A damning report on a deadly London highrise fire said on Wednesday that decades of failures by government, regulators and industry turned Grenfell Tower into a “death trap” where 72 people lost their lives. The years-long public inquiry into the 2017 blaze concluded there was no “single cause” of the tragedy, but said a combination of…
Want to know more about Royalmount? Find out when it opens to how much parking costs here. A little less than 48 hours before the first shoppers were expected to start spending money inside the new Royalmount shopping mall, the place still looked like a construction site. Workers were drilling, digging, installing and hammering away on…
An earthquake early detection system has been activated in British Columbia to provide the public with a few seconds of warning ahead of a potentially harmful tremor. Federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said when a strong earthquake is detected, alerts will be transmitted automatically to British Columbians via cellphones, radio and televisions. The alerts will be sent “seconds to tens…
Although cooler fall temperatures are coming, which local experts say usually drives down mosquito populations, one researcher says Calgary isn’t totally in the clear yet A relatively new species is likely hitting its peak population now, according to John Soghigian, an assistant professor of parasitology at the University of Calgary. The Culex pipiensalso referred to as…
Researchers in southern Alberta are trying to get the upper hand in the battle against a stubborn disease that wipes out up to 10 per cent of Canada’s wheat crop annually and costs farmers millions of dollars. It’s called tan spot disease, a fungal infection named for the small tan-coloured lesions it creates on the green leaves…
After nine years of waiting for a decision in a human rights complaint, a Winnipeg woman has been offered $175,000 in compensation, minus some deductions, by her former employer after she complained about a sexist atmosphere in the workplace. The complaint was filed by Gwen Jaques against her former employer, Price Industries, a large multinational…
This year, for the first time, male athletes are eligible to compete in Olympic-level artistic swimming. Yet, in an Olympic Games being touted as the first to achieve full gender paritynot one man made the cut for the competition in Paris. This has some critics asking questions about gender diversity in the sport and one swimmer calling it quits….
Every year, invasive insects gnaw away at Canadian farms, gardens and wild plants, spreading disease and disturbing ecosystems. But tiny wasps that lay body-bursting eggs in invasive insects may be able to help B.C. berry growers protect their crops. “It’s like a free service nature is providing us to help control crop pests,” said Paul Abram, an…
An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck Israel on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded in a neighbourhood near the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. The aerial strike — the first lethal Houthi attack in Israel — rumbled through the centre of the city, causing shrapnel to rain down…
Officials with Indigenous Services Canada told organizations and community leaders responsible for searches for missing children and unmarked burials at residential school sites Thursday their funding is being capped at $500,000 per year. That cap is substantially less than previous operating budgets and much less than what organizations estimate is required to continue the work….
