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The CTA ordered WestJet to scrap its wheelchair weight cap by 2027, but Flair keeps an identical policy — exposing gaps in Canada’s accessibility rules.
Ontario’s OSAP shift moves most student aid to loans that accrue interest — a cost Alberta’s interest-free provincial loans don’t carry. Here’s the math.
On the night of Aug. 24-25, 1927, a hurricane sank four Lunenburg, N.S. schooners, killing nearly 100 fishermen in one of Canada’s deadliest storms.
From the 1942 Dieppe Raid to The Tragically Hip’s 2016 farewell concert, four verified events from this week across Canadian history, with sourcing.
Vancouver housing starts fell 42% in July while Montreal’s rose 3%. A look at why Canada’s biggest housing markets are splitting apart.
Treaty 6 turns 150 as Alberta First Nations face their widest-ever health gap — a promise with real legal precedent behind it, dating to a 1935 court ruling.
Caulking and weatherstripping can stop up to 35% of a home’s heat loss. Here’s how Canadian homeowners can draft-proof windows and doors before winter.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford unloaded on U.S. President Donald Trump at a Monday news conference, calling him a dictator, a bully and the ‘king of bankruptcies’ after Trump mocked him on Truth Social — the sharpest personal exchange yet in the collapsed Canada-U.S. trade talks.
Disconnect hoses, shut off the interior valve, and bleed the line — here’s how Canadian homeowners can winterize outdoor faucets before the first freeze.
Internal government briefing notes and a First Nations organization’s own on-record statement confirm Canada let a temporary funding top-up for First Nations’ specific claims research lapse this year, cutting the annual envelope from $12 million to $4 million even as applications hit a record $34.5 million.












