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New Montreal light-rail train line saw two service interruptions on day of launch
By The Canadian Press on August 1st, 2023
MONTREAL – The organization responsible for Montreal’s new light-rail train line says it’s looking into the situation after track switch problems led to two service disruptions within 24 hours of the network’s official launch on Monday. It emerged today that a second service interruption occurred at around 11 p.m. Monday and lasted about an hour, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre says Canada’s immigration system is broken, sidesteps target cut questions
By The Canadian Press on August 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre says Canada’s immigration system is broken, but the Conservative leader is sidestepping questions about whether he would change current targets. Appearing before reporters on Parliament Hill, Poilievre criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent comments on housing and pledged to speed up entry for immigrants skilled in the building trades. The federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As Singh tours Atlantic Canada, New Democrats look to flip Liberal seats
By The Canadian Press on August 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is touring Atlantic Canada in an effort to highlight affordability issues – and flip two Liberal seats in the next federal election. Singh says voters who are increasingly struggling with the cost of living are dissatisfied with the federal government. He says the NDP has pushed for affordability initiatives ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!External review found military’s COVID-19 vaccine policy violated Charter of Rights
By The Canadian Press on August 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – A tribunal that’s part of the military grievance process has found that a COVID-19 vaccine policy violated Armed Forces members’ Charter rights. The Military Grievances External Review Committee’s recommendations are not binding, but they may put pressure on the chief of the defence staff to make a final decision on the 157 grievances ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harold Brine was the last of 19 miners rescued after 1958 Nova Scotia mine disaster
By The Canadian Press on August 1st, 2023
HALIFAX – The last surviving miner rescued in October 1958 after one of Nova Scotia’s worst coal mine disasters has died. Harold Brine, who lived in Geary, N.B., was 91 years old. There were 174 men working in the No. 2 mine in Springhill, N.S., when the mine was jolted by a seismic shock wave ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justice minister takes new oath after wording prompted by SNC-Lavalin affair left out
By The Canadian Press on August 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – The new federal justice minister and attorney general is slated to swear a fresh oath today because the one he recited last week left out wording ushered in following the SNC-Lavalin affair. Toronto Liberal MP Arif Virani took over the key portfolio from David Lametti in the recent federal cabinet shuffle. A political ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One injured after small plane crashes at Quebec City’s Jean Lesage airport
By The Canadian Press on August 1st, 2023
Quebec City police say one person was injured after a small plane crashed at Jean Lesage International Airport. The airport authority says the Cessna 172 belongs to local flight school Orizon Aviation and that the crash occurred around 9:20 a.m. during landing. The airport says flight delays are expected at Quebec City’s main airport. Const. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: BC wildfire evacuees return home, union warned over strike deal
By The Canadian Press on August 1st, 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… Osoyoos, B.C., residents who fled fire head home Residents of Osoyoos have been returning home after the lifting of most evacuation orders on the southern British Columbia town that had been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Residents of Osoyoos, B.C., heading home after harrowing fire fight
By The Canadian Press on August 1st, 2023
OSOYOOS, B.C. – Residents of Osoyoos have been returning home after the lifting of most evacuation orders on the southern British Columbia town that had been threatened over the weekend by a wildfire that jumped the United States border. But most of the community remains under evacuation alert and must be ready to leave at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A timeline of events leading up to the new tentative B.C. port deal
By The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press on July 31st, 2023
VANCOUVER – The union representing about 7,400 port workers in British Columbia and the association of employers have announced a new tentative agreement to end their long-running dispute over a collective agreement. Here is a timeline of events leading up to the new deal. 2022 Nov. 30: The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association provides notice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.S. RCMP suspend search for missing youth, as another flooding victim remembered
By Marlo Glass, The Canadian Press on July 31st, 2023
WINDSOR, N.S. – Nova Scotia RCMP said Monday they suspended their search northwest of Halifax for a youth who was swept away July 22 by rushing floodwaters, as mourners gathered to remember a child killed during that same severe weather event. Police will resume the operation to find the youth once the remaining water in ... Read More »
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