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Bad mosquito season prompts calls for relief in Carp, but control program could be pricey
People living in Carp may soon have to decide how much it's worth to live their lives relatively free of mosquitoes, as the sting of last year's itchy summer has them pondering a pricey form of relief."Last year was dreadful," said Paul Hayward, who lives near a small lake some locals call a mosquito breeding ground. "If you were outside doing anything — gardening, walking, just sitting outside — it was unbearable.""They've increasingly gotten worse," said Kristin Rice, who lives just outside th
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A sudden end to the tax break controversy you never heard about
Ottawa's mayor has given up on a campaign promise to axe a contentious tax break for developers.Mayor Mark Sutcliffe's platform confidently foresaw the end of the brownfields grant, which provides financial incentives for developers to clean up and build on contaminated land, claiming the move would "protect revenue the city has given up." But persuading councillors proved too difficult. "I'm not a fan of these kinds of programs, but I also have to work with my council colleagues and achieve con
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Sobriety tests, longer hours: E-scooters are back, but the rules have changed
E-scooters are back on Ottawa streets for 2024, but with some new rules and regulations.This year marks the fifth and final year of a pilot project first set up by the province in 2020. The city has selected two scooter providers who've operated in previous years — Bird Canada Inc., and Neuron Mobility.The plan is to have a fleet of 900 e-scooters that can be used in and around an area bordered by St. Laurent Boulevard in the east, Rideau River/Carling Avenue in the south, Churchill Avenue in th
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Months after they were promised, Ottawa still hasn't imposed sanctions on violent Israeli settlers
The Government of Canada has announced multiple rounds of sanctions against various parties in the Middle East since October 7. On Friday, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced sanctions against Iran's minister of defence and its general staff.On February 3, she announced that Canada would impose sanctions on both leaders of Hamas involved in the October 7 massacre and extremist Israeli settlers involved in violent attacks on Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.But there's an import
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Son of Yukon couple hopeful his mom can return to her husband, and her community
Cliff Kostiuck and his family are hopeful.Hopeful that the Yukon government's recent announcement that it would be moving forward with two long-term care beds at the Watson Lake hospital, means his mother Evelyn has a chance to receive the care she needs in her community.Evelyn, 95, has been living at a long-term care residence in Whitehorse since January. Her husband Lloyd, 99, is unable to live with her in Whitehorse, so he must travel five hours from Watson Lake, when he can, just to visit he
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'There's no water': This duck hunter in Fort Smith, N.W.T., went out and found no ducks
Earl Evans has been duck hunting in the springtime around Fort Smith, N.W.T., for 50 years. This past week, he and a friend went out to their usual spot, about 15 kilometres west of the community in the Slave River wetlands. And for the first time, Evans returned home from that hunt without a single duck. "We stopped and looked around and everything was just still, just dead," Evans said. "It felt like we were on the moon.""That's the most devastating feeling in the world for a person that likes
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Technology can detect wildfires. Do humans still have to?
After seven seasons working as a fire lookout — someone who watches for wildfires from a tower — near Peace River, Alta., Trina Moyles has witnessed some of the worst wildfire seasons Canada has seen."It's especially stressful when communities are threatened by fires and you can visibly see the wall of fire advancing," said Moyles. She's a journalist, photographer and creative producer who has published a memoir about her experience there, titled Lookout. "It's a very helpless feeling, but all y
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