facto" local expert in another must-have app: ArriveCAN, the COVID-19 health data entry program that's mandatory for anyone seeking to enter Canada by motor vehicle or…

Biologist Andrew Derocher wasn't thinking of climate change when he first started studying polar bears in Hudson Bay in the 1980s. About a decade into his career, a picture started to emerge: as sea ice diminished due to human-caused global warming, the polar bears he was studying were venturing onto land earlier and returning to the ice later…

Nova Scotians continue to share stories of ordeals in the province's hospitals, experiences that lead to consequences more serious than just a long wait for care.Missy Johnson, who lives in Lower Sackville, said her father got into a car accident when he was sent away — despite a fever — from the Cobequid Community Health Centre because the ER…

A fatal collision on Wednesday temporarily the eastbound lanes of Highway 403 east of Woodstock, according to Ontario Provincial Police. Emergency crews were called to the scene around 2 p.m. “The eastbound lanes only are closed at Oxford Road 55 for a collision investigation involving a commercial motor vehicle and a…

Maddie Hickey loved being an educational assistant for the past three and a half years, but she says she is stepping away from the job this fall because of low wages."I'm leaving the job this year because education assistants in Nova Scotia are underpaid and I need to think about my family," Hickey said about her former job as a term education…