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CP NewsAlert: Canada Post receives strike notice, workers set to walk out on Friday
By Canadian Press on May 19th, 2025
MONTREAL — Canada Post says it has received strike notices from the union representing 55,000 postal workers. The Crown corporation says the notices state that employees plan to hit the picket line starting Friday at midnight. More coming. Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press... Read More »
1 responseCanada, U.K., France warn of concrete actions against Israel over military expansion
By Canadian Press on May 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — The leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France are condemning Israel’s expansion of military operations and threatening to take concrete actions. A joint statement called Sunday’s announcement that Israel will allow a basic quantity of food into Gaza “wholly inadequate.” It says the level of human suffering in Gaza is “intolerable.” The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada, U.K and France sign joint statement condemning Israel’s actions
By Canadian Press on May 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — The leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France have signed a joint statement condemning the expansion of Israel’s military operations in Gaza, calling the level of human suffering “intolerable.” More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
By Canadian Press on May 19th, 2025
BANFF — Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends. “The next fire in here is going to be incredible,” says the former Parks Canada fire management co-ordinator, standing in the expansive ... Read More »
1 responseArcheologists find prehistoric artifacts at future skating rink site near Montreal
By Canadian Press on May 19th, 2025
MONTREAL — Last fall, as archeologist Yves Chrétien was supervising a team digging at the site of a future hockey rink northeast of Montreal, a mini excavator unearthed pieces of cut stone. Formed under an ancient sea, the stones bore marks made by Indigenous people somewhere between 6,150 and 8,200 years ago. The discovery, found ... Read More »
1 responseEco-friendly transportation a condition of planned Ottawa Senators arena: agreement
By Canadian Press on May 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — Public transit, cycling and walking will be the “primary and preferred modes” of getting fans to and from the Ottawa Senators’ planned downtown arena, says a newly disclosed agreement on the project. Under the agreement, a group led by the NHL team would be responsible for designing, building and paying for a publicly ... Read More »
1 responseProtesters opposed to agency-ordered cull at ostrich farm prepare for long-term stay
By Canadian Press on May 18th, 2025
NAKUSP — Protesters who have been camping this weekend at a British Columbia ostrich farm that’s been ordered to kill its entire flock because of bird flu say they’re preparing to stay longer. Universal Ostrich Farm, in Edgewood, B.C., has been battling with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency over the cull of 399 birds after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A family is torn apart’: 3 kids killed in suspected drunk driving crash in Toronto
By Canadian Press on May 18th, 2025
TORONTO — An early-morning crash has torn one family apart, Toronto police said Sunday as they announced three children had died in a collision allegedly caused by an impaired teen driver. Police revealed details at a news conference hours after the crash, which took place shortly after midnight at the eastbound offramp at Renforth Drive ... Read More »
1 responseLiberal government to table federal budget this fall, PM Carney says
By Canadian Press on May 18th, 2025
ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Liberal government plans to table a federal budget this fall. Speaking to reporters in Rome, Carney defended his decision not to present a budget this spring, saying there is little value in rushing the process. Carney says there will be more clarity in coming months on Canada’s ... Read More »
1 responseCarney meets Pope Leo XIV following inaugural mass at the Vatican
By Canadian Press on May 18th, 2025
ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney had a brief audience with Pope Leo XIV Sunday afternoon at the Vatican following the pontiff’s inaugural mass in St. Peter’s Square. Carney was seated in the second row with his wife Diana for the mass, in a section amongst other world leaders and heads of state. The prime ... Read More »
1 responseCarney leads Canadian delegation to the Vatican for Pope’s inaugural mass
By Canadian Press on May 18th, 2025
ROME — Prime Minister Mark Carney is at the Vatican today, leading a Canadian delegation attending the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV. Carney, a devout Catholic, will be among a number of world leaders and heads of state in attendance who will all have a brief meeting with the pontiff inside Saint Peter’s Basilica ... Read More »
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