2023-10-04 14:22:51 During his visit to the United Nations Summit on Climate Ambition two weeks ago, Justin Trudeau made a promise that went somewhat unnoticed: he committed, by the end of the year, to present a proposed regulation that would allow Canada to surpass its target for reducing methane emissions. In October 2021, the Trudeau … Read more
2023-10-03 21:01:41 The Gaspésie Health and Social Services Center (CISSS) is beginning its fall vaccination campaign on its territory. From October 10, the vaccination campaign will be open to the entire population. It will be possible to make an appointment on the Clic-Santé platform or by telephone. Mobile teams from the CISSS have already started … Read more
2023-09-30 14:33:18 Wearing a mask becomes compulsory again at the University of Montreal Hospital Center (CHUM) and in the CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal establishments. This instruction to staff and visitors came into effect on Friday in all facilities of the CIUSSS of West-Central Montreal (including the Jewish General Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital), according to a … Read more
2023-10-02 13:01:52 Laurentian Bank is cleaning up its senior management in the wake of a major computer outage that occurred last week. In a press release published early Monday, the Montreal financial institution announced that Rania Llewellyn is leaving her position as president and CEO and that she is being replaced by Éric Provost. Board … Read more
2023-09-30 22:35:52 The Quebec government plans to table a bill in the coming days in order to join the class action brought by British Columbia against more than 40 pharmaceutical companies accused of having trivialized the harmful effects of opioids. This information was first confirmed to The Canadian Press by a source familiar with the … Read more
2023-09-30 04:15:53 One of former US President Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants for his allegedly unlawful attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 election in Georgia pleaded guilty on Friday. The 19 defendants named in the indictment issued on August 14 in Atlanta, the state capital, under a law on organized crime, all pleaded not … Read more
2023-09-29 23:59:10 The day after the announcement with great fanfare of the Northvolt battery mega-factory, Prime Minister François Legault affirms that an evaluation of the project by the Bureau d’audiences publique sur l’environnement (BAPE) “does not apply “. Environmental groups should “applaud” this Swedish company’s plant, added Mr. Legault. The Prime Minister, however, was reassuring. … Read more
2023-09-29 20:44:32 Unifor has set the deadline for its contract negotiations with General Motors for October 9 at 11:59 p.m., as union leaders seek terms that will be accepted by both the company and their members. Negotiations between the union and the U.S. automaker resumed this week, after workers at Ford Motor Canada ratified a … Read more