Cowboy Junkies postpone tour dates after COVID-19 outbreak in band

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Kevin Klein is promising to let seniors take the bus for $2, incumbent Scott Gillingham promises to expand hours at some library branches and Don Woodstock promises to “overhaul” animal services and reduce the city’s feral cat population.

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Hope for rain. Or snow. Or both. There’s a truism buried deep in a financial outlook in Manitoba Hydro’s 2025-26 annual report, released in late September: “Manitoba Hydro’s net income is highly dependent on several uncontrollable factors.”

Cowboy Junkies push Ontario tour dates

TORONTO - Alternative country band Cowboy Junkies say they're postponing the remainder of their Ontario concert tour after an outbreak of COVID-19 within the band.

The Toronto act says stops in Toronto, Kingston and Peterborough that were set to run from Tuesday through Thursday of this week will all be rescheduled.

The "Sweet Jane" performers say they expect to announce replacement dates soon.

Tickets for the scheduled shows will be valid for the new dates.

Tenants battling landlords find help in short supply from province

For nearly three years, Quincy Houdayer and Avery Helm repeatedly pressed their landlord to address plumbing failures, water damage and other maintenance problems at their West Broadway apartment, with records showing some issues persisted until the couple turned to the Residential Tenancies Branch.

Emails and text messages between the tenants, Clearwater Management and the RTB reviewed by the Free Press document recurring leaks and flooding, periods without heat or hot water, concerns about mould and basement conditions and repeated followups from the couple seeking repairs.

“Most of the experiences we’ve had with them can be boiled down to, like, they either are very dismissive about it, they act like it’s not their problem… or they will just fully, blatantly ignore you,” Helm said, adding that the only way to get Clearwater to respond was to threaten going to the RTB, a provincial government agency.

RTB data obtained by the Free Press also shows 13 orders involving the three-building complex at 193-197 Furby St. in 2026 alone. All but one favoured the tenant, while the remaining order ruled in favour of both the tenant and landlord on different items.