Housing Minister Steve Clark's chief of staff has resigned after he was singled out by the Ontario auditor general for playing a key role in the province's controversial Greenbelt land swap. Premier Doug Ford has accepted Ryan Amato's resignation effective immediately, spokesperson says The political staffer who played a key …
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Temporary foreign workers losing wages, leaving early due to slow lobster season in N.B.
Temporary foreign workers who lost weeks of work during a slow lobster season are speaking out against a Canadian system that bars them from finding other jobs when the employer who hired them has nothing for them to do. Closed work permits tie workers to one employer, leaving them unable …
Read More »Climate change made weather conditions that powered Quebec fires twice as likely, scientists say
The powerful wildfires that ripped through Quebec this summer were made more likely and more intense by human-caused climate change, according to a new analysis by an international team of scientists. Results of scientific study on record-breaking fire season are 'shocking' — even to one of its authors The record-setting …
Read More »Bulls on parade
If Jake LaMotta pummeled slabs of beef with a barrage of punches, that would make for really tender burger patties. The kind that the chain of Raging Bull Burgers serves — especially that wagyu (Prime Australian Wagyu beef) variant with its braised onions and chili chutney, as bits of tomato, …
Read More »The art of sake
MILLIE: I have attended wine and food pairings, yet the most recent and unique was Solaire’s sake and Japanese cuisine food-pairing adventure par excellence! Karla and I were invited to the sneak preview of “The Art of Sake” promotion, which is happening today, Aug. 24, at Solaire’s Yakumi Restaurant. Sake …
Read More »She cooked filipino food for ferran adria, and he loved it
You might know Ferran Adria as one of the world’s greatest chefs. As a pioneer of molecular gastronomy at his restaurant, El Bulli, he put Spain on the culinary map and changed the face of fine dining forever. One of our own, Christina Sunae, the chef of Señorita Sunae Asian …
Read More »Sask. education ministry says schools must get parental permission for pronoun changes under 16
Education Minister Dustin Duncan says the changes are meant to standardize policies across school divisions and came in response to complaints from parents. Province also banning outside groups from giving sex-ed presentations in schools Saskatchewan is bringing in new policies around sex education and pronoun use in the province's schools. …
Read More »Police say ‘many’ taken to hospital after explosion, fire in downtown Prince George
At least three people have been taken to hospital after an explosion and fire in downtown Prince George, B.C., early Tuesday. 3 injured, 1 of them seriously, health authority says; area of downtown blocked off At least three people have been taken to hospital after an explosion and fire in …
Read More »Prince George explosion victim in critical care. RCMP say cause appears suspicious
At least three people have been taken to hospital after an explosion and fire in downtown Prince George, B.C., early Tuesday. 3 injured, 1 of them seriously, health authority says; area of downtown blocked off At least three people have been taken to hospital after an explosion and fire in …
Read More »Rescuers save all 8 people trapped in cable car dangling above remote canyon in Pakistan
Eight people who got trapped in a disabled cable car dangling high above a valley in Pakistan returned safely to the ground Tuesday after military commandos staged a daring and delicate rescue using helicopters and a makeshift chairlift. Caretaker prime minister applauds efforts by first responders and locals 8 rescued …
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