November 14th, 2024

Provincial News

Train derailment and spill near Montreal leads to confinement order

By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024

LONGUEUIL, Que. – People in a part of Longueuil, Que., were being asked to stay indoors with their doors and windows closed on Thursday morning after a train derailed, spilling an unknown quantity of hydrogen peroxide. Police from the city just east of Montreal said it didn’t appear anyone was hurt, although a CN rail ... Read More »

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Quebec orders audits at 17 schools after complaints over secularism non-compliance

By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024

MONTREAL – Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville says his department will investigate complaints at 17 schools across the province where it is alleged that state secularism is not being respected. Questions around religious neutrality in schools have been swirling since the publication last month of an Education Department report on a school in Montreal, where ... Read More »

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Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families’ backing

By Dave Collins, The Associated Press on November 14th, 2024

The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax. “The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is ... Read More »

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NDP expected to unveil campaign pledge to remove GST on internet, heat, diapers, more

By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024

OTTAWA – With the cost of living playing a central role in provincial elections across Canada and in the U.S. presidential race, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to unveil a pre-campaign policy plank for the next federal election to differentiate his party from the governing Liberals. Singh is expected to announce this morning that ... Read More »

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Hurricane-stricken Tampa Bay Rays to play 2025 season at Yankees’ spring training field in Tampa

By Curt Anderson, The Associated Press on November 14th, 2024

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The Tampa Bay Rays will play their 2025 home games at the New York Yankees’ nearby spring training ballpark amid uncertainty about the future of hurricane-damaged Tropicana Field, Rays executives told The Associated Press. Stuart Sternberg, the Rays’ principal owner, said in an interview that Steinbrenner Field in Tampa is ... Read More »

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The Latest: Fans gather for first concert on Taylor Swift’s Toronto leg

By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024

TORONTO – Pop superstar Taylor Swift is set to kick off the first of six shows in Toronto tonight. The singer brings her record-breaking tour for a Canadian leg that hits Rogers Centre this weekend and next. The visit has sparked myriad side events including several fan-focused parties and tourism promotions. It also has the ... Read More »

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York United FC Academy to debut in League1 Ontario Championship Division next year

By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024

TORONTO – York United FC will field an under-20 team in League1 Ontario next year. The Canadian Premier League team announced Thursday it has acquired a licence to compete in the League1 Ontario men’s Championship Division, the second tier of the semi-pro league which is also home to the Toronto FC academy side. Starting next ... Read More »

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Burt Bacharach, composer of classic songs, will have papers donated to Library of Congress

By The Associated Press on November 14th, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) – Burt Bacharach, one of the most celebrated and popular composers and songwriters of the 20th century, will have his papers donated to the Library of Congress. Bacharach’s widow Jane Bacharach, who made the donation, and the Library of Congress, announced the acquisition in a statement Thursday. The collection includes thousands of music ... Read More »

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Canada coach fields young matchday squad for Romania rugby test in Bucharest

By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024

Sam Miller, Jesse Kilgour and Rhys James are in line for their first caps off the bench Saturday when Canada faces Romania in a men’s rugby test match in Bucharest. All three are members of Rugby Canada’s Pacific Pride development academy. Canada coach Kingsley Jones is preparing his young side for World Cup qualifying, which ... Read More »

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Q&A: ‘Love, Actually’ filmmaker Richard Curtis on charity, the Oscars and the state of rom-coms

By Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press on November 14th, 2024

Richard Curtis may be widely known for his contributions to romantic comedies with “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill” and “Love, Actually.” But writing and directing some of modern cinema’s most quotable scenes only occupy a portion of his professional life. Since a trip to Ethiopia in 1985 during the famine, Curtis has also ... Read More »

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Police, firefighters respond to train derailment near Montreal; no injuries reported

By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024

LONGUEUIL, Que. – Police are responding to a derailment at a train yard in Longueuil, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore. Longueuil police say it does not initially appear anyone was hurt, but fire officials are dealing with a spill of hydrogen peroxide. The derailment happened at around 9 a.m. in the LeMoyne area, near the ... Read More »

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