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Conservatives, NDP demand Ottawa protect Canadians' jobs at new EV plants
OTTAWA — Federal Conservatives and New Democrats are demanding assurances from Ottawa that local jobs will be protected at new electric-vehicle plants. Canada's Building Trades Union says Canadian workers are being sidelined in favour of foreign workers at the NextStar battery plant in Windsor, Ont., owned by Stellantis and LG Energy Solution. Both Stellantis and the federal government say foreign workers account for just 72 jobs, and specialized equipment is being installed that Canadians will
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TikTok parent company ByteDance has no plans to sell app after Biden signed bill that includes potential ban. Here's the latest.
The company made the announcement on Thursday.
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City of Vancouver loses legal fight over firefighters' sick days
The City of Vancouver has lost a legal battle over paying firefighters sick days, the latest development in a years-long dispute that found the city broke provincial law.The city had asked the B.C. Labour Relations Board (LRB) to review an arbitrator's January 2023 decision that found Vancouver had denied firefighters required sick leave.In a decision made last week, the LRB sided with the arbitrator and dismissed the city's application. No estimate of the total amount the city must pay was give
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Toronto police investigating fatal Etobicoke shooting
A male is dead after an overnight shooting in Etobicoke, Toronto police say.The incident happened around 2:25 a.m. in the area of Lake Shore Boulevard W. and Long Branch Avenue, according to a post from police on X, formerly Twitter.Officers were called about someone shot inside an apartment unit and found a male victim with injuries, upon arrival.He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.The only suspect description investigators have provided so far is that the suspect
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Toronto to install 1,000 modified sidewalk trash bins this year
Toronto's controversial sidewalk litter bins have officially gotten a makeover, with the city saying it has made enhancements to the older model bins to address some of the functionality and maintenance issues.At a news conference Thursday, Mayor Olivia Chow said the city is working to address Toronto's trash problem by adding four new sidewalk litter bins this week, with more than 1,000 expected to be added in high-density areas by the end of the year. "I literally inherited a mess, and yes we
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Wildfire triggers evacuations, state of local emergency near Chetwynd, B.C.
CHETWYND, B.C. — An out-of-control wildfire in northeastern British Columbia has triggered the province's first evacuation of this year's fire season. The Peace River Regional District declared a state of local emergency and issued an evacuation order for an area near Chetwynd, B.C., last night. The 50-hectare Wildmare Creek fire has also prompted an evacuation alert covering homes directly west of the community, with the district saying there's "potential danger to life" and residents should be
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Warning issued for beef, sheep products from Shawville slaughterhouse
Quebec's agriculture ministry is urging people not to consume several meat products sold by a slaughterhouse in Shawville, Que.The warning issued Thursday by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food covers several cuts of beef, along with cattle offal and sheep carcass products, that were packaged at Les Viandes du Pontiac from March 7 to 11.The animals were slaughtered without respecting the inspection process and the products may be unsafe to eat, the ministry said in a French-language
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