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Quebec to move ahead with plan to redistribute $39 million to Lac-Mégantic victims
LAC-MGANTIC, Que. - The Quebec government is moving ahead with plans to redistribute $39 million to those impacted by the 2013 rail disaster in Lac-Mgantic, Que., that killed 47 people. About $20 mill...
Oct 01, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Quebec coroner urges Quebec to recognize systemic racism
MONTREAL - The coroner who investigated the death of Joyce Echaquan says the Quebec government should recognize the existence of systemic racism and make a commitment to rooting it out of institutions...
Oct 01, 2021
'He doesn't have much to show for his life:' chronic offender jailed for latest Nanaimo crime spree
NANAIMO - A man's unresolved drug addiction continues plaguing him, the judicial system and society.Jason Paul Klughart, 30, was handed an eight month jail sentence on Wednesday, Sept. 29 after he ple...
Oct 01, 2021
Quebec watchdog probes fatal police shooting of man in Laurentians
SAINTE-ADLE, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is probing the death of a man shot by provincial police in Ste-Adle, north of Montreal. According to preliminary information, provincial police were called...
Oct 01, 2021
Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID, has no symptoms
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19. The high court said in a press release Friday that Kavanaugh has no symptoms and has been fully vacci...
Oct 01, 2021
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Statistics Canada says GDP fell 0.1 per cent in July
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product was down 0.1 per cent in July. The agency's initial estimate for July had been for a contraction of 0.4 per cent. Its initial estimate for A...
Oct 01, 2021
Fire in Romanian hospital kills at least 9 people
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A fire at a hospital in the Romanian port city of Constanta killed at least nine COVID-19 patients, authorities said Friday. All the victims were in the intensive care unit o...
Oct 01, 2021
B.C.'s health officer to announce enhanced health and safety plan for schools
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia ministries of health and education plan a joint news conference today to announce what are described as enhanced health and safety guidelines for B.C. schools. A joint...
Oct 01, 2021
Quebec's overhaul of its strict French-language law under microscope at hearings
MONTREAL - Quebec's proposed overhaul of its French-language charter is under the microscope at legislative hearings, with participants this week raising concerns about the bill's effect on English sp...
Oct 01, 2021
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and market jitters : In The News for Oct. 1
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 1 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 01, 2021
