A study by researchers at McGill University has found that a microscopic air pollutant generated from vehicles and industry plays a role in the deaths of an estimated 1,100 people in Canada’s two biggest cities each year. Their study, published recently in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, finds that long-term exposure…
Concerns are mounting for the fate of wild salmon on the Chilcotin River in the B.C., Cariboo region, in the wake of a landslide that blocked the waterway near Williams Lake for days. Chilko Lake sockeye are expected to be the biggest run of fish on the Fraser River this summer, and their spawning grounds…
Large parts of Ontario and Quebec are expected to experience heavy rainfall this week as remnants of tropical storm Debby make their way from the United States into Canada, scientists at Environment and Climate Change Canada said on Thursday. The storm, which is currently over the Carolinas, is expected to move towards Canada. “It is…
Canadians gearing up for a run at the fall housing market and existing homeowners with a mortgage renewal looming might see interest rates heading down in the weeks ahead thanks to recent market volatility, experts tell Global News. Stock markets around the world largely recovered Tuesday from a global selloff triggered by weak jobs data…
Rents are up nationally, but there is some good news for renters — the rate of growth is the slowest it’s been in 31 months. Average asking rents for all residential property types in July were up by 5.9 per cent compared with this time last year, the National Rent Report from the website Rentals.ca…
The Bank of Canada is now less concerned about home prices spiking as it lowers its benchmark interest rate, minutes from the governing council’s latest meeting show. Deliberations from the July 24 meeting, where the central bank delivered its second consecutive quarter-point rate cut, were published on Wednesday. The Bank of Canada’s top monetary policymakers…
Most Canadians are not exactly outraged by the punishment meted out to the Canadian women’s soccer team over its Olympic drone spying scandal, according to the results of a new poll released Thursday. Seventy per cent of the respondents to a Leger poll on the Paris Olympic Games said they were either very or somewhat…
Health Minister Mark Holland says he has seen a large jump in the number of dentists who have agreed to provide care under the new dental-care program. The government began accepting claims for dental services for seniors enrolled in the program in May, and has since expanded eligibility to qualifying children under the age of…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 7, 2024 5:31 pm Updated August 8, 2024 8:22 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recent Listeria contamination of several plant-based milks occurred in a Pickering, Ont., factory. It says the contamination happened on a…
Newly released guidance in the United States is now recommending pain management for the insertion of an intrauterine device or IUD, which can be an unpleasant experience for some women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance on Thursday for contraceptive use, saying that lidocaine, which is a local anesthetic agent,…
