Canada

Joint venture of arctic mining companies assisting plane crash victims

YELLOWKNIFE - A joint venture between arctic mining companies says it is offering assistance to workers who were aboard a plane that crashed in the Northwest Territories earlier this week. A statement...

Dec 30, 2023

Challenging month for Canadian food banks amid holidays, rising demand

MONTREAL - The directors of two Canadian food bank associations say rising demand all year, coupled with a regular spike in users during the holiday season, have put particular pressure on their netwo...

Dec 30, 2023

Montreal Old Port New Year's Eve fireworks event permanently cancelled

MONTREAL - There will be no midnight fireworks to herald the new year in Montreal's Old Port. Montral en Ftes, the organization that since 2013 has organized a free holiday festival near the city's wa...

Dec 30, 2023

Quebec nurses union says negotiations with provincial government still deadlocked

MONTREAL - A labour group representing 80,000 Quebec nurses and other health care workers says its negotiations with the provincial government are still deadlocked heading into the new year. The Fdrat...

Dec 30, 2023

Police believe B.C. man's 21 drunk driving convictions most in Canadian history

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a man who has been convicted of drunk driving 21 times could hold a Canadian record. Abbotsford police say officers were called to the scene of a mot...

Dec 29, 2023

Quebec provincial police suspend search for girl who fell into river on Dec. 22

DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI, Que. - Quebec provincial police say they've suspended the search for a four-year-old girl who fell into a river one week ago. The child has been missing since Dec. 22, when she fel...

Dec 29, 2023

Lack of snow and cold puts damper on some Quebec winter activities

MONTREAL - A lack of snow is playing havoc with some of Quebec's traditional winter activities, but there's hope that Mother Nature will provide a much needed blast in the coming weeks to change that....

Dec 29, 2023

Floatplane that crashed in N.W.T. was chartered to help with winter roads, TSB says

YELLOWKNIFE - A preliminary report by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a plane that crashed in the Northwest Territories this week was chartered to help with winter road construction in ...

Dec 29, 2023

CP NewsAlert: B.C. court blocks new law against public drug use

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has blocked new provincial laws against public consumption of illegal substances. The ruling in favour of the Harm Reduction Nurses Association imposes a...

Dec 29, 2023

Quebec public sector strikes could inspire others, as workers grow more combative

MONTREAL - A labour policy expert says an eventual successful resolution of Quebec's massive public sector strikes could serve as an inspiration to other labour unions in the province and elsewhere. M...

Dec 29, 2023