Does a quick wipe really eliminate all those germs? CBC’s Marketplace swabbed equipment at several national gym chains to find out which surface harbours the most bacteria. Is your New Year’s resolution to hit up the gym? Read this first. Sweat, heavy breathing, warm temperatures and lots of people — …
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As Edmonton tears down encampments, here’s why some people choose to camp outside the inner city
To find out if safety concerns are part of what keeps some of the city’s homeless population away from the core, CBC News spoke with people camping in different parts of the city, as well as to outreach workers, police, a city councillor and a researcher. People say their reasons …
Read More »Extreme cold forces some B.C. ski hills to close
Ski hills and other recreational facilities throughout B.C. are closing or limiting services due to extremely cold temperatures. Environment Canada issued Arctic outflow warnings for parts of B.C. from Thursday to Saturday. Ski hills and other recreational facilities throughout B.C. are closing or limiting services due to extremely cold temperatures. …
Read More »B.C.’s infamous fast ferries are on Facebook Marketplace, and if they aren’t bought they’ll be destroyed
They might be the most infamous ships in the history of British Columbia: three B.C. Ferries that were hundreds of millions of dollars over budget, couldn’t run as fast or efficiently as promised, and were partly responsible for sinking the NDP government of the 1990s. And now, they’re back. On …
Read More »‘I hope her face haunts you’: Judge hears from family of girl murdered by stepdad over video game interruption
A Calgary mother whose boyfriend murdered her three-year-old daughter after the girl interrupted his video game delivered a powerful victim impact statement Thursday, telling her ex that she is “ashamed” to have ever known him. “I hope her face haunts you til the day you die,” Helen Wordsworth told Justin …
Read More »Sask. woman says she has excruciating pain after injury at Caribbean resort
A Regina woman says she was seriously hurt in the Dominican Republic last week, causing injuries and excruciating pain that sent her to hospital — and leaving the planned opening of her business next month in limbo. Sunwing investigating after Mackenzie Wilker says engagement trip turned into a ‘horrendous’ experience. …
Read More »Contractor accused of defrauding Ontario cottage owners pleads guilty to 7 of 13 charges
A contractor who allegedly took hundreds of thousands of dollars from multiple Ontario cottage owners for renovation projects but left major jobs unfinished has pleaded guilty to seven of 13 fraud-related charges against him. The judge-alone criminal trial of Scott Eisemann, 54, got underway Thursday at the Ontario Court of …
Read More »Shuttered pulp mill leaves Terrace Bay, Ont., anxious and uncertain, a feeling other mill towns can relate to
This month’s shutdown of the pulp mill in Terrace Bay, Ont., and temporary layoff of 400 workers has been a crushing blow that has left people anxious about the future, reflecting scenes that have played out in mill towns across Canada in recent years. It’s long been the community’s main …
Read More »Sentencing hearing begins for Cameron Ortis, ex-RCMP intelligence official guilty of leaking secrets
Cameron Ortis, the former RCMP intelligence official found guilty late last year of leaking secret information to police targets, will soon find out how long he’ll serve behind bars. Crown suggests it wants a severe sentence, while defence argues Ortis has served enough time already. Cameron Ortis, the former RCMP …
Read More »Calgary, it’s dangerously cold outside
Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning for not only the city, but the entire province of Alberta, forecasting temperatures as low as -40 C over the weekend, with wind chills threatening temperatures of -50 C in some places. Friday’s forecast high of –31 C would make it the …
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