Unpublished Newswire
School staff are being struck more often, students are fighting more frequently, and police are increasingly being called to school grounds, according to data compiled and released this week by the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association.
November 1, 2024 - 08:52 | Garrett Barry | CTV News - Canada
According to Grayson Joseph, the young Toronto Maple Leafs fan says captain Auston Matthews looks like him – not the other way around.
November 1, 2024 - 08:44 | Aaron D’Andrea | Global News - Canada
Major North American carriers with international operations are cashing in on a booming demand for overseas travel and a resurgence in business bookings.
November 1, 2024 - 08:30 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Ports in British Columbia are waking up to the possibility of another provincewide labour disruption as employers say they will lock out members of the union representing more than 700 foremen after it served a strike notice.The BC Maritime Employers Association says in a statement that it has issued a formal notice that it will “defensively” lock out members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 starting Monday at 9 a.m.The lockout, which would shut down all cargo operations among association members across B.C., is meant to “facilitate a safe and orderly wind-...
November 1, 2024 - 08:29 | Chuck Chiang | The Globe and Mail
A convict who became Canada’s youngest designated dangerous offender after sexually assaulting a three-month-old baby is seeking escorted leave from prison to attend Indigenous cultural ceremonies in Vancouver.Tara Desousa, now 43, has applied to Federal Court to overturn a decision by B.C.’s Fraser Valley Institution to deny her “escorted temporary absences” from the federal women’s prison.Desousa, then named Adam Laboucan, was 15 years old in 1997 when she sexually assaulted an infant she was babysitting in Quesnel, B.C. The baby required surgery to repair the injuries.
November 1, 2024 - 08:03 | Darryl Greer | The Globe and Mail
WorkSafeBC claims a "systemic failure to manage workplace health and safety" has plagued Vancouver's multi-billion dollar Oakridge construction site, according to court documents obtained by CBC.
November 1, 2024 - 08:00 | | CBC News - Canada
