Two sisters from Guelph are helping others manage and learn more about mental health through multiple creative outlets. Through their blog Twin Life, which they began in university, the Bolliger sisters have shared their journey through hobbies and activities as a way to maintain their mental health. Breanna Bolliger said it also gives them a…
A series of fires that have burned multiple tiny homes and other shelters in a homeless camp is being described as “odd” by the fire chief in Prince George, B.C. Over the course of two weeks, from May 27 to June 10, seven shelters were destroyed in five separate fires in the Moccasin Flats homeless encampment,…
A lot of Montreal hoop dreams were born in Park Ex. As a teenager, Hernst Laroche would often spend his weekends going up against some of the city’s best at the William-Hingston sports complex in the north-central Montreal neighbourhood a few steps away from where he grew up. Dozens of ballers from different age groups would…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Real Estate Association says that homebuyers were sleepwalking through the spring, but the first interest rate cut in more than four years could serve as a wake-up call. CREA’s home sales figures show transactions dipped 0.6 per cent between April and May. Home prices are…
On an overcast June morning in Saint John, a massive, tangerine-orange tanker — the Da Hua Shan, sailing under the flag of Hong Kong — is radioing for clearance to leave Courtenay Bay. It can’t go without help. The asphalt and bitumen tanker is 139 metres long, and the confines of the bay are narrow. To get…
Paris-bound Canadian shot putter Sarah Mitton fell short of her third straight win on Saturday, losing by just 0.18 metres at the Harry Jerome Classic in Burnaby, B.C. The Olympic medal contender was bested by Jamaica’s Danniel Thomas-Dodd, who launched it 19 metres on her second of six attempts at Swangard Stadium. Thomas-Dodd was narrowly beaten by Mitton on…
Against the backdrop of the Caribbean Sea, Ontario couple Matt Lassaline and Kirsten Whiteley got married in Jamaica last month in a small beach wedding ceremony that was everything they had imagined. Having bought a house in 2021 and with a mortgage to pay off, the couple didn’t want to put themselves in more financial…
TikTok pays some creators on the platform for their videos that are one minute or longer, but Canadians have always been left out. Canada is not one of the countries that qualifies for the Creator Rewards Program, which was introduced this year, replacing the Creator Fund that TikTok originally launched in 2020. To be eligible,…
The Edmonton Oilers have a second chance to win on home ice Saturday as they face off against the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final. The Panthers can win the NHL championship in Edmonton if Connor McDavid’s Oilers don’t make a comeback from a three-game deficit in the series Saturday. “We’ve…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size On Day 10 of Calgary’s water supply crisis, and one day after crews found “significant” additional damage on a crucial water main, officials in Alberta’s largest city are scheduled to provide an update on the situation on Saturday morning. Mayor Jyoti Gondek and Calgary Emergency Management Agency…
