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Ostrich cull opponents swamp rural B.C. officials with gratitude over landfill ruling
By Canadian Press on May 16th, 2025
Aidan McLaren-Caux is used to being stopped in grocery store aisles by people who want to discuss issues as a local politician, but a federal agency’s decision to cull a flock of 400 ostriches in Edgewood, B.C., has brought the region and local officials “an extraordinary amount of attention.” “A lot of the attention has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney wheels up to Rome ahead of Pope’s inaugural mass
By Canadian Press on May 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Italy, where he is set to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass on Sunday. The inaugural mass, which serves as a swearing-in of sorts for a new pope, is drawing many international leaders and Carney is expected to have bilateral meetings with several of them during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney wheels up to Italy for Pope’s inaugural mass
By Canadian Press on May 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Italy, where he is set to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass on Sunday. The inaugural mass, which serves as a swearing-in of sorts for a new pope, is drawing many international leaders and Carney is expected to have bilateral meetings with several of them during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Carney wheels up to Italy for Pope’s inaugural mass
By Canadian Press on May 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is flying to Italy, where he will attend Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass on Sunday. The inaugural mass, which serves as a swearing-in of sorts for a new Pope, is drawing many international leaders and Carney is expected to have bilateral meetings with several of them during the trip. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patients in Quebec’s Nunavik region evacuated over persistent water shortages
By Canadian Press on May 16th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government is evacuating patients from a health facility in the province’s Far North because of persistent water shortages in a community. The Health Department says two patients were flown 1,600 kilometres south to the Montreal area from the Inuit village of Puvirnituq late Thursday, with more expected to arrive. The Inuulitsivik ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bryde’s whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.
By Canadian Press on May 16th, 2025
PORT MCNEILL — Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert says there’s likely no connections to the deaths. The Namgis First Nation says in a statement that a resident reported finding the whale Wednesday on a beach near Port McNeill, B.C., ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post report puts union in tight spot, experts say
By Canadian Press on May 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — A consequential report on Canada Post largely backs the Crown corporation’s story about its flagging business, experts say, and bodes poorly for the union attempting to negotiate a better deal for the postal service’s workers. “If I was the union, I’m going to be very, very disappointed in this,” said Marvin Ryder, associate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. sending almost 100 firefighters to Ontario, after 42 deployed to Manitoba
By Canadian Press on May 16th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is sending almost 100 wildland firefighters to Ontario, where fires have been threatening several communities near the Manitoba border. Parmar says the deployment comes after B.C. sent 42 firefighters to Manitoba, where a blaze in the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet this week ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rural B.C. officials receive ‘gratitude’ over landfill resolution before ostrich cull
By Canadian Press on May 16th, 2025
NAKUSP — A member of a British Columbia regional district says a decision not to allow the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to dispose of ostrich carcasses in its landfills pending further testing of the birds has been met with “gratitude.” The Regional District of Central Kootenay board resolved “to withhold acceptance, at any landfill” of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.S. health minister admits ‘growing pains’ with new free-parking policy at hospitals
By Canadian Press on May 16th, 2025
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia has become the latest province to discover that offering free parking at hospitals can become a hot-button issue. At the big hospitals in Halifax, tensions are growing as unauthorized motorists are routinely taking up too many spots, leaving health-care staff scrambling as they show up for work. Provincial Health Minister Michelle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amazon, worker union before Quebec labour tribunal over warehouse closures
By Canadian Press on May 16th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec labour tribunal has begun hearing a case against Amazon over the e-commerce giant’s closure in January of seven warehouses in the province. Some 1,700 employees lost their jobs following Amazon’s sudden termination of its Quebec warehouse operations months after workers at a Montreal-area facility unionized with the Confédération des syndicats nationaux. ... Read More »
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