The Netherlands generates way more solar power than Canada. Here's how they do it - Global investment in solar power now tops all other energy generation technologies combined, says IEA (www.cbc.ca)
While Canada lags behind in solar adoption, many places including Germany, China, Japan and even the United States are moving quickly....
Cash transactions are way down. These advocates say the feds need to do something (www.cbc.ca)
A consumer group is urgently calling on the federal government to follow other jurisdictions in the U.S and Europe and bring in legislation to stem the slide toward a cashless society....
Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer advocates warn (www.cbc.ca)
He can't afford to rent an apartment. So this man secretly sleeps in an office (www.cbc.ca)
A man in St. John’s rents office space, but he doesn’t have an office job....
Rate of older adults losing secure housing is on the rise. (www.cbc.ca)
The article highlights a growing crisis where more older adults in Canada, particularly in Toronto, are experiencing homelessness and relying on shelters. Doctors and shelter workers report a significant rise in seniors seeking shelter due to housing affordability challenges and health crises. The existing shelter system is...
World swimming federation confirms U.S. federal probe into Chinese athletes' doping tests (www.cbc.ca)
The international swimming federation says its executive director has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance in 2021 yet could continue competing....
Liberal backbencher calls for Trudeau to resign in email to caucus (www.cbc.ca)
Legal Aid Alberta says province terminated its contract (www.cbc.ca)
The publicly funded society that provides independent legal aid for low-income Albertans says its contract with the government has expired, and the provincial government has decided not to renew it....
Saskatchewan files for injunction as CRA attempts to take $28M its owed under federal carbon tax (www.cbc.ca)
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Justice is taking the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) to court for what it says is an attempt by the federal agency to “garnish” $28 million from the province’s bank account....
Head of Canada's spy agency announces he's stepping down from the job (www.cbc.ca)
Sunwing launches court battle to overturn order to compensate couple $800 for flight delay (www.cbc.ca)
Raw sewage pumped into this woman's building for months. Officials did nothing (www.cbc.ca)
The video shows an old, low-ceilinged basement, the dirt floor flooded with black and brown sludge. A broken cast-iron pipe is visible — the source of a leak spewing raw sewage into the basement of a home in New Glasgow, N.S., for about a year....
Sheree Fertuck's murder illustrates Saskatchewan's deep-seated misogyny problem: expert (www.cbc.ca)
Greg Fertuck was the type of man who solved his problems through “intimidation, threats and violence.”...
Facial recognition technology gains popularity with police, intensifying calls for regulation (www.cbc.ca)
Some police services in Canada are using facial recognition technology to help solve crimes, while other police forces say human rights and privacy concerns are holding them back from employing the powerful digital tools....
3 years and a record $239M in recovery funding later, Lytton still hasn't rebuilt (www.cbc.ca)
Despite more than $239-million in provincial and federal funding committed to help rebuild, so far only five homes in the village that was home to around 250 people are close to completion, and about 15 building permits have been approved....
MAID lawsuit shines spotlight on faith-based health organizations - Under 1995 agreement, B.C. allows organizations to withhold services that conflict with beliefs, values (www.cbc.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/24028242...
Keith the emu finds forever home after southern Alberta highway stroll (www.cbc.ca)
Cyanide detected in creek after Victoria Gold's heap leach failure at Eagle gold mine (www.cbc.ca)
The Yukon government says “elevated” levels of cyanide have been found in a creek downstream from the Victoria Gold’s Eagle gold mine, following a heap leach failure and landslide at the facility....
Ontario jail lockdowns slammed by experts as part of class-action lawsuits seeking $1.5B (www.cbc.ca)
Hundreds of pages of documents written by experts for two class-action lawsuits paint a picture of Ontario’s corrections system as inhumane and poorly managed....
WestJet strike averted after federal labour minister imposes binding arbitration (www.cbc.ca)
It said Wednesday the airline asked the government to quash its strike notice without notifying its negotiators.
Toronto artist says he lost $2M in stolen paintings, forged mortgage to alleged fraudster killed last week (www.cbc.ca)
Missaghi and Samira Yousefi were shot and killed at Missaghi’s Toronto office last week by a man named Alan Kats, who then killed himself. Kats’s widow, Alisa Pogorelovsky, said her husband “could not handle losing our life savings, and that is what led to this tragic event.”...