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SNC-Lavalin hit with fresh charges related to Montreal bridge contract

SNC-Lavalin hit with fresh charges related to Montreal bridge contract

The SNC-Lavalin legal saga was thrust back into the spotlight Thursday after the RCMP announced they've charged two former executives and the engineering company itself for allegedly paying bribes to obtain a Montreal bridge repair contract.
Police 'should have done better' in Yukon school sex assault investigation; RCMP

Police 'should have done better' in Yukon school sex assault investigation; RCMP

WHITEHORSE — The RCMP and Yukon’s Department of Education acknowledged failures as they apologized for the handling of a sexual assault investigation at Hidden Valley Elementary School in Whitehorse. “We should have done better," RCMP Chief Supt.
Premiers push for more unconditional health-care funding from feds

Premiers push for more unconditional health-care funding from feds

OTTAWA — Canada's premiers are demanding a meeting with the newly re-elected prime minister to ask for more money — no strings attached — to pump into their health-care systems.
Quebec offers bonuses up to $18,000 to keep nurses in struggling health system

Quebec offers bonuses up to $18,000 to keep nurses in struggling health system

QUEBEC — The Quebec government is budgeting $1 billion to offer full-time nurses bonuses of up to $18,000 as it tries to prevent more of them from leaving the public health-care system and to entice those who have left to come back.
Twitter requires Maxime Bernier to delete tweet sharing reporters' emails

Twitter requires Maxime Bernier to delete tweet sharing reporters' emails

OTTAWA — Twitter has required People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier to remove a tweet that insulted individual reporters and shared their contact information.
Feds need to put more cash into long-term care to legislate safety: experts

Feds need to put more cash into long-term care to legislate safety: experts

OTTAWA — Experts warn the Liberals’ promise to legislate safety in long-term care will have to come with more money if new national care standards are going to fix what’s broken in the system.
Canada needs to share more COVID-19 surpluses with world, says UN envoy Bob Rae

Canada needs to share more COVID-19 surpluses with world, says UN envoy Bob Rae

OTTAWA — Canada's envoy to the United Nations says Canada needs to share more of its COVID-19 vaccine surpluses with less fortunate countries.
Families sharply rebuke private Montreal care home where 47 died in COVID-19 1st wave

Families sharply rebuke private Montreal care home where 47 died in COVID-19 1st wave

MONTREAL — Family members who lost loved ones at a Montreal long-term care home where 47 people died during the pandemic's first wave told a coroner's inquest Thursday that caring for society's most vulnerable should not be a for-profit exercise.
Counting mail ballots, office vacancy in a post-COVID world: In The News for Sept. 23

Counting mail ballots, office vacancy in a post-COVID world: In The News for Sept. 23

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 23 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
Prince George bylaw targeting homeless people 'scapegoats' the poor, says expert

Prince George bylaw targeting homeless people 'scapegoats' the poor, says expert

PRINCE GEORGE — A northern British Columbia city is enacting new restrictions meant to erase the homeless from its core, intensifying the grief that COVID-19 and the overdose crisis have already inflicted on those with nowhere to live, an expert says
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