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More than 2,000 Quebec hotel workers set to strike for one day on Thursday
MONTREAL - Hotel workers in three of Quebec's largest cities are set to walk off the job Thursday in the middle of the busy summer tourist season. The one-day strike will affect 23 hotels in the Montr...
Aug 07, 2024
WestJet says 10 per cent of fleet grounded after Calgary pummelled by hail
CALGARY - WestJet says 16 of its planes have been grounded after a massive hailstorm hit Calgary earlier this week. The Calgary-based airline says those aircraft - 10 per cent of its fleet - need subs...
Aug 07, 2024
Jake Dolegala to start for Lions in game against Edmonton Elks
TORONTO - Jake Dolegala will be tasked with ending the B.C. Lions losing ways. Dolegala gets the start Sunday when B.C. (5-3) visits the Edmonton Elks (1-7). He replaces veteran Vernon Adams Jr., who ...
Aug 07, 2024
Americans Paul, Shelton move on to second round at National Bank Open
MONTREAL - Seeded Americans got off to a good start at the men's National Bank Open tennis tournament as Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton posted first-round wins Wednesday. Paul, seeded 10th in Montreal, fi...
Aug 07, 2024
Listeria contamination of plant milks happened in Pickering, Ont. facility, CFIA says
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recent Listeria contamination of several plant-based milks occurred in a Pickering, Ont., factory. It says the contamination happened on a "dedicated produ...
Aug 07, 2024
Former spy agency director David Vigneault joins U.S. strategic intelligence firm
OTTAWA - The outgoing head of Canada's spy agency is joining an American strategic intelligence firm that is waging war against intellectual property theft. Strider Technologies says in a press releas...
Aug 07, 2024
Ontario man charged after threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in online video
Another person has been arrested after making threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau online. Police say a man made violent threats against Trudeau, the police and security personnel who might a...
Aug 07, 2024
Ultrafine particles linked to 1,100 deaths per year in Montreal, Toronto: study
MONTREAL - Researchers at Montreal's McGill University have found that ultrafine particles from vehicles and industry are linked to the deaths of an estimated 1,100 people per year in Canada's two big...
Aug 07, 2024
Feds fund health study for Indigenous communities downstream of oilsands
OTTAWA - More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for funding to better understand if pollution from the oilsands was making their people sick, the federal gov...
Aug 07, 2024
Boeing will spend $61M in B.C. as part of Canada's military planes contract
RICHMOND, B.C. - Boeing Canada plans to invest $61 million in British Columbia for an aerospace manufacturing training facility as well as research and development. The announcement is the latest from...
Aug 07, 2024
