Category Archives: Canada
Montreal soup kitchen to stay open after securing emergency funding from province
MONTREAL - An Old Montreal soup kitchen operating since 1877 says it has secured funding from the Quebec government to keep offering hundreds of daily hot meals through at least March. Fiona Crossling...
Jan 03, 2024
Time not right to stage play amid Gaza tensions, says Victoria, B.C., theatre
VICTORIA - Tensions connected to the war between Israel and Hamas have prompted a British Columbia theatre company to cancel the scheduled run of a play set in the region. Victoria's Belfry Theatre sa...
Jan 03, 2024
PMO clarifies Trudeau and family stayed 'at no cost' during vacation in Jamaica
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office is clarifying that he and his family are vacationing in Jamaica "at no cost at a location owned by family friends" after initially saying the family was...
Jan 03, 2024
17.4 per cent raise over 5 years for Quebec's 'common front' public sector unions
MONTREAL - Around 420,000 Quebec public sector workers will receive salary increases of 17.4 per cent over five years. The labour alliance representing the workers confirmed today the settlement that ...
Jan 03, 2024
B.C. school district fined for failing to address student's anxiety
VANCOUVER - An unnamed school district in British Columbia has been ordered by the province's human rights tribunal to pay $5,000 to a student for failing to accommodate her anxiety disorder. Tribunal...
Jan 03, 2024
Canada, allies warn Houthi rebels to stop attacks on shipping vessels in Red Sea
OTTAWA - Canada and some of its allies are warning the Houthis that they will bear responsibility for the consequences of their continued attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The statement, released by th...
Jan 03, 2024
Israel's peers warn against displacing Palestinians in Gaza to places like Canada
OTTAWA - Countries traditionally aligned with Israel are warning its right-wing government against contemplating a displacement of people who live in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli officials repeatedly su...
Jan 03, 2024
Lisa Batstone, B.C. mother who murdered daughter, 8, dies in prison
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A British Columbia woman who was convicted of murdering her eight-year-old daughter has been found dead in prison. Correctional Service Canada says Lisa Batstone, who was serving an...
Jan 03, 2024
Canada's clean-tech revolution will be limited without more clean power: Champagne
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne spent most of last year doling out big bucks for massive new electric-vehicle battery plants as Canada made some major moves to solidify its green...
Jan 03, 2024
Two men killed in Montreal alleged hit-and-run identified; suspect to return to court
MONTREAL - A Namibian man returning home from church and a second man have been identified as the two people killed in an early morning New Year's Day hit-and-run in Montreal. Court documents identify...
Jan 03, 2024
