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City of Yellowknife locks out unionized workers after mediation fails
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Unionized workers with the City of Yellowknife were on picket lines and the city locked out employees early Wednesday after mediation between the parties failed. The city and the Union of Northern Workers, a component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, were unable to reach a deal on a new collective agreement, ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: At least 8 hospitalized after bus hits Quebec daycare, driver arrested
By The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
LAVAL, Que. – Quebec emergency services say at least eight people have been sent urgently to hospital after a city bus crashed into a daycare this morning north of Montreal. Authorities did not immediately say how many of those injured in the crash in Laval, Que., are children. Quebec Public Security Minister François Bonnardel told ... Read More »
1 responsePierre Poilievre pledges to honour Trudeau’s health-care funding offer to premiers
By The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre says he would honour the health-care increases Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised provinces if his Conservatives form the next government. Poilievre made the pledge this morning after Trudeau offered to increase health-care transfers by $17 billion above previous commitments, and $25 billion through one-on-one deals with provinces over the next ... Read More »
1 response‘Serious injuries’ as city bus crashes into daycare in Montreal suburb
By The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
LAVAL, Que. – Quebec Premier François Legault says there are “serious injuries” after a city bus crashed into a daycare this morning in a suburb north of Montreal. Legault says his thoughts are with the children and their families, as well as with the employees of the daycare in Laval, Que. Quebec’s emergency services say ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: At least one child injured after bus crashes into Montreal-area daycare
By The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
LAVAL, Que. – Police say a city bus has crashed into a daycare in a suburb north of Montreal. Quebec’s emergency services say at least one child has been sent to hospital with serious injuries. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Caution urged as mining companies eye critical minerals below Quebec boreal forest
By Stéphane Blais, The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
MONTREAL – About one million square kilometres of Quebec is covered by boreal forest, roughly 70 per cent of the entire province. In the north, where ecosystems are less likely to have been altered by human activity, those forests have been accumulating and sequestering immense quantities of carbon for centuries. “In the boreal environment, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for Feb. 8: Will the premiers say yes to the feds’ health care offer?
By The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
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 Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 … What we are watching in Canada … Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will ask the provinces today whether or not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mill closures threaten to punch holes in the fabric of rural B.C. towns
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
When Mayor Shane Brienen of Houston, B.C., thinks about the impact of the impending closure of the town’s sawmill, he worries not only about the economic fallout. He thinks about the holes that the workers and their spouses will leave in the community. “Maybe in their spare time they were coaching or running your hiking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver’s Turkish community unites to collect donations for quake survivors
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Donations are pouring into a Vancouver warehouse for those affected by Monday’s devastating earthquake in Turkey, but a volunteer organizer says the country could most benefit from professional search and rescue teams. “The next 72 hours is crucial,” said Cansoy Gurocak, who was one of dozens of volunteers dealing with donations of food, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal health minister to write to provinces seeking agreement on new health deal
By The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will ask the provinces today whether or not they intend to accept the new health-care funding deal tabled by the prime minister. Duclos and Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett are to write to the provincial health ministers seeking some clarity on their positions. Prime Minister Justin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Black Canadian justice strategy still in the works, as advocates call for reform
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on February 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government is being urged to follow through with its commitment to develop a Black Canadian justice strategy. The Liberal government committed to creating such a strategy in the 2021 election campaign after advocacy groups and the United Nations raised serious concerns over anti-Black racism in the Canadian criminal justice system. Black ... Read More »
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