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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 »
Be the first to comment!MAID cases rose to 15,000 in 2023, but growth of cases 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 says in its fifth annual report on MAID that the 15,343 people who received help to die last year represented a 15.8 per cent increase from 2022. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Labour minister says Ottawa will remain on sideline as postal strike nears four weeks
By The Canadian Press on December 11th, 2024
The federal labour minister says the government will remain on the sidelines as the Canada Post strike nears four weeks. On Wednesday, Steven MacKinnon told reporters that Canadians are fed up with the countrywide strike by more than 55,000 workers, but that it’s up to the two parties to get a deal done. The federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officer suspended after two Mi’kmaq fishers dropped without boots following arrest
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on December 11th, 2024
HALIFAX – A veteran federal fisheries officer has been suspended for 10 days without pay for his role in arresting two Mi’kmaq elver fishers late at night and releasing them in only their stocking feet. Kevin Hartling and Blaise Sylliboy, both in their 20s, were arrested on March 26 as they fished for baby eels ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public inquiry called into conduct of Vancouver police in Myles Gray’s beating death
By The Canadian Press on December 11th, 2024
VICTORIA – A public hearing will be held to examine the conduct of seven Vancouver police officers in the beating death of Myles Gray, with Police Complaint Commissioner Prabhu Rajan saying there is “meaningful uncertainty as to what happened” that day in August 2015. In a statement issued by his office, Rajan says the alleged ... Read More »
1 responseLawyer for Abdelrazik accuses former minister of exiling him through passport denial
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on December 11th, 2024
OTTAWA – A lawyer for Abousfian Abdelrazik has accused former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon of exiling the Montreal man by denying him a passport to return to Canada. Cannon told a Federal Court hearing today he did not exile Abdelrazik, but refused him an emergency travel document on national security grounds in the best interests ... Read More »
2 responsesOfficer receives suspension after two Mi’kmaq elver fishers left without boots
By The Canadian Press on December 11th, 2024
HALIFAX – A federal fisheries officer has been suspended for 10 days without pay for his role in arresting two Mi’kmaq elver fishers late at night and releasing them in only their socked feet. Kevin Hartling and Blaise Sylliboy, both in their 20s, were arrested on March 26 as they fished for baby eels near ... Read More »
1 responseThree Montreal schools to face Education Department probe over toxic climate
By The Canadian Press on December 11th, 2024
MONTREAL – Three French-language Montreal schools are facing an Education Department investigation after audits found multiple issues relating to a toxic climate. Education Minister Bernard Drainville says in a statement today the audits raised questions about the quality of educational services at the schools and flagged potential concerns for the physical or psychological safety of ... Read More »
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