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Year in review: A look at news events in February 2024
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
A look at news events in February 2024: 01 – The federal government announces spending of an additional $362 million to help provinces and cities temporarily house asylum seekers. Immigration Minister Marc Miller called the interim housing assistance program a stopgap measure, saying the system needs to be rejigged to reflect a large flow of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Year in review: A look at news events in January 2024
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
A look at news events in January 2024: 1 – Former world cycling champion Rohan Dennis is charged in connection with the death of his wife, 32-year-old Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins. She died late Dec. 30 after being struck by a vehicle while riding in suburban Adelaide, Australia. Dennis is charged with causing death by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russian living in B.C. claims Scotiabank wrongfully withholding funds over sanctions
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A Russian woman who has been living and working in Canada for the last eight years says her money is locked in limbo due to sanctions against Russia’s largest bank, so she’s taking Scotiabank and the Canadian government to court. Daria Zubashchenko’s legal action indicates it’s not just oligarchs who are caught up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Missing ‘lost Canadians’ deadline creates ‘unknowable’ number of new citizens: feds
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government is asking an Ontario Superior Court for more time to pass citizenship legislation for the “lost Canadians,” saying that without an extension an “unknowable” number of people would automatically become citizens next week. The so-called lost Canadians are people who were born outside of the country to Canadian parents who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Brunswick’s first female premier seeking to build province with compassion
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
FREDERICTON – Susan Holt was puzzled when an envelope with an orange U.S. stamp depicting an African daisy arrived in her mail last month. It was postmarked New York. The newly elected New Brunswick premier opened it to find a single folded sheet of paper, with a tissue between the folds to protect the blue-inked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Settlement reached in complaint over Canada Post layoffs as strike hits four weeks
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
The union representing Canada Post workers says an unfair labour practice complaint over the company’s layoffs has been resolved. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers filed the complaint with the Canada Industrial Relations Board on Nov. 29 after hundreds of striking postal workers received temporary layoff notices while on strike. The union said in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador announcing energy deal, ending decades of strife
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The premiers of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador are set to announce a resolution today to an energy issue that has driven a wedge between the provinces for decades. Quebec Premier François Legault is in St. John’s, N.L., for an announcement about the Churchill Falls power plant alongside his Newfoundland and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Creditors expected to vote on proposed $32.5B deal with tobacco giants today
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
Creditors are expected to vote today on a proposed settlement that would see three major tobacco manufacturers pay out billions to provinces and territories, as well as smokers across Canada. The proposed $32.5-billion global settlement between the companies – JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. – and their creditors was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unfair labour practice complaint over Canada Post layoffs resolved
By The Canadian Press on December 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – An unfair labour practice complaint filed by the union representing Canada Post workers over layoffs has been resolved. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers filed the complaint with the Canada Industrial Relations Board on Nov. 29 after some workers received temporary layoff notices while on strike. The union says a mediated settlement has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada preparing retaliatory tariffs, as Ford threatens to cut off energy to U.S.
By Anja Karadeglija and Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada is preparing retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to levy a 25 per cent import tax on all Canadian goods, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened to withhold the province’s energy, which it exports to five states. “We’ll use every tool in our toolbox, including cutting them off,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MAID cases rose to 15,000 in 2023, but growth of cases has halved
By The Canadian Press on December 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – More than 15,000 people received medical assistance in dying in Canada in 2023, but federal statistics show the growth in cases has slowed significantly. Health Canada said in its fifth annual report on MAID released Wednesday that the 15,343 people who received help to die last year represented a 15.8 per cent increase ... Read More »
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