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Home prices increase 4.3% in 2023
National aggregate home prices increased 4.3 per cent last year across Canada. That is according to data from the latest Royal LePage House Price Survey released Monday. However, prices fell 1.7 per c...
Brad Perry Jan 15, 2024
Marketing scheme, not science behind the Blue Monday theory
This is what some refer to as Blue Monday. A UK travel company first claimed that the third Monday in January was the most depressing day of the year as part of a 2005 marketing campaign. Sky Travel b...
Kelli Rickard Jan 15, 2024
Large Quaker brand granola bar, cereal recall
That Quaker brand granola bar you brought to work today could be affected by a recall. Nearly 40 bar flavours and cereal are affected due to possible salmonella contamination. Flavours include cookies...
Tara Clow Jan 12, 2024
Update: St. John's Airport terminal has reopened to public; police deem bomb threat a hoax
Police in Newfoundland say there is no risk to public safety in connection with a bomb threat at St. John's International Airport. On social media this morning, the airport said it had received a bomb...
Kelli Rickard Jan 12, 2024
Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent passes away
A long time leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada has passed away. Ed Broadbent was 87 years old. Broadbent led the NDP from 1975 until 1989. He also established the Broadbent Institute, an Ott...
Tim Davidson Jan 12, 2024
CMA demanding change as ERs continue to be overwhelmed
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is calling for change as patients across the country deal with overcrowded emergency rooms. Patients across the country are waiting as long as 20 hours or more t...
Tara Clow Jan 11, 2024
Severe weather in Canada caused over $3B in insured damage
2023 is now the fourth-worst year for insured losses in Canada due to severe weather events and natural catastrophic events. Canada reached $3.1 billion in insured damage from those events, according ...
Tara Clow Jan 09, 2024
Canadians mark the 4th anniversary of the downing of Flight PS752
Vigils have been happening across the country to mark the fourth anniversary of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 Fifty-five Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents were ...
Kelli Rickard Jan 09, 2024
Class-action launched over cantaloupe salmonella outbreak
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed in Canada amid a cantaloupe salmonella outbreak. Canadian and U.S. health officials continue to investigate the outbreak of salmonella infections. The Pu...
Brad Perry Jan 09, 2024
MPs lobbied to support electoral reform motion
There is a campaign underway to convince more Liberal and Conservative MPs to vote in favour of creating a committee to explore electoral reform. The NDP's Lisa Marie Barron put forward the motion (M-...
Randy Thoms Jan 08, 2024





