Category Archives: Canada
Conservative MP calls for emergency committee meeting to study violence against women
OTTAWA - A Conservative member of Parliament is calling for an emergency meeting to launch a study on violence against women. Michelle Ferreri has written a letter to fellow MPs on the House of Common...
Aug 15, 2024
Workplace report blames BC Wildfire Service again in another firefighter's death
A workplace investigation into a firefighter's death in a utility vehicle crash last year in northern British Columbia has blamed a series of failures by the BC Wildfire Service, in the second such re...
Aug 15, 2024
Canada demands investigation into water well destroyed by Israeli troops in Gaza
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is still calling for an investigation into Israel's destruction nearly a month ago of a large water facility in an area of the Gaza Strip where Ottawa is known for sup...
Aug 15, 2024
Manitoba government follows other provinces in restricting cellphone use in schools
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is following other provinces in restricting the use of cellphones in classrooms beginning this school year. There is to be a ban for students in kindergarten to Grad...
Aug 15, 2024
Quebec premier François Legault on defensive for his response to torrential rainfall
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is defending himself for not having visited flood-stricken communities until almost one week after torrential rain flooded basements and washed out roads acro...
Aug 15, 2024
Montreal police called in to investigate motor oil spills in St. Lawrence River
MONTREAL - Montreal police are investigating how hundreds of litres of motor oil leaked into the St. Lawrence River in the city's east end. Oil slicks were discovered off the Pointe-aux-Trembles distr...
Aug 15, 2024
Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales down 0.6% in June
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, fell 0.6 per cent to $82.4 billion in June. The agency...
Aug 15, 2024
In the news today: Barber defence to make final arguments
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Barber defence to make final arguments The criminal mischief trial of two prominent "Freedom Convoy" organizer...
Aug 15, 2024
Why it took nearly a year to link multiple Listeria cases to some plant-based milks
The Public Health Agency of Canada says it was only after multiple Listeria cases emerged in Ontario in June that it recognized a broader outbreak that had started back in August 2023. Questions have ...
Aug 15, 2024
'Freedom Convoy' organizer Chris Barber's lawyers to make final arguments
OTTAWA - The criminal mischief trial of two prominent "Freedom Convoy" organizers is prepared to hear final arguments from the defence today. The Crown alleges Tamara Lich and Chris Barber worked in c...
Aug 15, 2024