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In The News for June 5, 2023: What will the PM have to say to wildfire evacuees?

In The News for June 5, 2023: What will the PM have to say to wildfire evacuees?

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 Monday, June 5, 2023 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Four dead in Missouri after car crosses center line, strikes motorcyclists

AURORA, Mo. (AP) — Four people died and seven others were seriously injured when a car crossed the center line of a Missouri highway and struck five motorcycles.
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Vehicle sales rise in May, showing hope for strong summer: DesRosiers

Vehicle sales rise in May, showing hope for strong summer: DesRosiers

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says May brought hope after several years of disrupted sales patterns, as vehicle sales rose. The consultancy firm says total light vehicle sales in May were up 13.
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Audit finds National Highway Traffic Safety Administration auto safety defect probes take too long

Audit finds National Highway Traffic Safety Administration auto safety defect probes take too long

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government agency charged with keeping the roads safe is slow to investigate automobile safety defects, limiting its ability to handle rapidly changing or severe risks, an audit made public Thursday found.
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Movie review: ‘Past Lives’ is a gorgeous meditation on love, chance - and the choices we make

Movie review: ‘Past Lives’ is a gorgeous meditation on love, chance - and the choices we make

Two minutes away, the Uber app promises at one point in “Past Lives.” And if you’re like me, you may find yourself — perhaps for the first time in your Uber-riding life — hoping that promise is a bald-faced lie.
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'We don't see it': BRP CEO says sluggish economy no barrier, as Sea-Doos buoy profits

'We don't see it': BRP CEO says sluggish economy no barrier, as Sea-Doos buoy profits

MONTREAL — BRP Inc. chief executive José Boisjoli says a sputtering economy has failed to put the brakes on the powersport company, with enough wealthy North Americans to buoy sales through the rest of the year.
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US turns up pressure on air bag inflator company that refuses a recall despite deaths, injuries

US turns up pressure on air bag inflator company that refuses a recall despite deaths, injuries

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is turning up the pressure on ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators by ordering the company to answer questions under oath and threatening fines if it doesn't respond.
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Jaguar recalls I-Pace electric vehicles due to fire risk in batteries, tells owners to park outside

Jaguar recalls I-Pace electric vehicles due to fire risk in batteries, tells owners to park outside

DETROIT (AP) — Jaguar is recalling more than 6,000 I-Pace electric SUVs in the U.S. due to the risk of the high-voltage battery catching fire, and it’s telling owners to park them outdoors.
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Corporate Amazon workers protest company’s climate impact and return-to-office mandate in walkout

Corporate Amazon workers protest company’s climate impact and return-to-office mandate in walkout

SEATTLE (AP) — Telling executives to “strive harder,” hundreds of corporate Amazon workers protested what they decried as the company's lack of progress on climate goals and an inequitable return-to-office mandate during a lunchtime demonstration at
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Canada closing in on deal to get Stellantis battery plant back on track: Champagne

Canada closing in on deal to get Stellantis battery plant back on track: Champagne

OTTAWA — A deal to save a $5-billion electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor is inching closer, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday.
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