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More than 1,000 dockworkers at Port of Montreal begin strike today
MONTREAL - More than 1,000 dockworkers at the Port of Montreal began a strike this morning - a move that the port authority says will mean a total shutdown of all port operations. The Montreal Port Au...
Apr 26, 2021
Apple announces 1st East Coast campus in North Carolina
Apple is expanding spending in the U.S. and announced plans Monday to build its first East Coast campus, in North Carolina. The iPhone maker is boosting U.S. spending to $430 billion over the next fiv...
Apr 26, 2021
Prairie provinces, Ontario say no consultation on Canada's new 2030 emissions target
OTTAWA - Western Canada and Ontario say they weren't consulted about the federal government's new goal for cutting greenhouse gas pollution by 2030. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged at a recent g...
Apr 26, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, April 26, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ontario is reporting 3,510 new cases of COVID-19 today and 24 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Health...
Apr 26, 2021
EU launches legal action against vaccine-maker AstraZeneca
BRUSSELS - The European Union's executive branch said Monday that it has launched legal action against coronavirus vaccine-maker AstraZeneca for failing to respect the terms of its contract with the 2...
Apr 26, 2021
High court to take up right to carry gun for self-defence
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defence. The case ma...
Apr 26, 2021
Peace River Firefighters respond to four grass fires on Saturday
On Saturday, April 24, after a day of hazard reduction burning in the Peace River area, fire crews were called to four separate, unrelated grass fires.The fire department received it's first report of...
Apr 26, 2021
Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rebound in March
WASHINGTON - Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rebounded 0.5% in March as U.S. factories recovered from frigid February weather disruptions. It was the tenth gain in the past 11 months and foll...
Apr 26, 2021
Lawyer: Iranian-British woman gets another year in prison
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An Iranian-British woman long held in Tehran has been sentenced to another year in prison, her lawyer said Monday, drawing immediate criticism from Britain in the high pr...
Apr 26, 2021
Court update: Guilty plea in Peace River death, jail time in Grande Prairie weapons, fake IDs seizure
Alberta Justice says a man charged with murder after a death in Peace River has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter.Daniel Sawan entered the plea April 12 in Peace River court.He was ar...
Apr 26, 2021