The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has been playing a role in renovictions by helping some property owners secure rock-bottom interest rates, even as the federal minister who oversees the agency has been tasked with finding ways to curb “excessive” rent hikes and evictions due to renovations.Frances Jeddore, 62, is shown in her Halifax apartment…Continue Reading

Workplace design and safety engineers and experts say the pandemic has forced a societal rethink about what people want from a work space and how to make it safe, inviting and productive.Nicole Neypes and Mathew Cosar, general manager of WerkLab, in the co-work space in Vancouver. (Gabrielle Rutman)The Current24:46How the pandemic has changed our expectations…Continue Reading

In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we look at how Fort Simpson, N.W.T., recovered from the 2021 floods and the consumer choices that make rising gas prices an even bigger problem for Canadians. (Sködt McNalty/CBC)Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving…Continue Reading

From saying the space station will drop out of the sky over the U.S. to pulling out of multiple space partnerships, Russia’s actions during the invasion of Ukraine is threatening decades of peaceful international relations.The International Space Station is seen on Oct. 4, 2018. Experts are wondering what Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means for the…Continue Reading

%%item_media%% Chicken Cheese patty sandwich with step by step pictures. Delicious chicken sandwich with cheese filling cooked and stuffed in bread. Chicken cheese patty sandwich Chicken cheese patty is what i made few weeks back when hunger struck me. It is too good to resist, i stuffed it with cheeseContinue Reading

In an obscure but public meeting last week, local and federal housing officials discussed a controversial idea that could transform U.S housing policy: What if the government gave money directly to renters, rather than relying on a complicated voucher system that drives both tenants and landlords up the wall? You’ve heard of universal basic income.…Continue Reading

The senator from Arizona doesn’t seem rattled by progressives’ threats to primary her—and it’s not clear she should be.Samuel Corum / Getty’Tis the season of Kyrsten Sinema. The wig-wearing triathlete senator from Arizona has quickly become one of the most hated figures in present-day American politics. She’s blocking her own party’s agenda; she’s shutting down…Continue Reading

In 1626, a ship foundered in stormy seas and wrecked on Cape Cod, where the passengers were aided by the local Indigenous population and the Pilgrims in nearby Plymouth.Now the most in-depth scientific analysis of timbers found more than 150 years ago has provided the best evidence yet that they belonged to the ill-fated vessel…Continue Reading

Associated PressWoman whose rape DNA led to her arrest to sue San FranciscoThe woman whose DNA from a sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime plans to sue the city, her attorney said Thursday. The woman has filed notice of a possible federal lawsuit because…Continue Reading