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Daylight Saving Time 2018 ends this weekend. Here’s what you need to know

Starting at 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks roll back one hour in most of Canada as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end for this year. Daylight Saving Time, which begins in March every year, is a relatively recent invention: northern Ontario’s Port Arthur was the first town in Canada to start changing its clocks twice […]

Concerns raised over OSPCA proposal to pull out of livestock cruelty investigations

A plan by Ontario’s animal welfare agency to pull back from investigating cruelty cases involving farm animals is a cause for concern, the provincial government said Thursday, emphasizing the group’s obligations under the law. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has said it lacks the funding necessary to continue investigating reports […]

Mission Services of London ups goal for 2018 Scan Away Hunger campaign

You might be asked to spare $3 for Mission Services of London the next time you buy groceries. The organization kicked off its Scan Away Hunger campaign on Thursday. “Last year our goal was $110,000 and we exceeded that by about $12,000,” spokesperson Rachel Ganzewinel told 980 CFPL. “We raised our goal this year to […]

One arrested, two more being sought in St. Catharines attack

Niagara police have made one arrest and are searching for two more suspects in connection with a stabbing and robbery in St. Catharines. Police say a man took himself to hospital on Tuesday, Oct. 23, with multiple stab wounds to his back and face. They determined the man had been attacked at an apartment complex […]

SaskEnergy rate cuts could be short-lived due to carbon tax

Natural gas rates for homeowners and businesses in Saskatchewan will be reduced beginning today. However, if a federal carbon tax is imposed in Saskatchewan, the province says the savings may be temporary. SaskEnergy’s commodity rate has dropped from $3.65/GJ to $2.95/GJ today, the lowest rate offered since 1999. Rates could drop to $2.65/GJ by April […]

Rotating Canada Post strike in Ottawa continues, ends in Arnprior-Renfrew

Unionized Canada Post workers in Arnprior-Renfrew ended their one-day strike on Thursday morning, but postal workers in Ottawa who walked out on Wednesday morning continue to staff the picket line. Canada Post mail and packages will not be processed or delivered while job action is ongoing and residents cannot pick up their mail, either. Members […]