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CTV News
23-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Quebec government engineers resume strike
An engineer looks at an equation. (Pexels) Quebec government engineers are back on an indefinite strike as of 8 a.m. on Friday. The 2,100 engineers, members of the Association professionnelle des ingénieurs du gouvernement du Québec (APIGQ), work for the ministries of transport, municipal affairs, environment, cybersecurity and more. Strike actions first affected evenings, nights and weekends before workers launched an indefinite strike on May 2. It was suspended from May 13 to 23, when they returned to work. Salaries are not at the center of the dispute, as the Quebec government has offered them an increase of 17.4 per cent over five years, the same amount granted to all government employees. What is in question is the sectoral envelope, the amount set aside for things like insurance, offices and salary structure. The office of Treasury Board President Sonia LeBel claims it offered the same sectoral envelope to the engineers as it did to other sectors, but the APIGQ argues that other unions got more. -- This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on May 23, 2024.
CBS News
10-05-2025
- Climate
- CBS News
At least 62 killed and dozens missing after flooding in eastern Congo
Heavy flooding following torrential rains in eastern Congo washed away several villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, leaving at least 62 dead and 50 missing, authorities said Saturday. Witnesses described the floods surging at around 5 a.m. local time on Friday and sweeping away the village of Kasaba on the edge of the lake in the Ngandja sector. The South Kivu provincial health minister, Théophile Walulika Muzaliwa, said by phone that the rescue operation was hampered by a lack of services and a shutdown of telephone lines due to the flooding. "Sector chiefs, village chiefs and locality chiefs, who are also members of the local government, are on site. The only humanitarian organization currently present is the Red Cross. It is not possible to give an assessment as body searches are continuing," he said. Last month, flooding in the capital, Kinshasa, killed 33 people. Decades of fighting between government troops and rebels in eastern Congo escalated in February, worsening what is already one of the world's largest humanitarian crises.
Arab News
10-05-2025
- Climate
- Arab News
Flooding in eastern Congo kills 62 people with 50 missing
BUKAVU, Congo: Heavy flooding following torrential rains in eastern Congo washed away several villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, leaving at least 62 dead and 50 missing, authorities said Saturday. Witnesses described the floods surging at around 5 a.m. Friday and sweeping away the village of Kasaba on the edge of the lake in the Ngandja sector. The South Kivu provincial health minister, Théophile Walulika Muzaliwa, said by phone that the rescue operation was hampered by a lack of services and a shutdown of telephone lines due to the flooding. 'Sector chiefs, village chiefs and locality chiefs, who are also members of the local government, are on site. The only humanitarian organization currently present is the Red Cross. It is not possible to give an assessment as body searches are continuing,' he said. Last month, flooding in the capital, Kinshasa, killed 33 people. Decades of fighting between government troops and rebels in eastern Congo escalated in February, worsening what is already one of the world's largest humanitarian crises.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Flooding in eastern Congo kills 62 people with 50 missing
BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Heavy flooding following torrential rains in eastern Congo washed away several villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, leaving at least 62 dead and 50 missing, authorities said Saturday. Witnesses described the floods surging at around 5 a.m. Friday and sweeping away the village of Kasaba on the edge of the lake in the Ngandja sector. The South Kivu provincial health minister, Théophile Walulika Muzaliwa, said by phone that the rescue operation was hampered by a lack of services and a shutdown of telephone lines due to the flooding. 'Sector chiefs, village chiefs and locality chiefs, who are also members of the local government, are on site. The only humanitarian organization currently present is the Red Cross. It is not possible to give an assessment as body searches are continuing,' he said. Last month, flooding in the capital, Kinshasa, killed 33 people. Decades of fighting between government troops and rebels in eastern Congo escalated in February, worsening what is already one of the world's largest humanitarian crises.
Associated Press
10-05-2025
- Climate
- Associated Press
Flooding in eastern Congo kills 62 people with 50 missing
BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Heavy flooding following torrential rains in eastern Congo washed away several villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, leaving at least 62 dead and 50 missing, authorities said Saturday. Witnesses described the floods surging at around 5 a.m. Friday and sweeping away the village of Kasaba on the edge of the lake in the Ngandja sector. The South Kivu provincial health minister, Théophile Walulika Muzaliwa, said by phone that the rescue operation was hampered by a lack of services and a shutdown of telephone lines due to the flooding. 'Sector chiefs, village chiefs and locality chiefs, who are also members of the local government, are on site. The only humanitarian organization currently present is the Red Cross. It is not possible to give an assessment as body searches are continuing,' he said. Last month, flooding in the capital, Kinshasa, killed 33 people. Decades of fighting between government troops and rebels in eastern Congo escalated in February, worsening what is already one of the world's largest humanitarian crises.
