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Ottawa gives Stelco owner 15 days to address alleged violations or face legal action
Ottawa gives Stelco owner 15-day deadline
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
Ottawa is giving the U.S. owner of Stelco Inc. a 15-day deadline to address alleged violations of binding commitments it made when it purchased the Ontario steelmaker two years ago or face potential legal action.
In an 11-page letter Thursday, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly accuses Cleveland-Cliffs of failing to honour six binding commitments made when it acquired Stelco, including employment guarantees.
She also accuses Cleveland-Cliffs of advocating for U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel despite its commitment to support Canada's steel industry, then using those same tariffs to justify layoffs.
Cleveland-Cliffs announced plans on Sept. 28 to lay off up to 500 workers at Stelco's Hamilton Works and Lake Erie Works in Ontario, citing U.S. tariffs and challenging market conditions.
Joly says the company must address its alleged violations, prove it has not broken its commitments or explain why it has failed to meet them.
If the company fails to comply, she says the federal government may apply to a superior court for remedies including an order requiring Cleveland-Cliffs to divest control of Stelco.
The letter discloses the exact employment commitments Cleveland-Cliffs agreed to in 2024, including to maintain an annual average of at least 1,766 full-time-equivalent unionized workers and 603 full-time-equivalent salaried workers.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Alleged Tumbler Ridge mass shooting conspirator set to enter plea in U.S. court
Tumbler Ridge conspiracy suspect set to enter plea
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lois Silver
The alleged co-conspirator in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is expected to enter a plea at an arraignment in a Seattle courthouse today.
A grand jury in Washington state last week indicted 30-year-old James Bryant for conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country.
The criminal complaint against Bryant, who uses female pronouns and goes by the name Melody, alleges she colluded with shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar online, helping set up an attempted livestream of the murders.
The complaint says Bryant also advised 18-year-old Van Rootselaar on where to carry out the attack and sent the shooter money to buy a lighter for an explosive device.
Van Rootselaar killed eight victims last February, including five students and an educational assistant at the local secondary school, before she fatally shot herself as police closed in.
Bryant has been denied bail.
A statement from the U.S. Justice Department says conspiracy to murder in a foreign country is punishable by up to life in prison.
It cautions that the accusations against Bryant remain unproven.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
By Brenna Owen | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Skunk in downtown Vancouver that bit people tests positive for rabies
B.C. skunk that bit people positive for rabies
A skunk that bit a number of people in downtown Vancouver has tested positive for rabies.
Vancouver Coastal Health issued a news release notifying the public of the confirmed case on Wednesday.
The health authority said interactions with skunks are rare, but "a small number of people bitten by the skunk have been assessed and received rabies vaccinations and immunoglobulin to prevent rabies."
Rabies virus is a fatal viral infection that affects the brain and nervous system. It is found in the saliva of infected animals and can be transmitted through a bite or a scratch from an infected animal, Vancouver Coastal Health said.
"Rabies virus is not transmitted through exposure to the spray, urine or feces of infected skunks," it added.
Though bats are the only known "reservoirs" for rabies in British Columbia, the authority said "occasional spillovers to other animal species in specific geographical areas, including skunks, have occurred in B.C."
The seriousness of the infection was highlighted in an issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal earlier this year, where infectious disease physicians described the case of an 11-year-old Ontario child who died of rabies in 2024.
Dr. Brian Hummel, the case report's senior author and a pediatric infectious disease physician at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton, told The Canadian Press in June that it's "an extraordinarily rare infection" for humans in Canada, with only 28 cases reported since 1924.
The most recent rabies case before the 11-year-old boy was a man who died after exposure to a bat in B.C. in 2019.
Hummel said once symptoms of rabies start, there is no treatment or cure, but noted the virus has a relatively long incubation period — usually weeks — before symptoms of illness start to show.
Anyone who may have been bitten or scratched by a sick or abnormally behaving skunk in Vancouver's West End neighbourhood between Sept. 22 and Oct. 17 is being asked to contact Vancouver Coastal Health for assessment.
The release said anyone who lives outside the region should contact their local health authority for assessment.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2026.
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Bianca Longpré prend la défense de Renee Wilkin après des commentaires sur son physique
La « mère ordinaire », qui n'a pas la langue dans sa poche, a fait une story le dimanche 27 septembre qui aborde les jugements négatifs sur le physique des femmes. Bianca Longpré y défend la chanteuse Renée Wilkin, ayant reçu des commentaires haineux sur sa tenue.
Bianca Longpré mentionne que chacun a droit de ne pas aimer un vêtement, mais que cela ne doit pas être relié au corps de la personne qui le porte.
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« Jeune, vieille, maigre, grosse, petites ou énormes boules, pendantes ou pas, décolleté ridé ou pas, bras mous ou pas : on porte ce qu'on veut […] »
Bianca Longpré
La mère influenceuse explique qu'entre filles, il ne faudrait pas accepter les commentaires désobligeants.
« Gère ton look, j'va gérer le mien », ajoute-t-elle.
Suite à sa parution à l’émission Bonsoir Bonsoir le vendredi 25 septembre, Renee Wilkin était déçue de constater que les commentaires ne portaient pas sur sa voix, mais sur son physique.
« Parce qu’apparemment un pantalon moulant sur mon corps remet en question l’intégralité de ma carrière […] » a-t-elle expliqué sur les réseaux sociaux.
Elle a reçu plein de support et d'amour de ses fans et a repartagé le message de Bianca Longpré.
Renee Wilkin ajoute qu'elle prépare un vidéo-clip qui devrait faire taire ses haters :
« […] merci de m’avoir fait comprendre, hier soir, plus que jamais, pourquoi je l’ai fait, pourquoi il mettra en lumière des corps trop peu représentés dans la culture pop ».