Desperate employers dangle signing bonuses to lure in workers
Security systems firm Fitch Security Integration had to lay off employees at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Now the company is facing the opposite…
Air quality from wildfire smoke hits dangerous levels in cities across B.C., as smoke heads west
For days, thick smoke from wildfires has blanketed B.C. cities in the Kootenays and Okanagan. Now, Metro Vancouver is bracing for that smoke to reach the coast…
New heads of Toronto CSIS office say they want to hire a more diverse group of spies
When Katherine Hannah and Zahra Musaji first started at the Canadian Security and Intelligence Agency back in 1999, they couldn't have told you what colour the carpet…
Smoke headed for Metro Vancouver, Stanley Park closed overnight as 241 wildfires burn across B.C.
Wildfire smoke is in the forecast for B.C.'s south coast this weekend, in addition to a heat wave, which in the wake of last month's fatal heat…
Acting defence chief’s notes reveal weeks of intense discussions of how to handle Fortin allegation
Handwritten notes by Canada's acting chief of defence staff before Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's removal as head of the country's vaccine rollout reveal weeks of intense discussions between…
Supply bottlenecks leave U.S. Fed watching for persistent inflation
By American standards, Canadian inflation looks pretty tame. But the picture painted by U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell suggests we should expect price rises to continue…
Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather systems, experts say
A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say.Michael Fromm, a meteorologist with the…
B.C. responds to double the average annual number of wildfires, halfway into fire season
At the halfway point of B.C.'s fire season, the province is "significantly higher" than the 10-year average both in terms of the number of fires and the…
Grassy Narrows to get $68.9M more from Ottawa for centre to care for people with mercury poisoning
Six decades after tonnes of mercury were dumped into the Wabigoon River, Grassy Narrows First Nation has reached an agreement with Ottawa for $68.9 million more in…
Transgender woman says getting gender-affirming ID in Ontario is an ‘impossible struggle’
Ever since Diana Bosco transitioned to female four years ago, she's been attempting to get identification that accurately reflects her gender — a process she describes as…
Cord Blood Bank of Canada owner claims in lawsuit all samples destroyed 3 years ago, but hasn’t told clients
A Toronto company that was paid to store potentially life-saving stem cells from the children of roughly 3,000 clients across Canada is now claiming in a lawsuit…