PARIS (Reuters) – France’s hard-left CGT trade union on Thursday called on its energy industry workers to walk out for a 48 hours from Dec. 13, saying it wanted to join forces with ‘yellow vest’ protesters. The CGT said President Emmanuel Macron’s long-term energy-transition plan would hurt jobs and increase France’s energy dependency on neighboring […]

ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government will consult domestic power brokers on a draft treaty setting out ties with the European Union, it said on Friday, ignoring an ultimatum from Switzerland’s biggest trading partner to sign off now or face punishment. Swiss officials said that much of the draft – demanded by Brussels for a […]

YANGON (Reuters) – As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar last month, hundreds of their fellow Muslims still in Myanmar were boarding boats seeking to escape the country. Their attempted flight cast the spotlight back on 128,000 Rohingya and other displaced […]

In a Barrie courtroom Friday morning, 25-year-old Ryan Walker from Innisfil, Ont., pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death in connection with the overdose death of 23-year-old Shawn Kelly. Kelly was found dead by his mother and sister in their Innisfil home on April 10, 2017. A toxicology report revealed he had overdosed on fentanyl […]

Police in Vernon say a man robbed a restaurant in Vernon on Wednesday, and that he threatened staff with an allegedly contaminated needle before making his getaway. The incident took place at the Wrap Zone along Highway 6, with the lone man entering the store at approximately 7 p.m., demanding money and threatening the two […]

US prosecutors want Meng Wanzhou to face charges of fraud linked to the skirting of Iran sanctions, Canadian court hears A top Chinese telecommunications executive facing possible extradition to the United States appeared in court Friday as she sought bail in a case that has rattled markets and raised doubts about the US being able […]

Nova Scotia RCMP have charged a 29-year-old man with stunting after police stopped a vehicle on Highway 103 in Blockhouse, N.S., located just southwest of Mahone Bay, N.S. Police clocked the vehicle traveling at 190 km/hr in a 100 km/hr zone at 7 p.m., on Thursday. The Mounties say the vehicle was towed, and the […]

The Eiffel Tower and the Louvre museum in Paris will be closed on Saturday as French authorities tighten security to prevent another outbreak of violence following three weeks of anti-government protests. And at the height of the festive shopping season, many retailers have said they will remain shut for the day for fear they may […]

A young Calgary man has been charged with stealing a police badge and phone from an officer’s home last month. Police say an off-duty member was at their home in Cambrian Heights on Nov. 23, 2018, when they reportedly went upstairs for a few minutes and someone broke in through the front door and stole […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel told Lebanon’s army and U.N. peacekeepers on Thursday to destroy an attack tunnel it said had been dug by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement across the border into Israeli territory, ramping up pressure on its neighbor. Israel’s military said this week it had identified a number of passages and sent diggers and […]