Tag: Canada

Amid Struggles With Recruitment Woes, Canadian Military’s New Hiring Campaign Rated ‘Desperate’: DND Survey

Potential job applicants are calling a new Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) recruitment campaign “desperate” and “off-putting” as the military faces significant issues with both retaining and recruiting new members, according to a recent survey. The survey, contracted by the Department of National Defence (DND), also found that a number of job-seekers saw the military’s recent “We’re…


Airlines Say Ready to Avoid Repeat of Summer Travel Chaos

ISTANBUL—Airlines said on Sunday they are ready to avoid a repeat of last year’s travel chaos, but warned that some flights could still be disrupted by controller strikes and hit out at schemes that force them to pay compensation for unavoidable delays. “I am reasonably confident that we’ll be able to get through this peak…


Quebec Town Devastated by Fishing Accident That Killed Local Man, Four Children

Residents of a small northeastern Quebec village are devastated by the news that a local man and two of his children were among five people killed in a weekend fishing mishap, one of the man’s relatives said Sunday. Keven Girard, 37, and four children died early on Saturday when they were caught in the shifting…


Danielle Smith’s Campaign Strategist Writes Insider Account of Alberta Premier’s Path to Victory

The chief strategist behind Danielle Smith’s recent election win to be reinstated as premier of Alberta has written an insider account of the campaign. “I wrote an insider’s account of how Danielle Smith won the election. Short version: a killer debate, discipline and a pretty big Notley mistake,” Jason Lietaer, president of public affairs firm Enterprise…


‘Communist Party Continues to Deny Extent of Massacre’: Poilievre Marks Tiananmen Square Massacre Anniversary

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre marked the June 4 anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre with a tribute to the lives lost standing for democracy, along with criticism of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for aggressively attempting to erase reminders and memorials of the event, even 34 years later. His party “will always fight for freedom,…


Police Identify Man Found in Quebec Fishing Tragedy in Which 4 Children Also Died

PORTNEUF−SUR−MER—Police have identified the adult who was among a group of five people killed in a fishing accident in northeastern Quebec on Saturday. Provincial police spokeswoman Sgt. Béatrice Dorsainville says divers found the body of Keven Girard, 37, in the St. Lawrence river on Saturday night, and he was pronounced dead in hospital. Dorsainville says…


Wildfires in Western Quebec Prompt Thousands More Evacuees to Relocate

MONTREAL—Wildfires in northwestern Quebec prompted thousands to evacuate the area over the weekend, as the number of blazes pushed past 140 and the military geared up to fight the encroaching flames — even as that threat eased slightly Sunday on the North Shore. Some 5,500 residents of the Abitibi−Témiscamingue region, which borders Ontario, have been…


Police Investigate Two Separate, Violent Incidents on Toronto Transit

The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly attacked a passenger on a bus and put him in a chokehold without provocation. The police received a call on June 2, at roughly 7:40 a.m., in the area of Kennedy Road and Sheppard Avenue East. According to…


Toronto Police Seek Suspect Who Put Transit Passenger on Chokehold in Random Attack

The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly attacked a passenger on a bus and put him in a chokehold without provocation. The police received a call on June 2, at roughly 7:40 a.m., in the area of Kennedy Road and Sheppard Avenue East. According to…


Halifax-Area Wildfire 100 Percent Contained, but Shelburne Fire Still out of Control

A wildfire that tore through homes and businesses in the Halifax area is 100 percent contained, but a historic fire in southwestern Nova Scotia remains out of control. The province’s natural resources department says the Tantallon fire northwest of the capital’s city’s downtown is now under control, meaning it is not expected to grow but…