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Show us the contracts: Tories want EV project details, demand union job protections
By The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Opposition Conservatives are demanding to see contracts related to six electric vehicle projects underway in Canada for information on what they do to protect local union jobs. The Tories plan to table a motion today at a House of Commons committee meeting, asking to view contracts and provisions that may relate to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McGill University calls growing pro-Palestinian encampment on campus illegal
By The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2024
MONTREAL – McGill University says the camp set up by pro-Palestinian student activists on the institution’s grounds in Montreal violates both school policies and the law. More than two dozen tents had been pitched at the school’s downtown campus as of Sunday afternoon, with a steady stream of visitors stopping by to drop off donations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pro-Palestinian encampment illegal and violates policies: McGill University
By The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2024
MONTREAL – McGill University says the camp set up by pro-Palestinian student activists on the institution’s grounds in Montreal violates school policies and the law. More than two dozen tents had been pitched at the school’s downtown campus on Sunday afternoon, with a steady stream of visitors stopping by to drop off donations and supplies. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Pro-Palestinian encampment at Montreal’s McGill University
By The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Pro-Palestinian encampment at Montreal’s McGill University Pro-Palestinian student activists in Montreal have set up camp on the grounds of McGill University this weekend. It follows a wave of similar protests being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pro-Palestinian encampment grows at Montreal’s McGill university
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2024
MONTREAL – Pro-Palestinian student activists in Montreal have set up camp on the grounds of McGill University this weekend, following a wave of similar protests on campuses across the United States. More than two dozen tents had been pitched at the school’s downtown campus On Sunday afternoon, with a steady stream of visitors stopping by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drug user advocates concerned about B.C.’s decriminalization exception request
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Advocates for drug users are raising concerns about British Columbia’s request for Health Canada to empower police to step in when they see illicit drug use in public spaces, saying it may be a step backward in the fight against the deadly opioid crisis. Brittany Graham, the executive director of the Vancouver Area ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!World Central Kitchen resumes aid mission in Gaza after workers killed by airstrikes
By The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – The World Central Kitchen plans to resume operations in the Gaza Strip Monday, four weeks after Israeli airstrikes killed seven of its aid workers including one Canadian. The organization suspended food delivery in the region after the attack on three World Central Kitchen vehicles full of food from a nearby warehouse. The aid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First, she aimed to transform Canada’s military culture. The public service is next
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – Corporate boardrooms. Military barracks. Federal government offices. They’re not locales with a reputation for fostering diversity. Anita Anand has been trying to change that. Ensuring people of all backgrounds feel accepted and heard no matter the venue is a mission that has followed her at every stage in her life and career, she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Transit trips up among seniors since Montreal introduced free fare program, city says
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2024
Montreal says public transit trips were up between 15 and 20 per cent among people age 65 and over in the six months after it made the service free for local seniors. The program, which took effect on July 1 of last year, offers residents who are 65 or older free fare for transit trips ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Workplace safety officials investigating truck driver death at Port of Montreal
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2024
Montreal’s port authority says a man has died after an apparent accident at one of its wharves. Port of Montreal spokesperson Renée Larouche says the authority was notified of an accident involving a truck driver at the Viau shipping terminal northeast of downtown at around 2 p.m. on Friday. Police and emergency services were called ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman dies after head-on collision on highway west of Montreal
By The Canadian Press on April 27th, 2024
LACHUTE, Que. – Quebec provincial police say a 51-year-old woman has died after a head-on collision in the town of Lachute, roughly 50 kilometres west of Montreal, early this morning. Police spokesperson Frédéric Deshaies says preliminary information suggests a vehicle heading west on Quebec highway 50 entered the oncoming traffic lane and hit the car ... Read More »
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