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Teva Canada brand Seasonale tablets recalled for extra placebo pills
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
Health Canada has issued a recall for a brand of birth control pills after some packages were packed with extra placebo tablets. The agency says the recall covers Seasonale Tablets made by Teva Canada with 0.03 milligrams of ethinylestradiol and 0.15 milligrams of levonorgestrel. Health Canada says anyone with the affected pills should keep taking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel says it has recovered the bodies of 2 Israeli-American hostages from the Gaza Strip
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli strikes overnight and into Thursday meanwhile killed at least 13 people, including three local journalists, according to health officials in the territory. Prime Minister Benjamin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Steelmakers urge Ottawa to match Trump tariffs
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Steel firms, workers to meet with MPs in Ottawa urging tariff action against U.S. Canadian steel companies and union workers are meeting with members of Parliament today with the hopes of convincing Ottawa to punch back at U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Governments to give financial aid to wildfire evacuees in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
The federal and provincial governments have announced they will match Red Cross donations to help those affected by wildfires burning in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Both provinces declared provincewide states of emergency last week to allow various levels of government to co-ordinate resources and support. The federal government announced Wednesday that it would match every dollar ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. First Nation builds small island, fisheries officials check for habitat damage
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
VICTORIA — A British Columbia First Nation has built up a small artificial island in the tidal shallows of Coles Bay off Vancouver Island, triggering an investigation by fisheries officials into whether it involved habitat destruction and if authorization should have been required. Two yellow excavators could be seen at work last week in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kananaskis golf course getting ready for G7, possible Trump visit
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
KANANASKIS — Darren Robinson had some very important news to tell U.S. president George Bush and José María Aznar, the prime minister of Spain. The pro shop was open. Aznar had told Robinson, general manager of the Kananaskis Country Golf Club in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, that he wanted to visit the shop. True to his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal hopes to repair damaged reputation during Grand Prix weekend
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal is hoping to redeem itself during the upcoming Grand Prix weekend after last year’s event became a source of embarrassment. The city says it’s taking steps to improve access to the Formula 1 site on a man-made island and to reduce congestion during the event, which begins June 13. The Montreal fire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians divided on whether U.S. is an ‘ally’ or ‘enemy’ country: Poll
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Faced with a trade war they didn’t start, Canadians are divided on whether they see the United States as an “enemy” or an “ally,” a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which was conducted online and can’t be assigned a margin of error, surveyed more than 1,500 people between May 30 and June ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Steel firms, workers to meet with MPs in Ottawa urging tariff action against U.S.
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadian steel companies and union workers are meeting with members of Parliament today with the hopes of convincing Ottawa to punch back at U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hike. Industry and labour groups, along with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, are all calling on the federal government to quickly implement matching tariffs to retaliate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian men, children held in Syria pursue human rights complaints against Ottawa
By Canadian Press on June 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — A dozen Canadian men and children detained in Syria are complaining to the Canadian Human Rights Commission that Ottawa is discriminating against them by not assisting their return to Canada. The Canadians are among the foreign nationals who have endured squalid and dangerous conditions for years in camps and prisons run by Kurdish ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port supervisors union and employers ratify four-year deal
By Canadian Press on June 4th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Maritime employers in British Columbia and the union representing port supervisors say they have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, after a dispute that saw workers locked out of container terminals last year. The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Ship and Dock Foremen Local 514 said ... Read More »
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