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In The News for April 6 : How did Canada's job market fare last month?

In The News for April 6 : How did Canada's job market fare last month?

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Recall issued for President's Choice brand Chopped Sesame Wonton Salad Kit

Recall issued for President's Choice brand Chopped Sesame Wonton Salad Kit

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for President's Choice brand Chopped Sesame Wonton Salad Kit because the product contains multiple ingredients not declared on the label.
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Once-popular rural Quebec road for asylum seekers quiets down after U.S.-Canada deal

Once-popular rural Quebec road for asylum seekers quiets down after U.S.-Canada deal

MONTREAL — About 12 hours after the closure of a rural southern Quebec road used by thousands of asylum seekers to enter Canada from the United States, Evelyne Bouchard witnessed RCMP agents escort a family of four people off her property.
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More than one million customers without power as heavy storms hit Quebec, Ontario

More than one million customers without power as heavy storms hit Quebec, Ontario

More than one million customers in Quebec and Ontario were without power Wednesday after a messy mix of freezing rain and thunderstorms pummeled parts of both provinces. Quebec's power utility said shortly after 2 a.m.
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B.C. to boost minimum wage to $16.75 an hour, matches 6.9 per cent inflation

B.C. to boost minimum wage to $16.75 an hour, matches 6.9 per cent inflation

VICTORIA — British Columbia's minimum wage will increase to $16.75 an hour, a boost that the government says would fulfil a promise to tie the benchmark pay level to inflation. The new minimum wage is to kick in on June 1, representing a 6.
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City should permanently close landfill where women were found: First Nations leader

City should permanently close landfill where women were found: First Nations leader

WINNIPEG — The leader of a First Nations advocacy group wants to see the Winnipeg landfill where the remains of two Indigenous women were found permanently shut down. "I think given the circumstance, that it should be.
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Victim of alleged terrorist attack on B.C. bus had no idea of motive: brother-in-law

Victim of alleged terrorist attack on B.C. bus had no idea of motive: brother-in-law

SURREY, B.C. — The brother-in-law of a man whose throat was slashed Saturday on a bus in Surrey, B.C., says the assailant gave no indication of his motive during an attack that RCMP allege was an act of terrorism.
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Tents and suitcases go into garbage compactors as Vancouver encampment is dismantled

Tents and suitcases go into garbage compactors as Vancouver encampment is dismantled

Officials said the encampment had become a significant safety and fire hazard and, without intervention, it was a matter of time before people died.
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Former prime minister Brian Mulroney recovering after prostate cancer treatment

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney recovering after prostate cancer treatment

OTTAWA — Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is recovering after undergoing treatment in Montreal for prostate cancer.
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'Freedom Convoy' in 'full swing' when emergency law invoked, feds tell court

'Freedom Convoy' in 'full swing' when emergency law invoked, feds tell court

OTTAWA — The "Freedom Convoy" movement was still in "full swing" the day the Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act early last year, justifying the extraordinary measures, a federal lawyer said Wednesday during a judicial review of the govern
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