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Some 65,000 Quebec teachers to begin unlimited general strike Nov. 23
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
MONTREAL – A Quebec union representing 65,000 elementary and high school teachers is launching an unlimited general strike as of Nov. 23. Sixty delegates with the Fédération autonome de l’enseignement – known as the FAE – made the decision Thursday after they voted to reject the province’s latest contract offer. In September the union voted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Trudeau visits Washington and Canadians could soon get out of Gaza
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Trudeau to talk trade, migration in Washington Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in the U.S. capital today to represent Canada at the inaugural Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity summit. The White ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Foreign affairs minister says Canadians will soon be cleared to leave Gaza
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s minister of foreign affairs is reconfirming that Canadians and their families will be able to leave Gaza beginning in the coming days. Melanie Joly issued a late Thursday update on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, saying she has spoken with her counterpart in Israel, Eli Cohen, about the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge orders Montreal suburb to compensate residents for excessive traffic noise
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
MONTREAL – A Montreal suburb has been ordered to pay thousands of dollars to around 300 residents who say they’ve suffered from years of unreasonable traffic noise. The residents, who filed the class-action lawsuit a decade ago, live along a stretch of a road – chemin Des Prairies – in the city of Brossard, where ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge in ‘Freedom Convoy’ trial expected to rule on admissibility of police evidence
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – The judge in the criminal trial of two “Freedom Convoy” organizers is expected to deliver a ruling today about the admissibility of internal police documents as evidence. Crown prosecutors and the Ottawa Police Service have argued the heavily redacted documents, which include emails and information about a software update for officers’ cellphones, are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finance ministers, Freeland set to meet to discuss Alberta CPP exit proposal
By The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Finance ministers from across the country will meet up virtually with their federal counterpart Chrystia Freeland today to discuss Alberta’s proposal to quit the Canada Pension Plan. Freeland called the meeting amid concerns about the ramifications of Alberta leaving the federal retirement plan to set up its own standalone program. The Alberta government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nominee looks to future where it’s ‘not remarkable’ women are majority on top court
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – While Mary Moreau’s nomination to Canada’s top court is history-making, she told members of Parliament and senators on Thursday that she looks forward to the day when it’s not. The chief justice of the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta reflected on how far the legal profession and courts have come on women’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver magic mushroom stores raided by police are reopening
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2023
VANCOUVER – One of three magic mushroom stores that were raided by Vancouver police this week has already reopened, and the owner says his other two are restocking and will be back in business on Friday. The Vancouver Police Department says it executed search warrants at the stores on Wednesday in an investigation into the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘He was a good man’: Family of First Nations man question Winnipeg in-custody death
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2023
WINNIPEG – Loved ones of a First Nations man who died in police custody say officers failed to help him when he needed it most. Family and friends of Elias Whitehead, along with First Nations leaders in Manitoba and Ontario, held a news conference Thursday calling for changes to how police approach wellness checks. They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defunding CBC would be ‘devastating’ to news in rural Canada, network president warns
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada defended the public broadcaster and its independence Thursday from a fresh barrage of pointed Conservative questions about its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. In her opening remarks, Catherine Tait told MPs on the heritage committee that the CBC is accountable to all Canadians and not to politicians, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here are the six candidates running to be Assembly of First Nations national chief
By The Canadian Press on November 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The chief electoral officer with the Assembly of First Nations says it has received nomination papers from six candidates vying to be the next national chief of the organization that represents more than 600 First Nations in Canada. Reginald Bellerose, chair of the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority and the Saskatchewan Indian Training Assessment ... Read More »
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