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Longueuil, Que., gets permit to go ahead with deer cull in local park that has been overrun
The city says the precise date of the cull will not be communicated in advance to ensure it goes smoothly, and when it takes place the area will be secured and closed temporarily to locals.
WeCook ready-to-eat meatball dish recalled due to possible Listeria contamination
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling a WeCook ready-to-eat meatball dish due to possible Listeria contamination. The recall applies to WeCook brand Swiss cheese meatballs with creamy mustard sauce, with a best before date of July 20.
N.S. premier says some of Halifax's new designated encampment sites are 'completely nuts'
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says Halifax council's decision to designate the city's Commons and Point Pleasant Park as sites for homeless encampments is "completely nuts."
Ex-Quebec junior hockey players jailed for sexual assault of teen at hotel in 2021
Nicolas Daigle and Massimo Siciliano pleaded guilty last October to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in the early hours of June 6, 2021, while Daigle also pleaded guilty to two charges of filming and exhibiting a video of the act.
Man in 60s dies after highway car crash in Centre-du-Québec
Provincial police say two drivers collided on Highway 55 in Sainte-Eulalie, Que., at around 2:45 p.m. on Friday, resulting in one of the vehicles catching fire.
Railway workers at CN, CPKC vote to reauthorize strike but open to federal mediation, union says
Union members at CN and CPKC railways have voted to reauthorize strikes at both companies if negotiated settlements can't be reached. Teamsters Canada said in a statement Saturday that union members at both railways voted almost 99 per cent in favour of reauthorized strike action.
Cyclist dead after collision with vehicle east of Quebec City
A cyclist has died after colliding with a vehicle in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 50 kilometres east of Quebec City in the province's Chaudière-Appalaches region.
Passenger rail service suspended between Montreal and NYC after CN-Amtrak deal
Schedules show that service on the U.S. railway between Canada's second-biggest city and the upstate New York town of Whitehall has been halted between May 20 and June 30 — just before high season begins to peak.
Woman dies after head-on collision on highway west of Montreal
Police spokesperson Frédéric Deshaies says preliminary information suggests a vehicle heading west on Quebec highway 50 entered the oncoming traffic lane and hit the car the woman was driving.
Heavy rainfall floods several Quebec rivers
In St-Jérôme, Que., water flow above 260 cubic metres per second led the province's Public Security Department to categorize flooding on the Rivière du Nord as "major" on Saturday morning.