Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Michael Tutton
Publication Date: August 6, 2025 - 18:35
Some low-income renters struggle during heat waves. They’re calling on governments to help them stay cool
August 6, 2025
Sandra Walsh was struggling to breathe in her apartment when temperatures across Nova Scotia soared in July, but the woman on social assistance says her pleas for a government-funded air conditioner have been ignored.
“With the high humidity, it effects my breathing and I have to gasp for air,” says the 46-year-old woman, recently diagnosed with a progressive lung disease. “Even taking frequent, cold showers isn’t really helping.”
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A P.E.I. man under a terrorism peace bond must follow strict conditions, including no internet access and no passport, after RCMP seized 3D-printed gun parts.
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As rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) rise in Ottawa, one community health clinic is trying to break down barriers to testing and health care by launching a free service that will allow residents to pick up swabs and drop them off at a lab of their choice. Read More
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