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Fierce storm system leaves more than a million without power in Quebec and Ontario
By The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
A fierce storm system that brought thunder, lightning and freezing rain to parts of Quebec and Ontario has more than a million hydro customers still in the dark. Much of Quebec remains under a freezing rain warning, and Hydro-Quebec said as of 3:45 a.m. EST, power outages affected nearly 1.1 million customers. Montreal authorities reported ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Once-popular rural Quebec road for asylum seekers quiets down after U.S.-Canada deal
By Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on April 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – About 12 hours after the closure of a rural southern Quebec road used by thousands of asylum seekers to enter Canada from the United States, Evelyne Bouchard witnessed RCMP agents escort a family of four people off her property. Bouchard, whose farm is located about two kilometres from the forested pathway known as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than one million customers without power as heavy storms hit Quebec, Ontario
By The Canadian Press on April 5th, 2023
More than one million customers in Quebec and Ontario were without power Wednesday after a messy mix of freezing rain and thunderstorms pummeled parts of both provinces. Quebec’s power utility said shortly after 10 p.m. that more than 970,000 of its 4.5 million customers had no power, with much of the province under a freezing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. to boost minimum wage to $16.75 an hour, matches 6.9 per cent inflation
By The Canadian Press on April 5th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s minimum wage will increase to $16.75 an hour, a boost that the government says would fulfil a promise to tie the benchmark pay level to inflation. The new minimum wage is to kick in on June 1, representing a 6.9 per cent increase from the current $15.65 an hour. Labour Minister ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tents and suitcases go into garbage compactors as Vancouver encampment is dismantled
By Nono Shen and Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on April 5th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The garbage trucks moved slowly down Hastings Street, to the shouts and protests of residents of a homeless encampment on the sidewalks of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Into the compactors went tents, suitcases, mattresses and furniture, crushed with bags of garbage and other detritus. The implementation of a city decree to clear the encampment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former prime minister Brian Mulroney recovering after prostate cancer treatment
By The Canadian Press on April 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Former prime minister Brian Mulroney’s family says he is recovering after undergoing treatment in Montreal for prostate cancer. His daughter Caroline Mulroney says in a written statement the family expects him to be “back to normal in the coming weeks.” The Toronto Star says in a report, citing an interview with one of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Former PM Brian Mulroney recovering after prostate cancer treatment
By The Canadian Press on April 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is recovering after undergoing treatment in Montreal for prostate cancer, says his daughter Caroline Mulroney. Her written statement says the family expects him to be “back to normal in the coming weeks.” More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City should permanently close landfill where women were found: First Nations leader
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on April 5th, 2023
WINNIPEG – The leader of a First Nations advocacy group wants to see the Winnipeg landfill where the remains of two Indigenous women were found permanently shut down. “I think given the circumstance, that it should be. It’s not an isolated issue,” Grand Chief Cathy Merrick of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs said in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man denies murder of 13-year-old Marrisa Shen, of Burnaby, B.C.
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on April 5th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A man accused of the first-degree murder of a Burnaby, B.C., teenager six years ago repeatedly denied killing the girl as his trial started Wednesday. When asked for his plea in front of a B.C. Supreme Court jury, Ibrahim Ali said three times through a Kurdish-speaking interpreter that he “did not kill Marrisa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Clear violation’: Experts say Alberta premier must explain call with accused
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on April 5th, 2023
EDMONTON – Premier Danielle Smith must explain to Albertans why she discussed a criminal case with the accused before his trial, whether she still believes such calls are OK and whether she will continue to have these conversations, legal experts and political scientists say. They say the premier’s actions a violation of the democratic firewall ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hangover from discriminatory policies may still be felt by Roma refugees: advocates
By The Canadian Press on April 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Roma advocates say discriminatory policies meant to keep people from making what a former immigration minister called “bogus” refugee claims have a lingering effect on families fleeing persecution. A Romani family of four recently drowned in the St. Lawrence River during an attempt to make it to the United States, after their lawyer ... Read More »
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