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Critics are denouncing Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s plan for revitalizing the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, with former councillor Jean Swanson saying his proposal to pause supportive housing construction is “Trumpian.”Swanson, an anti-poverty activist, says Sim’s plans to pause net new supportive housing units in Vancouver and reduce the concentration of social services in the Downtown Eastside are “not compassionate” and are akin to victim blaming.
January 24, 2025 - 15:16 | Chuck Chiang | The Globe and Mail
The Crown corporation says the repayable funding will help it maintain operations but would not help in its structural issues as it faces consistent financial losses.
January 24, 2025 - 15:07 | Sean Previl | Global News - Canada
The trial for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting seven women east of Calgary will continue as he was again found fit to stand trial by an Alberta judge.Richard Robert Mantha faces 20 charges that include kidnapping, threats causing bodily harm, sexual assault with a weapon and administering a noxious substance on the women, most of whom worked in Calgary’s sex trade.
January 24, 2025 - 14:49 | | The Globe and Mail
The Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation has filed an application for a judicial review of the Liberal government’s changes to the capital gains tax.
January 24, 2025 - 14:46 | | CBC News - Canada
The Mounties in Nova Scotia are warning the public about a new texting scam that involves messages that appear to be from the RCMP.Investigators say potential victims have reported receiving unsolicited text messages that claim to be an “RCMP Delivery Notice.”
January 24, 2025 - 14:44 | | The Globe and Mail
About 76 million years ago, a juvenile of one of the largest flying creatures in Earth’s history, called Cryodrakon boreas, walked along a riverbank on a lush coastal plain and lowered its toothless beak to take a drink, unaware of danger lurking at the water’s edge. Suddenly, a large croc surged out of the water in an ambush and sank its teeth into the Cryodrakon’s neck.That was life – and death – in the Cretaceous Period in the Canadian province of Alberta. Scientists have unearthed in the badlands of Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park the fossilized neck bone of a young Cryodrakon, a...
January 24, 2025 - 14:39 | Will Dunham | The Globe and Mail