Canada

Excitement, optimism as hundreds line up to ride Montreal's new light-rail train line

MONTREAL - The opening of the Montreal metro area's new light-rail train network is drawing hundreds of curious prospective passengers to the city's central station today, many of them expressing exci...

Jul 29, 2023

Minister's tweet raises spectre of federal action as B.C. port workers vote down deal

Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan has responded to British Columbia port workers' decision to reject a mediated contract offer overnight, raising the spectre of more federal intervention in the m...

Jul 29, 2023

Metro stores in Greater Toronto Area close as workers go on strike

Metro locations across the Greater Toronto Area are closed today after thousands of employees at the grocery chain formally went on strike. Unifor, the largest private-sector union, says some 3,700 fr...

Jul 29, 2023

Montreal program letting residents plant sidewalk gardens provides numerous benefits

MONTREAL - On a quiet residential corner of Montreal's St-Henri neighbourhood, plots of dirt carved out of the sidewalk, each hosting a solitary tree, have become verdant oases along the city block. T...

Jul 29, 2023

A timeline of events surrounding strike action at B.C.'s ports

The union representing about 7,400 port workers in British Columbia has announced that its members have voted to reject a mediated contract with employers, in a move that prolongs uncertainty surround...

Jul 28, 2023

B.C. port workers vote to reject mediated agreement

Port workers in British Columbia have voted to reject a mediated contract offer, extending job action that prevented billions in goods from moving for almost two weeks earlier this month. In a letter ...

Jul 28, 2023

Mayor says body found in Quebec river where Ukrainian refugee went missing

SAINT-ANSELME, Que. - A mayor southeast of Quebec City says a body has been found in the river where a Ukrainian refugee was reported missing nine days ago. St-Anselme, Que., Mayor Yves Turgeon says p...

Jul 28, 2023

B.C. real estate agent fined $20,000 after being caught swigging milk at home showing

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia real estate agent has been fined $20,000 after being caught on camera drinking milk straight out of the jug at a home he was showing. A consent order released by the BC ...

Jul 28, 2023

Calgary man denied bail on terrorism-related charges related to TikTok video

CALGARY - A 20-year-old Calgary man has been denied bail on four terrorism-related charges. Zakarya Rida Hussein was charged in June with two counts of facilitating terrorist activity and two counts o...

Jul 28, 2023

Hundreds allowed to return home near Kamloops, B.C., as evacuation order eases

VANCOUVER - An evacuation order covering hundreds of properties south of Kamloops, B.C., has been scaled back to an alert as crews make good progress containing a wildfire about 10 kilometres south of...

Jul 28, 2023