New data from the B.C. government shows thousands of short-term rentals have been operating illegally. Seven communities across the province require short-term rentals to operate with a business licence. According to the province, there are 22,000 listings in those areas but nearly 11,000 are operating without that permit. The data comes from new legislation that…
Bronwyn Chhay runs an ice cream cart every summer at a Calgary park. Yet she noticed in July that one of her most popular treats — Melona, a creamy Korean brand of frozen dessert bar — was proving increasingly difficult to track down. “We hadn’t been able to find them in weeks,” Chhay, the owner of ice cream sandwich…
Unapproved, compounded versions of a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug are being sold in Canada, the Ozempic maker said, amid a warning about dosing errors that have resulted in some people being hospitalized in the United States. Novo Nordisk told Global News on Monday that it has filed a complaint with Health Canada regarding the promotion…
The former director of public affairs for the Vancouver Police Department is suing the city, the force and one of the VPD’s most prominent spokespeople for alleged “gender and racial discrimination, harassment and bullying.” In a lawsuit filed last week in B.C. Supreme Court, Sharmini Dee claims she resigned from her job in June after being…
Tourism spending in London, Ont., reached over $1 billion in 2023, according to a report from Tourism London. The report, prepared by the Conference Board of Canada, shows tourism spending in the city rose by 10.8 per cent last year, bringing in an extra $106.5 million for the local economy compared with 2022. This brings…
“The Alberta Liquor Control Board is no longer our spiritual leader,” Calgary Herald columnist Don Martin declared in a Sept. 3, 1993, column. Martin was reacting to news that the Alberta government would give up exclusive control over liquor, having regulated sales via the Alberta Liquor Control Board since prohibition ended in the province in 1924….
Voters in two Canadian ridings — one in Quebec and another in Manitoba — will head to the polls in September, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday in announcing that the campaign period for the pair of byelections has begun. The byelections will be held Sept. 16. In Quebec, the Liberals are hoping to hold…
A wildfire that’s destroyed hundreds of structures in the town of Jasper, Alta., and continues to burn out of control in the national park could still be burning months from now, a Parks Canada official says. “This fire is the largest one that Jasper National Park has recorded in the last 100 years,” Landon Shepherd, a deputy incident…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 27, 2024 10:33 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Umicore says it has halted spending on a $2.76-billion battery materials plant in eastern Ontario. The global materials company says it made the decision because of scaled-back expectations for growth in the electric…
Picture a spider web composed of water hoses. That’s how Stewart Cawood described Barkerville, B.C., at the end of an anxious week. For several days, around 1,000 residents and tourists had to evacuate from the historic gold-mining town, and nearby communities like the District of Wells, due to the 143-square-kilometre Antler Creek wildfire, said Wells…
