18 h. ago New Canadian Blood Services centre opens in Edmonton next week, welcoming donors and community support

More than two decades after a skydiving accident left him hospitalized for weeks, Aaron Gautreau is still giving back to the system that supported him. Being a familiar face at Canadian Blood Services donor centres, Gautreau has donated blood and plasma 187 times and counting. The accident happened in August 2003 near Lake Eden, just […]

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2 d. ago Community rallies to support N.S. family after search for missing child suspended

A Nova Scotia community is coming together to support a local family as an extensive multi-day search for a child in Guysborough County has been suspended for now.

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5 d. ago Destroyed Ontario ghost town was almost a historic catastrophe

Once a quaint French Ontarian farming village nestled along the South Nation River, Lemieux, Ontario, is now nothing more than a distant memory.Formerly located just an hour's drive east of Ottawa, the town's origins can be traced back to the mid-1850s, when it began as a service centre for the local lumber industry before transitioning into a farming hamlet.Though the community appeared stable on the surface, it was built on sensitive marine silts and clays, known as Leda clay, which were laid down during the Champlain Sea roughly 10,000 years ago.The 1993 Lemeiux landslide. Photo: South Nation Conservation Authority.On May 4, 1971, a landslide in Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec, which was caused by the same type of soil, resulted in the deaths of 31 people and the destruction of 40 homes.In the aftermath, the Geological Survey of Canada began soil testing in similar regions, including areas along the South Nation River. Tests confirmed that Lemieux, which at the time was compri...

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6 d. ago One of Toronto's best donut shops is closing down after 14 years

A Toronto donut shop known in equal measures for its salacious name as its tasty treats will be closing down for good this summer, as its founder pursues a new direction.It's been a storied run for Toronto's Glory Hole Doughnuts, which, over the past 14 years, has earned itself not only an evangelical community support base but a reputation for being one of the city's best doughnut shops — if not the best.Despite the popularity that the shop's various locations have sustained over the years, though, operating a small business always comes with its fair share of difficulties, a reality that owner Ashley Jacot de Boinod has never shied away from sharing.From highs like expanding from their original Parkdale space to new locations in Harbord Village, Little India and a pop-up in the Eaton Centre to more challenging moments like closing down the aforementioned Parkdale shop and getting candid about the difficulty of maintaining a business i...

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7 d. ago Hudson's Bay location in Ontario would be torn down for huge 11

An Ontario mall anchored by a recently shuttered Hudson's Bay location will be totally demolished to make way for an enormous new community with 11 towers.Pre-application plans revealed in April highlight plans to redevelop a portion of the Burlington Centre mall lands at 777 Guelph Line, just the latest in a series of planned and active mall redevelopments reshaping the region's retail landscape.A numbered corporation has submitted plans that would see the mall's former Hudson's Bay location and an Active Green + Ross service centre razed and replaced by a collection of high-rise towers centred around a new public park.Google Street ViewThe Turner Fleischer Architects-designed community would create its own localized skyline on the north side of Prospect Street at Dynes Road, with the proposed buildings ranging in height from 23 up to 37 storeys.A whopping 3,476 residential units are planned across the site, along with almost 7,280 square metres of new retail space.Concept plans in...

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7 d. ago Flood and fire risks remain, despite positive signals in B.C. seasonal outlook

Representatives from provincial ministries, as well as forecasters with the BC Wildfire Service and B.C. River Forecast Centre, gave their flood and wildfire outlook.

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7 d. ago Where Ottawa Centre candidates stand on housing, public service, crime and more

Liberal, Conservative, NDP and Green candidates answer your top election questions.

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1 week ago Propolis Cooperative Housing closes $1.1M community bond campaign to support affordable housing project in Kamloops

Capital campaign receives first-of-its-kind $100K collaborative investment from five Thompson Okanagan-based community foundations KAMLOOPS, British Columbia, April 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Propolis Cooperative Housing Society, a BC-based non-profit housing cooperative, has successfully raised $1.1M from community bond investors to advance its 53-unit affordable, net-zero housing project in Kamloops. The capital raise includes a first-of-its-kind […]

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2 w. ago Police in Ontario city taking ‘different course’ to tackle public drug use

The London Police Service is launching a new strategy to address open-air drug use, pairing up with mental health experts and nurses to patrol and support community.

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2 w. ago Edmonton's Old Strathcona Farmers' Market to open two days a week

After more than 40 years of operating on Saturdays, the famed indoor Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market (OSFM) will be expanding its days of operation to include Sundays into the future. “It’s something new for this area, but we feel that we need to expand — the community desires that. We’ve got this big, beautiful, building […]

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2 w. ago Growing Things: How to rescue and replant peonies, even after a wildfire

Every week, Edmonton Journal gardening columnist Jerry Filipski answers reader questions about all things growing.

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3 w. ago REM: le service interrompu pendant plusieurs heures sur l'ensemble du réseau

Le service du REM est interrompu dans les deux directions sur l'ensemble du réseau, jeudi matin, en pleine heure de pointe.

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3 w. ago Telehouse Canada Announces Leadership Transition as It Enters Its Next Phase of Growth

Atsushi Kubo appointed as President & CEO of Telehouse Canada, succeeding Satoshi Adachi, to drive continued expansion and strengthen market position in Canada TORONTO — Telehouse Canada, a leading colocation data centre service provider, has appointed Atsushi Kubo as the new President & Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Atsushi Kubo, formerly Executive Vice President […]

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3 w. ago Edmonton federal Liberal Party candidates Amarjeet Sohi and Rod Loyola kick off campaigns

Two federal Liberal Party candidates in Edmonton launched their campaigns on Saturday, almost a week since the federal election was called. Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi is officially launching his campaign as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton Southeast. He is officially on leave from his mayoral duties after city council approved his unpaid […]

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4 w. ago St. Thomas mayor sees new animal shelter as sign of growth: 'Let's go'

St. Thomas has broken ground a new animal services centre.

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4 w. ago Border officials offer rare look inside Canada’s largest immigration holding centre

TORONTO — When Osama Al-Hadad arrived from Yemen and applied for asylum at Toronto’s Pearson airport, he was taken into custody because he lacked documentation to prove his identity. He spent over a month in Canada Border Services Agency’s immigration holding centre near the airport and was released on Feb. 19 after his identity was […]

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