Loblaws will no longer offer 50% discount on expiring food products
If you’ve been trying to save money on your grocery bill by waiting until food is marked down to 50 per cent, get ready for some sticker shock on your …
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213 deaths were caused by Japan’s New Year’s quake. 8 happened in the alleged safety of shelters
The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the western coastline of Japan on New Year’s has killed 213 people as of Thursday. Eight of the deaths were at evacuation centres, where …
A wave of defaults has real estate lawyers urging presale buyers to be cautious
In 2021, Sudip Sehgall put down an $81,990 deposit on a yet-to-be-built townhouse in Surrey, B.C. While it was under construction, he occasionally visited the site to watch it grow. …
B.C. health minister says he expects Ottawa to protect Canadians from drug shortages
British Columbia’s health minister says potential exports of Canadian drugs to U.S. states would be a devastating blow — but he doesn’t believe it will come to that. In an interview airing …
Israel and Hezbollah are on the brink of wider war after a week of threats and attacks
In many ways, it feels as though Israel and Hezbollah have been at war for months already. Almost constant, daily artillery and missile fire across the border with Lebanon has …
Fredericton ER filthy and overflowing during holidays, visitors say
As Tim Brooks left a hospital washroom where garbage and urine had spread on the floor, he saw a partially dressed patient on a stretcher in the emergency department. Brooks covered the …
Maui welcomes back tourists as wildfire survivors protest over lack of affordable housing
The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated Hawaii’s historic town of Lahaina this summer. Two months later, as travellers began to trickle back …
Hunger for gold means the Amazon has reached ‘tipping point’ of mercury contamination from illegal mining
The rising value of gold worldwide has amplified illegal mining in the Amazon, where liquid mercury is being dumped in the Amazon River and causing scientists to warn that Indigenous …
Israeli forces bombard refugee camps in central Gaza as UN appoints humanitarian co-ordinator
Israeli forces on Tuesday expanded their ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central Gaza after bombarding the crowded Palestinian communities and ordering residents to evacuate. Gaza’s main telecom provider …
2 doctors told him he had a fatal disease and wouldn’t live until Christmas. They were wrong
A Winnipeg man who was misdiagnosed with a fatal disease by two different doctors says anybody believed to have a life-threatening condition should be sent to a specialist in the field …