Produce vegetables are displayed for sale at a grocery store in Aylmer, Que. in May 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Charlotte Spring, Wilfrid Laurier University and Audrey Tung, University of VictoriaCanada’s housing crisis…

A for sale sign outside a home indicates that it has sold for over the asking price, in Ottawa, in March 2021. House prices and rents have become increasingly more unaffordable in Ontario over the past few years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin…

Several people were injured and homes destroyed after tornadoes touched down in Barrie, Ont., in July 2021. (Duckdave/Wikimedia), CC BY-SA Keith Porter, Western UniversityA tornado cut a 270-kilometre path through Kentucky in…

THE NELSON DAILY With the release of a new report the city has become one of the leading municipalities in the nation when it comes to addressing embodied carbon in the building of residential homes.People are tuning into the…

Concrete and asphalt roads, and other built materials readily absorb, store and release heat, raising city temperatures, a phenomenon called the urban heat island. (Pixabay) Lingshan Li, Concordia UniversityA recent World…

The Companies Creditors’ Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) provides a mechanism for financially troubled companies to restructure their affairs.  In McEwan Enterprises Inc., 2021 ONSC 6878 (“McEwan”), the Ontario Superior Court considered Section…

Montrealer Olivia Collette sold her car in 2016 and hasn't looked back.Collette, a communications consultant living in central Montreal, said getting around using a bicycle, a car-sharing service or a transit pass has not only saved…

A future marked by the Metaverse may fundamentally change how we operate on a daily basis. (Marc Lee/Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA Mischa Young, Université de l'Ontario français and Sarah Choukah, Université de l'Ontario français…

Ontario fire rangers carry sandbags to fortify a wall holding back floodwaters in Pembroke, Ont., in May 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang Neal Willcott, Queen's University, Ontario and Sean Cleary, Queen's University, OntarioThere…