The company at the heart of the travel-nurse controversy is now the subject of a complaint over unpaid wages under New Brunswick’s Employment Standards Act. A nurse who moved to the province from France to work for Canadian Health Labs as a personal support worker says the company turned his life upside down when its…
From his office overlooking the runway at Gander International Airport, Reg Wright can see all flights in and out of his corner of Newfoundland. But in recent years, those plane spottings have been fewer and farther between. “In Newfoundland, we have a saying called the fisherman’s widow, which is typically anyone that keeps eyes to…
Members of Tina Fontaine’s family and community gathered to honour her memory Saturday night, a week before the 10-year anniversary since she was found in Winnipeg’s Red River. “Tina was a sweet, sweet girl,” said her brother, Elroy Fontaine, 18, while addressing the crowd at the Alexander Docks near where her body was found in…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal was drenched in record-breaking rain and hundreds of thousands of homes were plunged into darkness across Quebec as tropical storm Debby‘s last gasps hit eastern Canada on Friday. “The torrential rains that fell on Quebec yesterday caused flooding in several homes and damage in several regions,”…
Torrential rains drenched southern Quebec on Friday, breaking the record for rainfall in Montreal. The rain came in the wake of tropical storm Debby and a low pressure system that had formed over the Great Lakes. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada figures, the city received 157 millimetres of rain on Friday, surpassing the previous all-time…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Last month, Stuart Melvin’s errand run ended with more than just groceries – he just didn’t know it yet. An ordinary grocery trip ended with the Saint John, N.B., man deciding to buy some lottery tickets at Shawn’s Variety in a roll of the dice. When he…
A Winnipeg woman forced to repeat herself three times after calling 911 about a serious head-on collision in northern Manitoba is frustrated that repetition is considered standard procedure by the people in charge of responding to emergencies. Jennifer Larsen spent 14 minutes on the phone Monday, answering some of the same questions from three different individuals, while around her, a vehicle…
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 8, 2024 12:12 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Postmedia’s $1-million bid to acquire Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain will not be held up by the main union that represents workers at SaltWire Network Inc. and The Halifax Herald Ltd. A…
A report into systemic racism at the London Police Service (LPS) paints a picture of officers who treat non-White people in a domineering and rude way, often stereotyping communities and using excessive force while dismissing victims’ suffering. In particular, Indigenous people reported their medicines not being respected during searches, people of colour said they were…
A new study by Statistics Canada is trying to answer the looming question of how the country will be impacted once the remaining baby boomer generation retires — and it points to immigration as a factor that could both help and challenge. The study, released Tuesday, looked at how different immigration levels and labour force…
