News/Canada (Page 21)

Canada Several models of Fisher-Price Snuga Swings are being recalled across Canada after manufacturer Mattel received reports of five suffocation deaths involving infants.  Snuga Swings should not be used for sleep, Health Canada warns Several models of Fisher-Price Snuga Swings are being recalled across Canada after manufacturer Mattel received reportsContinue Reading

Canada The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a food recall warning for certain brands of beef jelly tongue products in Ontario due to possible contamination with Listeria. Consumers urged to throw out or return affected productsCBC News · Posted: Oct 05, 2024 9:13 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 5 TheContinue Reading

Schools across Canada banned cellphones this year. How’s that going?With cellphone bans or restrictions now in place in schools across much of the country, reviews are mixed. Some students and teachers say it’s helped with concentration, while others say it’s robbed kids of useful research tools. New and strengthened policiesContinue Reading

Canada Musician Jacob Hoggard was found not guilty Friday of sexually assaulting a young woman in northeastern Ontario eight years ago, the culmination of a roughly two-week trial that saw both the singer and his accuser paint starkly different pictures of what happened. Jurors in Haileybury, Ont., deliberated less than 6Continue Reading

Toronto·Updated A 30-year-old Toronto woman has been arrested and charged with murder in the separate deaths of three people in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton, according to Toronto police. Accused has been charged with 2nd-degree and 1st-degree murderMuriel Draaisma · CBC News · Posted: Oct 04, 2024 3:14 PM EDTContinue Reading

Montreal·Updated Montreal police have confirmed the two victims of a major building fire in Old Montreal on Friday are a 43-year-old mother and her seven-year-old daughter, who were French nationals. Police don’t suspect additional deaths Sabrina Jonas · CBC News · Posted: Oct 05, 2024 1:08 PM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Canada The union representing Montreal dockworkers has ended a three-day strike at two terminals as scheduled, but there’s potential for more job action in the coming weeks. The Viau and Maisonneuve terminals handle more than 40 per cent of container trafficThe Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 03, 2024 11:00 AMContinue Reading

Demographers, sociologists and your mother-in-law want to know: why aren’t people having as many kids?  Canada recorded its lowest-ever fertility rate for the second year in a row in 2023, according to Statistics Canada, at 1.26 children born per woman. It now joins the ranks of “lowest-low” fertility countries, including South Korea, Spain,Continue Reading

While Canadian authorities and the federal government are aware of numerous cases of companies and individuals directly and indirectly supplying Russia with illegal microelectronics since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, they have so far done little to enforce Canada’s laws. In an international scheme involving shell companiesContinue Reading