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Eby pledges involuntary care for severe addictions in B.C., ahead of October election
By The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2024
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s premier says the province will be opening secure facilities to provide involuntary care under the Mental Health Act for people with severe addictions. David Eby says the first site, which will provide care for people who also have mental illness and brain injuries, will open in Maple Ridge on the grounds ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Eby pledges involuntary care for severe addictions in B.C.
By The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2024
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s premier says the province will be opening secure facilities to provide involuntary care under the Mental Health Act for people with severe addictions. David Eby says the first site, which will also provide care for people with mental illness and brain injuries, will open in Maple Ridge on the grounds of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government extends ban on senior Iranian officials back to 2003
By The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government is expanding a measure that bans tens of thousands of Iranian officials from entering Canada. The change, announced Sunday, means any senior official who served in the Iranian government at any time since June 23, 2003 is now inadmissible to Canada. Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was arrested on that date ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada deal avoids shutdown, brings relief to passengers and business groups
By Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2024
MONTREAL – Travellers, business groups and politicians expressed fervent relief on Sunday after Air Canada and the union representing thousands of its pilots negotiated a new labour deal and averted a disruptive, countrywide shutdown. Canada’s largest air carrier announced shortly after midnight Sunday that it had reached a tentative, four-year collective agreement with the Air ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carbon pricing to cause economic “nuclear winter,†Poilievre tells his MPs
By Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre signaled the Liberals’ carbon price and the economy will remain his prime target when Parliament resumes this week. He painted a dystopian picture during a Sunday morning speech to his caucus, saying the Liberal government’s plans to increase the price would cause a “nuclear winter” for the economy. He ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Labour Minister praises Air Canada, pilots union for avoiding disruptive strike
By The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2024
MONTREAL – Canada’s labour minister is praising both Air Canada and the union representing about 5,200 of its pilots for averting a work stoppage that would have disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers. Steven MacKinnon’s comments came in a statement shared to social media shortly after Canada’s largest air carrier announced it had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal candidate in Montreal byelection says campaign is about her — not Trudeau
By Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2024
MONTREAL – In the final stretch of a Montreal byelection campaign widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership, the Liberal candidate wants people to focus on her – not her leader. The byelection in LaSalle – Émard – Verdun should have been Laura Palestini’s to lose. The area has been a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal bars, restaurants react to Quebec bill to regulate merchant tipping requests
By Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2024
MONTREAL – Julia Dougall-Picard swings into action when customers settle in for lunch at Frite Alors in Montreal’s downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood. The 20-year-old works as a server at the popular restaurant chain, dishing out burgers and beers several times a week. She takes home a low hourly wage, making up the difference through tips ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. victim’s family furious at no-fault insurance regime in motor-vehicle death case
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Family members say Annie Kong wanted nothing more than to gather with all her extended family under one roof at her West Vancouver home for Christmas 2022. “She was talking about that all year,” said Nigel Kong, Annie’s son from Denmark, adding his sister, Joanna Moy, was also planning to bring her family ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre to meet with caucus Sunday ahead of return of Parliament this week
By The Canadian Press on September 15th, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will gather with his caucus on Parliament Hill today as he prepares to make another push to topple the Liberal government as early as next week. The one-day caucus meeting ahead of the return of Parliament Monday will begin with a public address by Poilievre, who has maintained his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada, pilots reach tentative deal, averting work stoppage
By The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2024
MONTREAL – Passengers with plans to fly on Canada’s largest airline can breathe a sigh of relief after Air Canada said Sunday it has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing more than 5,200 of its pilots. The news of a preliminary deal with the Air Line Pilots Association came shortly after midnight on ... Read More »
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