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Grain farmers urge intervention as Metro Vancouver terminal workers ready strike
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
Canada’s grain farmers say a strike at Metro Vancouver terminals would cripple crop exports if it were allowed to take place. The Grain Growers of Canada say in a statement that it is “deeply concerned” about a potential strike of grain workers in Metro Vancouver, since about 52 per cent of all Canadian-grown grain went ... Read More »
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By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
Canada’s grain farmers say a strike at Metro Vancouver terminals would cripple crop exports if it were allowed to take place. The Grain Growers of Canada say in a statement that it is “deeply concerned” about a potential strike of grain workers in Metro Vancouver, since about 52 per cent of all Canadian-grown grain went ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP sees ‘opportunity’ to push Liberal government on Palestinian statehood
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
OTTAWA – The NDP is urging the Liberals to recognize Palestinian statehood, warning that a Conservative government would not protect international law in the Middle East. “If we go to an election within weeks or months, and if there is a Conservative government, this will not happen,” NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson said Monday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parents of 28-year-old killed by Montreal police in 2017 want evidence re-examined
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
MONTREAL – The family of a Quebec man killed by Montreal police in 2017 called on the province’s justice minister on Monday for a new, independent examination of the evidence in the case, and a review of the Crown’s decision not to lay charges against the officers involved. Koray Kevin Celik’s parents issued their request ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House Speaker Greg Fergus asks MPs to behave better in question period after incident
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
OTTAWA – House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus says he expects MPs to behave better than they did last week, when an exchange between two party leaders got so heated one MP thought it may actually come to physical blows. Fergus says he hopes to have more to say later this week in light of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Video shows B.C. Conservative Rustad saying he regrets getting ‘so-called vaccine’
By Dirk Meissner and Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
The NDP has shared a video of B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad saying he regrets getting the “so-called vaccine” against COVID-19. The video shows Rustad directly addressing a camera and saying vaccine mandates were “not so much” about achieving herd immunity or stopping the spread of the disease as they were about “shaping opinion and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau meets with Haiti’s acting prime minister, calls for humanitarian help
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
NEW YORK – Justin Trudeau will turn his focus to the ongoing crises in Haiti as he speaks with some world leaders Monday ahead of the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The prime minister met with the Caribbean country’s acting prime minister, Garry Conille, on Monday morning before delivering remarks at a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!There’s an air of hostility around the House as MPs head into heated debates
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
OTTAWA – Some MPs are demanding more discipline from House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus after an exchange between two party leaders last week got so heated one MP thought it may actually come to physical blows. In Question Period on Thursday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh had a shouting match ... Read More »
1 responseNDP urges government to recognize Palestinian statehood, sanction Israeli officials
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
OTTAWA – The NDP is urging the Liberals to recognize Palestinian statehood, warning that a Conservative government would not protect international law in the Middle East. NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson is accusing the Trudeau government of lacking courage to advance its stated goal of helping a two-state solution, where Israel and a Palestinian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union for grain terminal workers in Metro Vancouver says strike to start Tuesday
By The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
BURNABY, B.C. – The union representing grain workers at terminals in Metro Vancouver says it has served the employer with a 72-hour strike notice. The Grain Workers Union Local 333 says in a notice posted to Facebook that it served the notice at 7 a.m. Saturday, with job action to start Tuesday. It says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard enters not-guilty plea at Ontario sexual assault trial
By The Canadian Press on September 23rd, 2024
HAILEYBURY, Ont. – Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in a northeastern Ontario court as his trial gets underway. The former Hedley frontman, dressed in a dark suit, stood up to enter his not-guilty plea today. Jury selection has begun for the trial that’s taking place in Haileybury, a community ... Read More »
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