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Yailin La Más Viral Arrested in Dominican Republic for Alleged Weapons Possession
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (355+ words) Yailin La M's Viral was arrested in the Dominican Republic after authorities linked her to the illegal possession of two firearms, though her attorney claims the weapons didn't belong to her. According to Noticias Telemicro, on Wednesday (March 25), the 23-year-old…...
Air Canada CEO to Retire After French Language Controversy
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (35+ words) Air Canada CEO to Retire After French Language Controversy'Yahoo Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau will step down later this year following backlash over a condolence message delivered only in English after a fatal airport incident....
Air Canada CEO will retire this year after his English-only crash message was criticized
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (293+ words) Canada's largest airline, based in French-speaking Quebec, said Rousseau told the board he will leave by the end of the third quarter. Canada is an officially bilingual nation, and Prime Minister Mark Carney said Rousseau's decision to retire is "appropriate....
Daycares slam Quebec’s new secularism bill, say it will have direct impact on services
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1128+ words) Groups representing publicly funded daycares and daycare workers in Quebec say the province's new expanded secularism law would create numerous challenges for the daycare network and likely weaken services to young children. If passed, Bill 9 would prohibit workers in public…...
N.J. man, 23, dies after trying to rescue friend in Puerto Rico
1+ week, 3+ day ago (423+ words) A 23-year-old man who was swept out to sea in Puerto Rico while trying to rescue a friend was found dead Friday, officials said. Samuel Cruz, a Morristown native and senior at the New York Institute of Technology, went missing…...
How a ban on religious symbols has triggered a Canadian constitutional debate
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1010+ words) A controversial secularism law in Quebec is heading to Canada's Supreme Court - but the outcome will impact much more than religious expression in Canada, legal experts say. The case has the potential to test national unity and the balance between…...
Possible measles exposures reported at Winnipeg Children’s Hospital ER, province says
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (298+ words) The latest possible measles exposure sites in Manitoba's ongoing outbreak of the illness include two at Winnipeg's Children's Hospital on the weekend, the province said Tuesday. Those exposures at the Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg Children's Hospital on Saturday happened from…...
Montreal urges CAQ to grant exemptions following end of PEQ immigration program
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (434+ words) The end of a popular immigration program in Quebec has caused anger and fear among countless newcomers. Now, the City of Montreal is taking a stance " through a joint declaration by Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada and interim Projet Montr'al…...
Cannes head Thierry Frémaux looks back on a century of Lumière films and forward to the festival’s 79th edition
2+ week, 1+ day ago (529+ words) March 19, 1895, started off just like any other workday for the employees at the Lumiere Factory in Lyon, France. But as they exited the factory, the workers saw their employers, sibling inventors Louis and Auguste Lumi're, observing them with their newest…...
Quebec's finance minister lowers expectations ahead of pre-election budget
2+ week, 3+ day ago (553+ words) Finance Minister Eric Girard is set to table Quebec's provincial budget on Wednesday " less than a month before the Coalition Avenir Qu'bec (CAQ) chooses a successor to Premier Fran'ois Legault. The budget, Girard's eighth, comes as he seeks a third…...