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Three siblings, one spouse and one stranger that’s now like a brother: Why these five adults came to Canada together and now live, work and travel together — and wouldn’t have it any other way. Five siblings share why they plan to always live together for CBC Ottawa’s Creator Network. …

It is a staggeringly ambitious plan. Given the situation, it had to be. When the economy started slumping in 2015, office vacancies in downtown Calgary began to climb. By 2020, the vacancy rate was sitting at over 30 per cent — about 14 million square feet of office space sat …

A year-old foreign buyers ban aimed at making housing affordable for Canadians had too many exemptions and was more of a political manoeuvre, according to critics. They say it’s clear housing remains out of reach for too many in Canada, and it’s time to look at strategies that have worked …

Universities across the country are introducing more plant-based food in their dining halls, something institutions say is an ongoing demand from students for more variety and a larger push for more sustainable practices. From east to west, there’s a desire to introduce more sustainable practices. Before he went to Western …

The Municipality of Barrington is partnering with a Quebec company to test an ocean-based desalination system, after several droughts since 2016 have brought the community’s long-term water supply into question. Barrington to test a wave-powered desalination system designed by a Quebec company. For most of the decades he’s been a …

Click here to view the video Consider avoiding or postponing your travels over the next few days if you’re in northwestern Ontario as hours of freezing rain are likely to highly impact the region’s major highways. Winter in northern Ontario has been unusually snow-free this year, leaving residents scratching their …

An atmospheric river brought heavy rain to the Lower Mainland and South Coast on Christmas Day, with authorities saying flooding in low-lying areas could be possible. Environment Canada has issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver’s North Shore, saying that rain is expected to become heavier by Monday afternoon. Around …

Richmond County District RCMP are investigating after seven people, including four children, were sent to hospital and a dog died following a two-vehicle crash on Sunday evening. Police officers, firefighters and paramedics responded to a report of a crash near Whiteside just before 6 p.m., according to an RCMP media …

A man in his 60s has died after an “altercation” with a man riding a bike in the city’s west end on Tuesday morning, Toronto police say. In an update at the scene Tuesday afternoon, Inspector Peter Wehby said police were called to the area of Roncesvalles and Boustead avenues …

A home invasion in Cole Harbour on Saturday night ended with one of the alleged home invaders in hospital with life-threatening injuries and the other on the run, according to an RCMP news release. The news release said police responded to a report of a home invasion on Bissett Road …