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Quebec Superior Court rejects Amazon's unionization-related challenge
Quebec court rejects Amazon's challenge
Quebec Superior Court has rejected a motion by Amazon filed in connection with the company's challenge to unionization efforts at its now-shuttered Laval warehouse.
A union affiliated with the CSN was certified in May 2024, before the e-commerce giant shuttered all seven of its warehouses in the province.
Amazon had challenged the unionization, arguing the process violated workers' freedom of association because a secret vote was not held.
Amazon argued that this violated the right of workers to freedom of association, but Quebec's administrative labour tribunal ruled in October 2024 that the company didn't have standing to invoke that right on behalf of others.
Amazon challenged the decision on procedural fairness grounds, asserting that it had not been given the opportunity to fully present its position.
Quebec Superior Court, however, has upheld the labour tribunal's decision and dismissed the challenge.
In Quebec and British Columbia, workers can be automatically certified without a vote if a certain proportion of the workforce signs union cards, a law known as card-check certification. The Laval warehouse was certified through this process.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2026.
By Lia Lévesque | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Canadians step up to give blood after fire at Alberta military base kills four
Canadians step up to give blood after base fire
Canadian Blood Services says it has been "deeply moved" by a surge in public support following a deadly fire at a military base in Wainwright, Alta.
Defence officials have said 84 members of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry were in a training area of CFB Wainwright, southeast of Edmonton, when a fire struck Saturday.
Strong and sudden winds sent flames from a nearby grass fire across the Prairie landscape at lightning speed, killing four and sending 39 to hospital, 19 in critical condition.
Among the dead are Sgt. Morgan Wong of Edmonton, Pte. Shaun Farrell of Prince Albert, Sask., Pte. Aidan Goulding of North Vancouver, and Pte. Hayden Lykkemark of Langley, B.C.
Canadian Blood Services said in a statement Sunday that those who want to help by donating blood are encouraged to do so in the coming days and weeks.
Canadian Blood Services says the response from Canadians is a testament to their generosity and the importance of maintaining a well-prepared blood system.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Calgary Opera replaces performer who unfurled Palestinian flag during 'Tosca' bow
Calgary Opera replaces singer over Palestine flag
The Calgary Opera has replaced a performer who unfurled a Palestinian flag during the curtain call of the political opera “Tosca.”
On Friday, the bass singer Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega held up the flag at the end of Giacomo Puccini’s drama about love and betrayal during political upheaval in Napoleonic Rome.
In a statement issued Sunday, the Calgary Opera called the action “unexpected and unauthorized,” adding that individual political protest violated company policy.
The institution apologized for the “discomfort and distress” some may have felt and said Sanchez-Ortega’s role will be performed by another artist for the remainder of the shows.
Sanchez-Ortega played a character named Cesare Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner.
In an Instagram story, Sanchez-Ortega wrote that he had “no regrets” and that “this is the state of cultural institutions in Canada.”
The Calgary Opera and Sanchez-Ortega did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In its statement about the Oct. 16 performance, the Opera said individual political protest contravenes its "responsibility to create a more connected, caring and civil society through shared artistic experiences.”
Sanchez-Ortega said he holds no resentment.
“After the theatre, (political or otherwise) we all have to go home, and look at ourselves in the mirror,” Sanchez-Ortega continued in his statement.
“It was my honour to play the role of Angelotti, an escaped political prisoner.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2026.
By Alex Nino Gheciu | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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