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Toronto food bank asks for help after flooding damaged facility
By The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2024
TORONTO – A large Toronto food bank is calling for urgent donations after flooding triggered by torrential rains earlier this week damaged its facility and ruined a large amount of food. The North York Harvest Food Bank says the loading bays in its facility were flooded and water poured into its warehouse. It says a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yukon government ready to step in after mine disaster, firm’s silence ‘unhelpful’
By The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2024
WHITEHORSE – Yukon’s deputy mining minister says it’s “unfortunate and frankly unhelpful” that the owners of the Eagle Gold mine have been “silent in general” about action to remedy a disastrous ore slide that spilt hundreds of millions of litres of cyanide solution. Lauren Haney says Victoria Gold has been “doing a lot of work” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan food bank says it’s prepared to reduce hampers by half
By The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2024
MOOSE JAW, SASK. – A food bank in southern Saskatchewan is preparing to cut its hampers by half due to spiking demand and lower donation rates. Jason Moore, executive director of the Moose Jaw food bank, says unless things turn around it plans to give clients one hamper per month instead of two, starting in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada selling one of its Manhattan apartments to cover cost of new $9M condo
By The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – Global Affairs Canada says the sale of one of its apartments in New York City is expected to cover the cost of a brand-new luxury condo it recently purchased for $9 million. The Canadian government owns two apartments at a Park Avenue building in Manhattan, one of which is currently used as the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!France’s divided National Assembly votes to keep centrist speaker as political turmoil persists
By Sylvie Corbet, The Associated Press on July 18th, 2024
PARIS (AP) – France’s divided National Assembly has kept a centrist member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party as speaker. Speaker Yaël Braun-Pivet 53, has been the speaker of the National Assembly since 2022 and retained her post Thursday after three rounds of vote in the lower house of parliament. She received the support of Macron’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire prompts MEG Energy, Imperial to move workers away from oilsands sites
By Amanda Stephenson, The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2024
CALGARY – Out-of-control wildfires blazing in northern Alberta have prompted fresh evacuations of workers from oilsands sites. MEG Energy Corp. said late Wednesday evening that it is evacuating non-essential personnel from its Christina Lake oilsands site, while Imperial Oil Ltd. confirmed in an email Thursday that it has begun reducing the number of non-essential workers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Final hurdle clears for grocery code of conduct as Walmart, Costco sign on
By Rosa Saba, The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2024
All the major Canadian grocers are now on board for a grocery code of conduct, paving the way for industry guidelines several years in the making. The federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers made the announcement Thursday during their annual meeting in Whitehorse, saying the remaining holdouts Walmart and Costco have now agreed to sign ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Métis Federation adds office space, touts revitalization of downtown Winnipeg
By The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2024
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Métis Federation is finalizing the purchase of two more office buildings and a parking lot in the heart of downtown Winnipeg. The buildings are near the major intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street, where the federation bought a former Bank of Montreal building in 2020. Federation president David Chartrand says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Press NewsAlert: Final hurdle clears for grocery code of conduct
By The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2024
All the major Canadian grocers are now on board for a grocery code of conduct, paving the way for industry guidelines several years in the making. The federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers made the announcement Thursday as they hold their annual meeting in Whitehorse. They say the remaining holdouts Walmart and Costco have agreed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire prompts MEG Energy to evacuate northern Alberta oilsands site
By The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2024
CALGARY – MEG Energy Corp. has had to evacuate non-essential personnel from its Christina Lake oilsands site due to wildfires burning in northern Alberta. The oilsands company said late Wednesday evening that the move was a precautionary one, and that the wildfires do not pose an imminent threat to MEG’s Christina Lake operations. The company ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ford to produce F-Series pickup trucks, not electric vehicles, at Oakville plant
By Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2024
Ford Motor Co. says it plans to assemble its F-Series Super Duty pickup trucks at its Oakville, Ont., assembly plant beginning in 2026, a move that comes amid delays to the start of planned electric vehicle production at the site. The U.S. automaker said the move would add capacity of up to 100,000 additional units ... Read More »
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