Category Archives: Canada
Leaders of two Quebec teachers unions approve partial deal with provincial government
QUEBEC - Two Quebec teachers unions say their leadership has approved a partial agreement with the government after weeks of participating in larger public sector strikes. The Fdration des syndicats d...
Dec 23, 2023
Quebec police searching for 4-year-old girl who fell into river
DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI, Que. - Quebec provincial police are searching for a four-year-old girl who fell into a river in a region north of Quebec City on Friday afternoon. Police Sergeant Hugues Beaulieu s...
Dec 23, 2023
Ukrainian watchmaker fixes Newfoundland clock tower that hasn't told time in decades
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - In an improbable confluence of geopolitical strife, childhood wonder and salty air, a Ukrainian watchmaker has repaired a 118-year-old clock in eastern Newfoundland that hadn't told...
Dec 23, 2023
Social housing wait-list grows 27 per cent in Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Data from Metro Vancouver show the queue for social housing in the region has spiked in the past year, with 18,865 households on the wait-list, mostly seniors and families. Metro Vancouver...
Dec 22, 2023
Canadian death toll in cantaloupe salmonella outbreak rises to seven
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting another death from a salmonella outbreak involving cantaloupes, bringing the total to seven. The agency says there have been 164 lab-confirmed ...
Dec 22, 2023
CP NewsAlert: New trial ordered for N.B. men convicted of murder in 1984
OTTAWA - The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for two New Brunswick men convicted of a 1984 murder. Arif Virani says in a news release today that after a review, he has determined ther...
Dec 22, 2023
Man believed taken hostage with Canadian wife by Hamas confirmed dead: report
An American Israeli man who was taken hostage with his Canadian wife by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel has reportedly been confirmed dead. ABC News reports that the Israeli group Hostages a...
Dec 22, 2023
Foreign interference inquiry rejects Conservatives' renewed request for full standing
OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into foreign interference has dismissed a request from the Conservative party to reverse an earlier decision to deny it full standing in the factual phase of the proceedings...
Dec 22, 2023
Supreme Court of Canada agrees to hear case of B.C. babysitter in toddler's death
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the case of a British Columbia woman whose conviction in the drowning death of a toddler was quashed earlier this year. Documents show that the ...
Dec 22, 2023
RCMP union seeks boost to cadet training allowance to compete with other forces
OTTAWA - The union representing rank-and-file Mounties has asked the federal government for $24 million annually to boost the RCMP cadet training allowance to help attract the best recruits. The Natio...
Dec 22, 2023
