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In the news today: Canada Post presents 'framework' to reach deal

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ontario snow strands vehicles, knocks out power Intense snow squalls battering Ontario moved south Sunday afte...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 02, 2024

Traditional people worry Ghana anti-gay bill will target their Indigenous identities

ACCRA - Traditional healer Naa Busuafi used to feel empowered when leaving tribal ceremonies held on the outskirts of Accra, proud to be living out practices that colonists sought to eradicate. But th...

Dec 02, 2024

Lion Electric temporarily lays off 400 workers, gets extension from creditors

MONTREAL - Electric bus manufacturer Lion Electric is temporarily laying off 400 employees and shutting down production at its Illinois plant after getting a two-week reprieve from its lenders. The St...

Dec 01, 2024

Canada Post presents union with 'framework' to reach deal as strike continues

Canada Post says it has presented the union representing some 55,000 striking postal workers with a framework to reach negotiated agreements. A statement issued Sunday says the framework includes prop...

Dec 01, 2024

Guilbeault disappointed as plastic treaty talks end with no deal

Canada's environment minister says he's disappointed that international negotiations over a treaty to end plastic pollution have ended without an agreement. Yet Minister Steven Guilbeault says he's st...

Dec 01, 2024

Quebec launches new health-care agency in bid to improve services

MONTREAL - A new Crown corporation officially has officially taken the reins of Quebec's health-care system as part of the provincial government's effort to reduce emergency room wait times and surger...

Dec 01, 2024

Poilievre calls for asylum seeker cap, border plan as U.S. tariff threat looms

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has demanded the federal government present a plan before Parliament to beef up border security as U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatens to impose s...

Dec 01, 2024

Quebec forest industry already under pressure amid Trump tariff threat: Legault

MONTREAL - Quebec's premier is raising concerns about the potential impact of the tariff proposed by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump on the province's forest industry. Franois Legault says in a stat...

Dec 01, 2024

Ghana activists warn an anti-gay bill threatens the young democracy's institutions

ACCRA - Frank gets disturbing flashbacks every time he sees a police officer. As a staff member of the group LGBT+ Rights Ghana, he knew police could intimidate people for bribes, or say homophobic th...

Dec 01, 2024

First Métis group signs modern treaty with the federal government

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Mtis Federation President David Chartrand told a ceremony for a new treaty that recognizes his organization as the government for the Red River Mtis that the moment was 154 years i...

Nov 30, 2024