Monthly food bank use soars to record 2 million, driven by cost of groceries, housing
Canada's reliance on food banks has soared to a grim new milestone, according to data from Food Banks Canada.
A community in the St. John's region has discovered that Olympic-grade beach volleyball sand is rare, complicated and expensive to move.
The town of Paradise is hosting beach volleyball events during the 2025 Canada Games, and it's paying about $360,000 for sand from Nova Scotia that meets standards set by the International Volleyball Federation and followed by Volleyball Canada.
Mayor Dan Bobbett is not bothered by the cost and says he hopes the new beach volleyball courts will attract more big games in the future.
Ed Drakich with Volleyball Canada says sand that meets its standards must come from a natural source, as grains from mechanically ground rocks are too ragged and compact too easily.
Drakich said in an interview that beach volleyball sand needs to be soft and loose, so players don't hurt themselves when they dive and slide.
He says any town or organization hoping to host a beach volleyball tournament sanctioned by the international authority must get sand from their court tested at the federation's lab, which happens to be in Huntsville, Ont.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 4, 2023.
Canada's reliance on food banks has soared to a grim new milestone, according to data from Food Banks Canada.
NATO on Monday confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia to aid in its almost three-year war against Ukraine and that some have already been deployed in Russia's Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion.
Bad Bunny threw his support behind U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris on Sunday by sharing a video of the Democratic presidential nominee shortly after a comedian at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally made crude jokes about Latinos and called Puerto Rico a 'floating island of garbage,' angering artists and some Hispanic Republicans.
The majority of mail-in ballots tallied this weekend for the final count in B.C.'s nail-bitingly close 2024 provincial election went to the NDP, increasing the party's chances of clinching a third term.
A woman appeared in an Australian court on Monday charged with a May assault on the Indigenous senator who shouted at King Charles III during a royal reception last week.
A major amusement park is part of Ontario's grand vision to turn the Niagara region into Las Vegas north, but Marineland may not fit the bill, the provincial tourism minister says.
Canadian doctors are calling for employers and schools not to require sick notes when it comes to short-term minor illnesses.
It's been one year since the death of American hockey player Adam Johnson, whose neck was fatally cut by an opponent's skate during a game in Sheffield, England.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says more than 43,000 people have been killed in the yearlong war with Israel, more than half of them were women and children.
The Westfield & District Recreation Association hosted its first Witches and Warlocks on the Water event Saturday, with costumed paddlers in pointed hats launching from Westfield Beach.
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A meteor lit up our region's sky last night 鈥 with a large fireball shooting across the horizon over Lake Erie at around 7:00 p.m.
Residents of Ottawa's Rideauview neighbourhood say an aggressive wild turkey has become a problem.
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A newly minted Winnipegger is hoping a world record attempt will help bring awareness for the need for more pump track facilities in the city.
A Springfield, Ont. man is being hailed a 'hero' after running into his burning home to save his two infant children.