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Hotel workers in 3 Quebec cities, including Montreal, hold another 24-hour walkout
MONTREAL - About 2,500 workers at 22 hotels in some of Quebec's biggest cities have launched a one-day strike to protest an impasse in contract talks. The walkout at hotels in Montreal, Quebec City an...
Aug 30, 2024
Cash-strapped parents seek back-to-school deals as years of inflation take a toll
TORONTO - When August rolled around, April Hicke realized the $100 she typically gives her 13-year-old son to update his wardrobe in time for school to start was no longer enough. "Even on the sale ra...
Aug 30, 2024
Labour Day a special time of the season for CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie
Labour Day will forever be special for CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. Traditionally, it has kicked off the unofficial start of the second half of the league's regular season, a time when games becom...
Aug 30, 2024
NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and brother killed when bicycles hit by car on eve of sister's wedding
NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother were killed Thursday night when they were hit by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jersey, police said. Gau...
Aug 30, 2024
Quebec nurses threaten to stop working overtime as talks continue for new contract
MONTREAL - A Quebec union representing 80,000 health-care workers has dismissed the province's latest contract offer and called on its members to refuse to work overtime beginning Sept. 19. Fdration i...
Aug 30, 2024
Slumping Lions strive to snap skid against Redblacks in Victoria
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions are once again looking to turn their fortunes around. This time, though, the quest will take place in a unique locale as the Lions (5-6) host the Ottawa Redblacks in Victori...
Aug 30, 2024
Canadian economy grows at 2.1% annual pace in Q2, per-capita household spending drops
The economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.1 per cent in the second quarter - beating the Bank of Canada's forecast - but continued to shrink on a per-person basis.Statistics Canada's real gross dome...
Aug 30, 2024
Man pleads guilty to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur in attack that shocked the city
BALTIMORE (AP) - A man pleaded guilty Friday to killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere last September in an apparently random attack that shocked the city. Jason Billingsley, 33, entered the ...
Aug 30, 2024
Canada's Keely Shaw claims Paralympic track cycling bronze
PARIS - Keely Shaw has won a track cycling bronze medal at the Paralympic Games. The 30-year-old from Midale, Sask., repeated her podium result from Tokyo three years ago when she was also third in th...
Aug 30, 2024
Former Flames star Gaudreau and his brother die after being hit by a car
NHL player Johnny Gaudreau, who starred over eight seasons with the Calgary Flames before joining the Columbus Blue Jackets, was killed Thursday night when he was hit by a car while riding a bicycle i...
Aug 30, 2024