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Union for over 7,000 engineering students at Polytechnique in Montreal to strike
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
MONTREAL — The union representing more than 7,000 engineering students at Polytechnique in Montreal says it will strike next week, after the university announced it would phase out grants aimed at offsetting education costs. Polytechnique had offered the grants since 2014 to help students pay for mandatory internships, but the school recently said it would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!11 hospitalized, 79 sickened in salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
TORONTO — Eleven people have been hospitalized, and almost 80 salmonella cases have been reported after an outbreak of infections linked to certain brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products. Dozens of recall warnings have been issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency over the last couple months for various brands of pistachio products, from bulk ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals, Conservatives talk co-operation but trade jabs as Parliament returns
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — After talking up the prospect of cross-party collaboration in the House of Commons, Liberal and Conservative MPs wasted little time after Parliament resumed Monday before reverting to partisan attacks over housing and the cost of living. The tone was set early Monday afternoon, when the first-ever question period exchange between Prime Minister Mark ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Very low odds’: Top court expert says B.C. ostrich case will struggle to get hearing
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
An expert on the Supreme Court of Canada says a British Columbia ostrich farm faces an uphill battle “with very low odds” to get a hearing to stop the cull of about 400 birds. Emmett Macfarlane, a political-science professor at the University of Waterloo, has written a book on Canada’s highest court and says the ... Read More »
1 responseMany school bus routes still cancelled in Quebec because of Lion inspections
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
MONTREAL — Many Lion electric school buses remained off the road in Quebec on Monday after the company said over the weekend the vehicles needed more inspections and repairs. The 1,200 Lion buses operating in Quebec were pulled from service Thursday night as a precautionary measure after a bus caught fire in Montreal earlier in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officer targeted with derogatory nickname testifies in B.C. code-of-conduct hearing
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
RICHMOND — A female RCMP officer stationed in Coquitlam, B.C., told a code-of-conduct hearing that she was shocked and angry to learn about hurtful remarks and a derogatory nickname given to her by fellow members. Constables Mersad Mesbah, Ian Solven and Philip Dick are accused of discreditable conduct over allegations they used racist, homophobic and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta to add citizenship to ID cards to streamline service, protect elections
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is adding proof of citizenship markers to driver’s licences and other forms of identification to streamline services and prevent election fraud. Smith told reporters in Calgary the change would make it easier for students and the disabled to get funding, as they already have to prove ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Meet Ana Bailão, the person tasked with turning around Canada’s housing crisis
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have placed their hopes for scaling up Canada’s affordable housing stock in Ana Bailão, a former Toronto city councillor. Bailão has more than a decade of experience with affordable housing files at Toronto City Hall and was first elected to city council in 2010. She served as deputy to former ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mexico trip kicks off globe-hopping travel season for PM Carney
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is off to Mexico City this week — the first of many official trips during what diplomats like to call “summit season.” Here’s a look at where Carney will be racking up the kilometres in flights this fall. Sept. 18 to 19: Mexico City Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec mom who abandoned toddler along Ontario highway not criminally responsible
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
The Montreal mother who abandoned her three-year-old girl in a rural Ontario field in June has been declared not criminally responsible for the crime. Quebec court Judge Bertrand St-Arnaud ruled on Monday that the 34-year-old woman could not be held criminally responsible by way of mental disorder. She had been charged with criminal negligence causing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu expects unpaid airline work probe to wrap up in December
By Canadian Press on September 15th, 2025
GATINEAU — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says she’s aiming to have a probe into allegations of unpaid work in Canada’s airline sector wrapped up by early December. Hajdu has said this process could result in new legislation — but she also says Ottawa wants to be “very careful” about what it does next to ensure ... Read More »
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