Small businesses take hits from Canada Post strike

Small businesses take hits from Canada Post strike

Table of Contents 1 In mediation 2 A second hard blow 3 What challenges ⁣do small businesses face when transitioning‌ to ‍alternative shipping carriers during⁢ the ⁢Canada Post strike? The Canada Post employee strike threatens to hit hard small businesses, which must find solutions as the holiday season approaches. Sales and turnover will decrease, according … Read more

Green light for Ukraine to use US long-range missiles in Russia | War in Ukraine

Green light for Ukraine to use US long-range missiles in Russia | War in Ukraine

Washington has given permission to Ukraine to strike Russian territory with long-range missiles supplied by the United States, a US official said on Sunday. The United States has given the green light to the use of long-range missiles, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity to AFP. President Joe Biden thus accedes to a … Read more

Fire in a hospital in India: at least 10 newborns killed

Fire in a hospital in India: at least 10 newborns killed

At least 10 babies were killed in a fire, attributed to an electrical fault, in the neonatal unit of a hospital in Jhansi, in northern India, local authorities announced on Saturday. The fire broke out at around 10:30 p.m. Friday at the Maharani Lakshmibai Teaching Hospital in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh state, about 450 km south … Read more

Traffic jams creep into Nova Scotia election campaign | Nova Scotia Elections 2024

Traffic jams creep into Nova Scotia election campaign | Nova Scotia Elections 2024

There are more people than ever in the greater Halifax area and, as a result, more cars. Users complain about road congestion. The population of the Halifax Regional Municipality has increased by almost 21% in 10 years, from 428,902 people in 2013 to reach 518,711 residents in 2023, according to Statistics Canada (New window). It … Read more

Doctors want RSV baby vaccines

Doctors want RSV baby vaccines

Doctors are calling on Alberta to offer a free shot to protect newborns against severe forms of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Different from a regular vaccine, nirsevimab is a monoclonal antibody. The injection, approved by Health Canada, contains laboratory-made proteins that act like those created by the body’s immune system. This preventative medication, which … Read more

Donald Trump appoints anti-vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Health | US elections 2024

Donald Trump appoints anti-vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Health | US elections 2024

Donald Trump, who forms a government guided by allegiance to his person, announced Thursday that he wanted to entrust the Department of Health to Robert F. Kennedy Jr, notoriously skeptical of vaccines. He also intends to place two of his personal lawyers in key positions in the federal judiciary. With his already sensational appointments to … Read more

Health cutbacks: the CISSS de Laval suspends the posting of 565 positions

Health cutbacks: the CISSS de Laval suspends the posting of 565 positions

Announcements continue in the health network to eliminate a deficit totaling more than $1 billion. According to an internal communication obtained by Radio-Canada, the CISSS de Laval announced to all staff on Wednesday the temporary suspension of job postings. As part of the return to balanced budget and the recruitment freeze decreed by the government, … Read more

Two suspects wanted following a theft at a convenience store in Saint-Ludger-de-Milot

Two suspects wanted following a theft at a convenience store in Saint-Ludger-de-Milot

You are browsing the Radio-Canada website Go to main contentGo to footerNavigation helpStart of main content commentsGo to the Comments section Open in full screen mode Les Cousines convenience store published this photo of the suspects on its Facebook page. Photo: Taken from Facebook Published at 4:51 p.m. EST Listen to the article | 1 … Read more

Numerous cases of gastroenteritis reported in an elementary school in Gatineau

Numerous cases of gastroenteritis reported in an elementary school in Gatineau

The virus period has well and truly begun in the Outaouais region. A school in the Hull sector, in Gatineau, has had to deal with several cases of gastroenteritis over the past week. Many sick children per class were reported by parents of the Côte-du-Nord school in the Mont-Bleu district, met Friday by Radio-Canada. Families … Read more

More than 40 nurse and attendant positions cut in Montreal

More than 40 nurse and attendant positions cut in Montreal

Budgetary restrictions in the health network were to focus on administration, but Radio-Canada has learned that the Integrated Health and Social Services Center (CIUSSS) of Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal is making job cuts among staff who care for patients. In total, 50 positions are eliminated in the CIUSSS, which notably includes Notre-Dame Hospital and Verdun Hospital. Among them, … Read more