Category Archives: Canada

Illegal dumping: Quebec taking soil samples from trucks headed to Kanesatake
MONTREAL - Quebec's Environment Department is taking soil samples from trucks headed to the Mohawk community of Kanesatake as part of an effort to fight illegal dumping in the area. The operation is u...
Sep 6, 2024

Jacob Hoggard seeking leave to appeal sex assault conviction to Canada's top court
Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is seeking leave to appeal his sexual assault conviction before Canada's top court. The Supreme Court of Canada website shows Hoggard filed a notice of application for ...
Sep 6, 2024

NDP used stock video from Russia, weeks after decrying Tories for doing the same
OTTAWA - The New Democrats used a stock image from Russia in a recent video, weeks after the party criticized the Conservatives for doing the same. On Wednesday NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced in a...
Sep 6, 2024

In the news today: StatCan to release August jobs report today
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Statistics Canada to release August jobs report today amid labour market slowdown Statistics Canada is set to ...
Sep 6, 2024

Statistics Canada to release August jobs report today amid labour market slowdown
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is set to release its August labour force survey this morning. Economists polled by Reuters are forecasting employers added 25,000 jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 6.5...
Sep 6, 2024

Many people at risk never got their 2nd mpox vaccine dose, public health agencies say
Public health agencies are encouraging people who received a first dose of mpox vaccine over the last two years to make sure they get a second dose. Many people at risk for mpox exposure got vaccinate...
Sep 6, 2024

'Secret swing state strategy': Democrats push efforts for Americans abroad vote
WASHINGTON - Running between classes on the McGill University campus in Montreal, Jacob Wesoky's thoughts drift between assignments and class schedules. But there's another looming deadline for the po...
Sep 6, 2024

Suspect charged with murder, assault over Vancouver stranger attacks
VANCOUVER - A 34-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault over what police called a pair of stranger attacks in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday. Vancouver police ...
Sep 5, 2024

Liberals’ national campaign director Jeremy Broadhurst resigns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is suddenly without the assistance of one of his longest advisers just as the threat of being forced into an early election has been heightened. Jeremy Broadhurs...
Sep 5, 2024

Watchdog calls for B.C. to boost oversight of old-growth forest on Quadra Island
VICTORIA - British Columbia's independent forest-practices watchdog says there's a risk that a coastal island won't have enough old-growth trees in the future due to inadequate monitoring of harvestin...
Sep 5, 2024