Unpublished Newswire
A tent does not qualify as an accommodation, according to a Nova Scotia judge who ruled against the estate of a homeless man who died
in one
of an overdose in downtown Halifax ten days before the Christmas of 2023.
Bradley Lowe had been living off $380 per month in social assistance. Two months before he died, he applied for...
May 2, 2025 - 19:02 | Chris Lambie | National Post
Kate Dupuis’s two kids love the swim lessons they get every week at their school in Toronto’s east end. Her 10-year-old daughter is developing into a great swimmer, and her six-year-old son recently came home bragging about plunging into the deep end. That could all come to an end as the Toronto District School Board considers a report that recommends closing more than half of its pools to help reduce a budget deficit.
May 2, 2025 - 18:57 | Dave McGinn | The Globe and Mail
About 18 months ago, Maria Wu received a call that left her shaken. Ms. Wu’s mother-in-law, who is in her 70s, had been on the receiving end of a so-called “grandparent scam” – a call from an anonymous number, with a voice that sounded like her son’s claiming to need a large sum of cash for an emergency.Luckily, Ms. Wu’s older relative was skeptical. She called her son and then, after confirming the whole thing had been a fake, the police. Still, the incident was unsettling enough to prompt Ms. Wu’s family to discuss how to best protect their loved ones from the seemingly endless list of...
May 2, 2025 - 18:53 | Ann Hui | The Globe and Mail
Work crews have discovered more historic artillery pieces and captured World War I trophies buried at Hastings Park in East Vancouver.
May 2, 2025 - 18:41 | Simon Little | Global News - Canada
The U.S. Department of Justice said four Mexican nationals have been charged with allegedly running a human smuggling operation across the Canadian border.A news release on Friday said the four men charged thousands of dollars to bring people from Mexico to Canada, then across the international border into northern New York.“As alleged, these defendants illegally entered this country and then sought to smuggle hundreds of aliens per week to the United States from Mexico, Central America, and South America through the Canadian border,” said Matthew R. Galeotti, head of the Justice...
May 2, 2025 - 18:32 | Kelly Geraldine Malone | The Globe and Mail
British Columbia’s NDP Premier, David Eby, sees opportunity in the New Democrats’ federal electoral losses.He expresses regret that his federal political “cousins” lost 10 of their 13 seats in B.C. in last Monday’s election, including NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s riding.
May 2, 2025 - 18:26 | Justine Hunter | The Globe and Mail
