5-year-old girl dies after canoe overturns on Alberta lake, RCMP say
October 14, 2024
Mounties in Alberta say a 5-year-old girl is dead after a canoe overturned on a lake west of Edmonton.RCMP say they received a report of a capsized watercraft on Wabamun Lake near the provincial campground just before 3 p.m. on Sunday.They say a 5-year-old girl was pulled from the water by bystanders, but despite life-saving efforts by emergency officials, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
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A push by the federal labour minister to reset relations in a labour standoff at the Port of Montreal has come to naught, as a partial strike drags on.In a social media post on Monday evening, Steven MacKinnon said dockworkers and their employers failed to find consensus after he proposed a three-month freeze on strikes and lockouts early last week.The would-be 90-day work stoppage aimed to have a special mediator work with both sides to hammer out a deal after bargaining stalled earlier this month.
October 21, 2024 - 20:54 | | The Globe and Mail
Liberal and Bloc Québécois MPs have voted down a motion that would have compelled former Canada Soccer coaches and senior staff to testify at a parliamentary committee probe of the drone cheating controversy at the Paris Olympics.NDP MP Niki Ashton put forward a motion in August at the House of Commons heritage committee to study what role officials from Canada Soccer played in the spying scheme. She wanted to hear from suspended head coach Bev Priestman, former head coach John Herdman, analyst Joseph Lombardi, assistant coach Jasmine Mander and Canada Soccer’s CEO Kevin Blue.Mr....
October 21, 2024 - 20:51 | Greg Mercer | The Globe and Mail
An American food manufacturing company has issued a voluntary recall of various frozen waffle products in the United States and Canada because of potential listeria contamination.The Canadian portion of the recall covers some waffles sold under brands including Compliments, Great Value, No Name, Selection and Western Family.Illinois-based TreeHouse Foods says the issue was discovered through routine testing at its manufacturing facility in Brantford, Ont.
October 21, 2024 - 20:47 | | The Globe and Mail
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