Category Archives: Canada
Montreal to spend nearly $200M on snow removal as winter costs rise across Canada
MONTREAL - There's a saying in municipal politics: win snow removal, win the day. But as inflation takes a toll on tight city budgets, the price of winning that battle is rising. Take Montreal, where ...
Nov 27, 2023
Canadian Jewish, Muslim groups see different paths to peace amid ceasefire
MONTREAL - Jewish and Muslim groups in Canada say they are closely following the ongoing, temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas as it enters its third day. Hamas freed 17 more hostages today as...
Nov 26, 2023
Special interlocutor 'waiting' for MP bill criminalizing residential school denialism
OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister is considering options raised by the independent adviser on unmarked graves, who says Indigenous leaders want Canada to move on criminalizing residential school deni...
Nov 26, 2023
B.C. First Nation votes to take over child and family services for its residents
DUNCAN, B.C. - British Columbia's largest First Nation has voted to take over authority of child and family services for its residents. Results of a vote held by the Cowichan Tribes show 83 per cent o...
Nov 26, 2023
Québec solidaire elects Émilise Lessard-Therrien as co-spokeswoman
GATINEAU, Que. - Quebec's second-largest opposition party has elected milise Lessard-Therrien as its new co-spokeswoman. Qubec solidaire, which has 12 seats in the province's 125-seat legislature, doe...
Nov 26, 2023
Police say three dead, two injured in shooting in downtown Winnipeg
Winnipeg police say three people are dead and two have critical injuries after a shooting this morning in the city's downtown core. Const. Jason Michalyshen told reporters outside police headquarters ...
Nov 26, 2023
Quebec police watchdog investigates death of man allegedly struck by stolen car
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after a driver allegedly fleeing police in a stolen car struck and killed a man in his 60s in Longueuil, Que. The agency, known as the Burea...
Nov 26, 2023
One person dead, 63 confirmed cases in salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupe: PHAC
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says one person has died after a salmonella outbreak linked to Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes. An update from the agency posted on Friday offered no d...
Nov 26, 2023
Montreal music venues call for rule changes as noise complaints choke industry
Montreal bar and live music venue Turbo Has is doing everything it can to mitigate noise and be a good neighbour, says co-owner Sergio Da Silva. The punk rock institution moved in 2018 from a mostly r...
Nov 26, 2023
Montrealer vows to continue hunger strike for 'X' gender on Quebec health card
QUEBEC - Non-binary Montrealer Alexe Frdric Migneault is on day six of a hunger strike to pressure Quebec's public health insurance board to add a third gender option to its health cards. Migneault, w...
Nov 25, 2023
