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  • French government survives no-confidence votes over pensions

    March 20, 2023 - 9:39 PM

    PARIS (AP) — Parliament adopted a divisive pension bill Monday raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64, after lawmakers in the lower chamber rejected two no-confidence votes against the government.

  • French strike nationwide as garbage piles up over pensions

    March 15, 2023 - 10:04 AM

    PARIS (AP) — A joint committee of Senate and National Assembly lawmakers has validated French President Emmanuel Macron's pension plan, meaning it could be submitted to votes by both houses of Parliament on Thursday, unless his government chooses to impose the changes in the meantime.

  • New UK leader vows to tackle energy crisis, ailing economy

    September 06, 2022 - 11:42 AM

    LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately faced up to the enormous tasks ahead of her: curbing soaring prices, boosting the economy, easing labor unrest and fixing a national health care system burdened by long waiting lists and staff shortages.

  • Britain to see 80% spike in energy bills as crisis deepens

    August 26, 2022 - 12:46 AM

    LONDON (AP) — Jennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can’t pay, she feels the impact immediately.

  • Strike causes French railway chaos, with more to come

    April 03, 2018 - 11:50 AM

    PARIS - A major French railway strike brought the country's famed high-speed trains to a halt Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded or scrambling for other options — and posing the biggest test so far of President Emmanuel Macron's economic strategy.

  • The growing environmental pitch for ditching the straw

    December 21, 2017 - 3:00 AM

    TORONTO - This holiday season, cocktail hour could really suck for the straw industry.

  • Air France pilots join embarrassing train, garbage strikes

    June 11, 2016 - 6:59 AM

    PARIS - About a quarter of Air France pilots are striking to demand better working conditions — the latest challenge to travellers and France's image as it hosts Europe's biggest sporting event.

  • Van Loan likens Canada Post cuts to time trash pickup was kicked to curb

    December 12, 2013 - 10:03 AM

    OTTAWA - Government House leader Peter Van Loan is striking back at critics of Canada Post's planned service cuts, comparing them to wealthy big-city dwellers who complained about having to lug their trash to the curb.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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