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Ford to buy lithium for electric car batteries from Quebec’s Nemaska Lithium
By The Canadian Press on May 22nd, 2023
MONTREAL – Ford and Nemaska Lithium have signed an 11 year deal that will see the American automaker buy lithium products from the Quebec company for use in electric car batteries. The deal will see Ford become Nemaska’s first customer. The companies issued a joint news release saying Ford will buy up to 13,000 tons ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Northern businesses using local ingredients with a focus on food sustainability
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on May 22nd, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – From rosehip ketchup to wild boar lardo, food businesses across Northern Canada are finding unique ways to use local ingredients. Niki Mackenzie is the chef and owner of Fishy People, a restaurant and butchery in Yellowknife that uses fish from nearby Great Slave Lake, among other locally harvested foods. “There’s a huge abundance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP at 150: Key events in the evolution of the national police force
By The Canadian Press on May 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – A timeline of some key events in the evolution of the RCMP’s structure and responsibilities: May 3, 1873: Act establishing the North-West Mounted Police introduced by then-prime minister John A. Macdonald. May 23, 1873: Bill passes unopposed through Parliament and receives royal assent. However, it does not immediately establish NWMP, as it is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National police force grapples with calls for change, shifting role as it turns 150
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on May 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – As the RCMP marks its 150th anniversary, a familiar, nagging question about the storied national police force is resurfacing: Should the Mounties withdraw from small communities across Canada to fully concentrate on big-ticket federal files such as cybercrime, fraud and human trafficking? The notion of a more focused version of the Royal Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As inquiry decision looms, here’s how Canada’s foreign interference saga has evolved
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on May 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Special rapporteur David Johnston is expected to release his decision Tuesday on whether the federal Liberals should call a public inquiry on foreign interference. With allegations that China meddled in the last two federal elections dominating the political conversation for months, experts say an inquiry would allow for a detailed, transparent conversation about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. company denies misleading First Nation about rail terminal expansion plans
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on May 22nd, 2023
The owner of a rail terminal in British Columbia’s Interior says a lawsuit launched by the Bonaparte First Nation is a “collateral attack” on the company’s “numerous” grants, permits, and licenses to operate the expanding facility. The nation’s claim filed last month alleges the facility operated by Ashcroft Terminal Ltd. has been developed without proper ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian public pension fund investments in China draw heightened scrutiny
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on May 22nd, 2023
MONTREAL – Investments in China by Canada’s largest public pension funds are facing increased scrutiny amid worsening relations between the two countries and allegations that some of those investments are funding the oppression of China’s Uyghur minority. Recently, representatives of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, which manages the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smoke cooled air and helped slow weekend wildfire spread in Alberta, officials say
By Rob Drinkwater, The Canadian Press on May 21st, 2023
EDMONTON – Wildfire activity in Alberta wasn’t as bad over the holiday weekend as officials had feared when they saw the initial hot and dry weather forecasts because of smoke cover and limited rain in some areas. But it’s not all good news because while smoke cools the air, it limits the ability to fly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal legislator Ruba Ghazal first to enter Québec solidaire spokeswoman race
By The Canadian Press on May 21st, 2023
QUEBEC – A Montreal member of Quebec’s legislature is the first candidate to enter the race for co-spokesperson of the province’s third-largest political party. Ruba Ghazal, 45, who represents the central Montreal riding of Mercier, says she wants Québec solidaire to focus more on achieving independence for the province and protecting the French language. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Driver arrested after injuring two people in road rage incident near Montreal: police
By The Canadian Press on May 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec provincial police allege a pikcup truck driver intentionally struck a three-wheeled motorcycle in the Montreal suburb of St-Eustache, Que. this morning, seriously injuring two people. Police are describing the crash, which took place shortly before 10 a.m., as a road rage incident. Police spokesman Sgt. Eric Cadotte says the driver of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police allege man cut own throat after stealing, crashing two cars north of Montreal
By The Canadian Press on May 21st, 2023
SAINTE-JULIENNE, Que. – Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who allegedly slit his own throat as police confronted him after he stole and crashed two cars in less than half an hour. The agency, known as the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, issued a news release saying the man appeared to have ... Read More »
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