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Metro fruit and vegetable distribution centre employees on strike in Quebec
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
Workers at Metro’s head office and the Laval, Que., fruit and vegetable distribution centre went on strike Monday morning. The strike includes about 550 warehouse workers and drivers at the Mérite 1 warehouse in the Rivière-des-Prairies neighbourhood of Montreal. The union claims they supply around 1,000 Metro stores across Quebec, though management says it’s closer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada CEO to step down later this year after backlash over lack of French
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
MONTREAL — Air Canada chief executive Michael Rousseau will leave the company later this year after coming under fire last week for his failure to deliver a video condolence message in French following a plane crash that killed two Air Canada Express pilots. Rousseau has told the board he will step down before October, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!P.E.I. becomes first province to lower colorectal cancer screening age to 45
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
Prince Edward Island is lowering its colorectal cancer screening age to 45 after several national health groups said the disease is increasingly impacting younger people. Premier Rob Lantz announced P.E.I is the first province in Canada to lower the age of the routine test and it will take effect immediately. “Waiting until 50 is no ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Human rights tribunal approves massive child welfare deal for Ontario First Nations
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case. Monday’s decision comes after chiefs across the country twice voted down a national $47.8 billion deal proposed by the federal government to reform the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal organizations say Canada is censoring European Parliament member Rima Hassan
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
Community organizations in Montreal say Canada is censoring a French-Palestinian member of the European Parliament, Rima Hassan, by preventing her from entering the country. Alternatives, Independent Jewish Voices and The Quebec Doctors Against Genocide had invited Hassan to speak at two conferences in Montreal. One conference was about anti-fascism and the rise of the far ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Human rights tribunal approves massive First Nations child welfare deal
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has approved a landmark First Nations child welfare deal between the federal government and First Nations in Ontario, partially ending a decades-long discrimination case. The decision comes after chiefs across the country twice voted down a national $47.8 billion deal proposed by the federal government to reform the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Conservative leadership hopeful Fulmer enters ‘unite the right’ deal with Brodie
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
VICTORIA — B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Yuri Fulmer and breakaway MLA Dallas Brodie have announced a “unite the right accord” to avoid vote-splitting if Fulmer becomes Opposition leader. The accord says Brodie’s OneBC party would not run candidates in 88 out of B.C.’s 93 ridings, in exchange for the Conservatives not running candidates in five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Avi Lewis is the new NDP leader, as Alberta, Sask. leaders say his policies can ‘hurt’
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
WINNIPEG — Filmmaker Avi Lewis has been elected as the NDP’s new leader, defeating his four rivals on the first ballot with nearly 40,000 votes, from almost 71,000 ballots cast. His victory signals a shift by the party towards unabashedly left-wing policies like government-owned and operated grocery stores, following a devastating election result last year. ... Read More »
2 responsesP.E.I. to become first province to lower colorectal cancer screening age to 45
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
Prince Edward Island is lowering its colorectal cancer screening age to 45 after several national health groups said the disease is increasingly impacting younger people. The province’s premier Rob Lantz announced it is the first in Canada to lower the age of the routine test and it will take effect immediately. “Waiting until 50 is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hate crimes numbers stayed steady in 2024 after years of increases: StatCan
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the number of police-reported hate crimes stayed steady in 2024, after sharp increases in prior years. StatCan says there were 4,882 hate crimes in Canada in 2024, a one per cent increase over the previous year. That followed a 34 per cent rise between 2022 and 2023 and after the ... Read More »
1 responseCarney isn’t saying whether Michael Ma faces fallout for China remarks
By Canadian Press on March 30th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney isn’t saying whether Liberal MP Michael Ma will face consequences for his recent comments about forced labour in China. In Toronto this morning, where he was making a housing announcement alongside Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, Carney faced questions for the first time about Ma’s ... Read More »
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