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Windsor mayor supported Emergencies Act, worried blockades would return
By Laura Osman, David Fraser and Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – The mayor of Windsor, Ont. supported the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act on Feb. 14, even though police had already cleared out the serious blockade at a local border crossing, he told a federal inquiry Monday. Mayor Drew Dilkens feared protesters would return to the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, he said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Many Ontario schools set to reopen Tuesday as CUPE workers return
By The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2022
TORONTO – Several Ontario school boards, including the Toronto District School Board, are planning to reopen for in-person learning Tuesday, as education workers announced an end to a walkout that began Friday. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents 55,000 Ontario education workers who walked off the job, says they will end their job ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds hold groundbreaking ceremony for Moderna’s mRNA vaccine factory in Montreal area
By The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2022
LAVAL, Que. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today took part today in a groundbreaking ceremony for biotechnology company Moderna’s new mRNA vaccine factory in Laval, Que., a suburb of Montreal. The factory is expected to be completed in 2024 at the earliest and produce 100 million doses of mRNA vaccines per year. It will manufacture ... Read More »
1 responseCUPE to end Ontario education worker protests after Ford promises legislation repeal
By The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2022
TORONTO – A union representing 55,000 Ontario education workers who walked off the job says protest sites “will be collapsed” starting Tuesday in response to Premier Doug Ford saying he will repeal legislation that imposed a contract on them. Ford announced earlier in the day that he was willing to repeal the law that also ... Read More »
1 responseCanadian Press NewsAlert: CUPE to end education worker protests in Ontario
By The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2022
TORONTO – A union representing 55,000 Ontario education workers who walked off the job Friday says protest sites “will be collapsed starting” Tuesday in response to Premier Doug Ford saying he will repeal legislation that imposed a contract on them. More coming... Read More »
1 responseQuebec’s highest court begins hearing appeals on provincial secularism law
By Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2022
MONTREAL – Quebec’s highest court on Monday began hearing appeals on the constitutionality of the province’s secularism law, which forbids certain public sector workers – including teachers and police officers – from wearing religious symbols on the job. Both the Quebec government and groups opposing the law are challenging an April 2021 court decision that ... Read More »
1 responseClimate conference hears loss of Arctic summer sea ice now inevitable by 2050
By The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2022
Scientists are telling the global climate conference in Egypt that the loss of summer Arctic sea ice is now inevitable. The report, delivered today at the COP 27 meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, says there’s no way that the complete disappearance of summer sea ice in the Arctic can be avoided. The State of the Cryosphere ... Read More »
1 responseVeterans’ parade returns to national Remembrance Day after two-year hiatus
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Legion is welcoming back one of the most iconic aspects of Canada’s national Remembrance Day ceremony following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic: the veterans’ parade. Involving veterans of all ages and backgrounds, the parade is one of the most tangible ways for those who have served in ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade resigns for ‘the good of the party’
By The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2022
MONTREAL – Dominique Anglade is resigning as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, five weeks after the Liberals suffered a crushing defeat in the provincial election. Anglade told reporters today she is also resigning as member for the Montreal riding of St-Henri – Ste-Anne, effective Dec. 1. Her leadership had been under pressure since the ... Read More »
1 responseWindsor Mayor in direct contact with public safety minister from start of blockade
By The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – The mayor of Windsor, Ont. says he alerted the federal public safety minister about a potential blockade at the busy Ambassador Bridge border crossing as soon as he first got wind of it in early February. Mayor Drew Dilkens is testifying today at a public inquiry into the federal government’s use of the ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade resigns month after election
By The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2022
MONTREAL – Dominique Anglade is resigning as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, five weeks after the Liberals suffered a crushing defeat in the provincial election. Anglade told reporters today she is also resigning as member for the Montreal riding of St-Henri – Ste-Anne. Her leadership had been under pressure since the party elected just ... Read More »
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