Why so cheap? B.C.’s industrial water rates lowest in Canada, report finds

A new report finds B.C. charges industrial users a maximum of $2.25 per million litres of water — 70 times less than Quebec — ...

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See it: NYC streets submerged as torrential rain hits the city

Heavy rain has hit New York City, causing significant flooding across the boroughs. The National Weather Service issued a ...

Fort Simpson, N.W.T., shelter manager resigns after board rejects new location proposal

Fort Simpson's warming centre is badly in need of repairs — or a new building altogether — but that won’t happen anytime soon after its manager and some of its staff resigned this weekend.
Business in Vancouver

B.C. charges Canada's lowest industrial water rates, finds report

A new report finds B.C. charges industrial users a maximum of $2.25 per million litres of water—70 times less than Quebec—at ...
CBC.ca

Mayor Chow looks to expand Toronto flood prevention program aimed at protecting basements

A program aimed at helping homeowners protect their properties from basement flooding may be receiving a substantial expansion, Mayor Olivia Chow announced at a news conference Wednesday. The Basement ...
Politico

Flooding the zone

→ MARK CARNEY jets to peace summit, minus journalists. → Cabinet ministers head to London, Brussels and Mumbai. → Friendly advice for Captain Canada. — Thanking: Carney, who has repeatedly lauded ...
Human Rights Watch

Immigration Detention Ends in Provincial Jails Across Canada

More than 30,000 people across Canada have written directly to authorities in support. The use of provincial jails for immigration detention is punitive, inconsistent with international human rights ...
MarketWatch

First-time unemployment claims surge to highest level since 2021 — but most of the increase is tied to Texas flooding

The numbers: Initial jobless claims rose by 27,000 to 263,000 in the week that ended Sept. 6, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s the highest level since October 2021. Economists polled by the ...
Morningstar

First-time unemployment claims surge to highest level since 2021 - but most of the increase is tied to Texas flooding

Texas recently extended a program aimed at helping workers laid off after the devastating July storm A search-and-rescue team on the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, following ...
The Burlington Free Press

Border crossings from Canada into Vermont are the lowest in years: How bad is it?

Canada-Vermont border crossings are at their lowest point since 2021, impacting Vermont's tourism economy. This decline, which began in early 2025, coincides with stricter border regulations and ...
WKRN-TV

PHOTOS | Remembering the victims of deadly flooding in Waverly four years later

WAVERLY, Tenn. (WKRN) — On Saturday, a candlelight vigil was held to honor the 20 lives lost during devastating flooding in 2021. In August 2021, 20 people lost their lives to flooding in Humphreys ...