Western Quebec's health authority says it has a contingency plan in place as staffing shortages could make for a difficult summer for the region's hospitals.

Tim Skelly was refinishing an old dresser he'd acquired at an auction when he discovered a series of old messages left by its previous owners. After connecting with one of them, Skelly has decided to keep the conversation going.

The municipality and the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville are considering "additional residential units" including tiny homes asthe answer to the rural region's housing shortage.

Barely a week after opening an emergency overflow shelter in Ottawa's Britannia neighbourhood, the city appears poised to move the facility to adisused federal government building closer to downtown.

The City of Ottawa has opened a new emergency overflow shelter in the west end neighbourhood of Britannia, but some housing advocates say it's difficult to access and has hardly been used.

A supervised consumption site in the Outaouais is detecting a dangerous mixture of crystal meth contaminated with fentanyl that's been circulating in the region in recent weeks.

The federal government recently opened up 1,000 temporary resident visas to Palestinians fleeing Gaza. Jihan Qunoo is hoping to bring her extended family to Canada through the program, but isn't confident they'll get out anytime soon.