Alberta issues emergency alert due to extreme cold, high risk of power outages | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
When is this province going to get real with electricity capacity? How are we suppose to use EV’s and Heat Pumps when the electrical grid is so under capacity?...
'Cutting the heck' out of Canada's boreal forest has put caribou at risk (www.cbc.ca)
Canada is home to the largest boreal forest in the world, a vast expanse of wilderness rich in biodiversity that stretches from coast to coast....
When you drink bottled water, you're drinking lots and lots of plastic particles (www.cbc.ca)
Switch carriers? How? Ottawa gives mixed messages over rising mobile prices (www.cbc.ca)
Geese hatching eggs in winter? Experts concerned climate change is reshaping wildlife (www.cbc.ca)
The environmental costs of EV batteries that politicians don't tend to talk about (www.cbc.ca)
Along with the massive recent manufacturing investments in electric vehicle (EV) technology and talks of a greener, decarbonized future, there are some not-so-green problems....
'Chilling effect': People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and school | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Restaurant staff losing their jobs for cheering on a pro-Palestinian protest. A Palestinian Canadian journalist fired for her social media posts calling for a #freepalestine. Medical residents flagged to potential hiring committees for their support of Palestinians....
Household impact of Canada axing the carbon tax (www.cbc.ca)
If Canada axed its carbon tax– and rebates- this is how different households would gain or lose....
Vancouver lawyer who sued over condo deck divider accused of pseudolegal 'paper terrorism' | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
A Vancouver woman is asking for the courts to make an example of her neighbour, a practising lawyer she alleges has filed a baseless pseudolegal lawsuit against her in an attempt to “provoke a state of fear.”
CRTC allows smaller internet companies to sell service over telecoms' fibre networks (www.cbc.ca)
Regulator says its review found a significant competitive decline in Ontario and Quebec
Sign away his son or be homeless: Single dad struggling in St. John's housing crisis (www.cbc.ca)
A St. John’s man on the brink of homelessness is facing the possibility of losing his son due to a lack of housing options for people with kids....
Developer guests at Doug Ford family wedding got fast-track zoning approvals from government (www.cbc.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/8289334...
Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie? (www.cbc.ca)
Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims to Indigenous ancestry are being contradicted by members of the iconic singer-songwriter’s own family and an extensive CBC investigation....
Woman says she was 11 when Montreal billionaire Robert Miller sexually exploited her (www.cbc.ca)
A worried Washington prods Israel to define its military objectives - CBC (www.cbc.ca)
An interesting look at how America thinks about the conflict when cameras aren’t pointing at them. TL;DR they see themselves 20 years ago, and are trying to figure out how to convey all the lessons that experience taught them, including “branches” and “sequels”, which is jargon I haven’t heard mentioned before....
Sask. premier to use notwithstanding clause to veto judge ruling on school pronoun policy (www.cbc.ca)
A Regina judge has ruled that the Saskatchewan government’s naming and pronoun policy should be paused for the time being, but Premier Scott Moe says he’ll use the notwithstanding clause to override it....
Posters for 'whites-only' parent-and-child group in Metro Vancouver draw outrage (www.cbc.ca)
An extra year of training is coming for Canada's family doctors — but do they need it? (www.cbc.ca)
Why Doom creator John Romero says video games are 'the greatest art form' (www.cbc.ca)
Rent is going up more than $100 a month right now — with the average asking price a record $2,117 (www.cbc.ca)
Average asking price for a new tenant has risen by 9.6% in last year, Rentals.ca says
Supermarkets are being asked to cut plastic waste. What would that look like? (www.cbc.ca)
The industry’s trade association, the Retail Council of Canada, said the new policy “unfortunately” targets large grocers exclusively....
Ontario court rules against Jordan Peterson, upholds social media training order (www.cbc.ca)
The kids are not all right: How young people are dealing with increasing climate anxiety (www.cbc.ca)
With climate concerns on the rise, experts warn existing mental health resources won’t be able to keep up. By Brishti Basu · CBC News
Every developer has opted to pay Montreal instead of building affordable housing, under new bylaw (www.cbc.ca)
Two years after Valérie Plante’s administration said a new housing bylaw would lead to the construction of 600 new social housing units per year, the city hasn’t seen a single one....