As governments pour billions into new affordable housing, existing units in disrepair
MONTREAL — Mercedes Rodriguez says she and her seven kids struggle to sleep at night because of the sounds of mice scurrying in the walls in her apartment in Montreal’s east end.
In addition to a mice infestation, her social housing building in the city’s Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district is also plagued by mould, she said. Her clothes dryer once caught fire because of poor ventilation in the bathroom.
The single mother is impatient for long-promised renovations.
“It’s frustrating, really,” she said
As World Cup nears, intelligence agency warns of increased human trafficking risk
OTTAWA — As Canada prepares to host World Cup soccer, the federal financial intelligence agency is warning that major sporting events can heighten the risk of vulnerable people being exploited by human traffickers.
A new bulletin from the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada advises businesses to look out for signs of money transactions that could be linked to trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation or forced labour.
The agency, better known as Fintrac, identifies cash linked to money laundering by filtering through millions of pieces of information each year from banks
Carney set to deliver remarks, pitch Canada as investment hub in New York
NEW YORK — Canada’s efforts to diversify trade ties and wean itself off the U.S. market will make it a better ally to the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney told an audience of business professionals in New York City on Thursday.
Addressing the Economic Club of New York, Carney outlined Canada’s economic strategy and the progress made so far. The visit is part of his government’s efforts to drum up new international investment.
In his speech, he said Canada is weaving a web of
Small plane makes emergency landing in Saskatchewan after running out of gas
SASKATOON — Police in Saskatchewan say a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a gravel road northwest of Saskatoon after running out of gas.
Corman Park police say in a news release that they and the RCMP responded Tuesday evening to the area of Lutheran Road near Range Road 3072 after being notified of a potential crash by Nav Canada.
They say officers learned the plane hadn’t crashed but rather had experienced “fuel exhaustion,” which led to a complete loss of engine power.
Police say
Verdict due in trial of man who admits plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna
WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria (AP) — An Austrian court on Thursday convicted a man of planning to attack a nearly two years ago. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The state court in Wiener Neustadt, south of the capital, found the 21-year-old defendant, an Austrian citizen known only as Beran A. in line with Austrian privacy rules, guilty on multiple charges including those related to the concert.
The concert plot was thwarted, but Austrian authorities still canceled Swift’s three
U.S. imposes sanctions on Iranian agency trying to control shipping in the Strait of Hormuz
The Trump administration on Wednesday placed additional sanctions on Iran as part of a sprawling economic pressure campaign during the war, this time targeting the country’s newly created agency that is trying to control shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
The sanctions were announced late Wednesday after U.S. forces carried out strikes on an Iran military facility after downing Iranian attack drones, according to U.S. officials who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The sanctions move, first reported by The
National Day of Action: Survivors, leaders call for continued funding of residential school investigations, healing in Winnipeg
Sixties Scoop Survivors and Indigenous leaders marched through Winnipeg Wednesday calling on the federal government to ensure long-term support for residential school investigations, healing and community programs.
The march through downtown came on National Day of Action, five years after the discovery of 215 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Residential School.
At Oodena Circle Survivors shared stories of residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, family separation, and the healing work still happening today.
“The pain did not end when the schools closed,” said Christina Kitchekesik
Two boys taken to hospital after altercation in Mississauga
Two boys have been taken to hospital after an altercation between the two of them in Mississauga.
Peel police say they were called to Dundas Street West and Erindale Station Road around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday.
It’s not clear what led to the altercation.
Both male youths were taken to hospital in non-life-threatening condition.
No further details have been released.
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West-end shed fire caused by lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes: Fire chief
Toronto Fire Chief Jim Jessop has long been warning the public about fire risks from lithium-ion batteries, and on Wednesday, he tallied more evidence in his crusade for increased regulations after a shed fire in High Park.
Toronto Fire crews doused an engulfed laneway shed that Jessop says was caused by the batteries.
He posted a photo of the charred remains of several e-bikes that were inside the shed at a home near Roncesvalles Avenue and The Queensway.
OPP say school bus driver charged with stunt driving after speeding with kids on board
Provincial police say a woman in a community north of Orangeville has been charged with stunt driving after she allegedly drove a school bus at 100 kilometres per hour in a 50-kilometre zone with children on board.
Police say officers were in the area of County Road 17 and Prince of Wales Road in Mulmur, Ont., when they saw a school bus speeding around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
They say officers pulled over the bus and spoke with the 56-year-old female driver