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New safety officers at Manitoba hospitals aimed at reducing workplace violence
WINNIPEG - Specially trained and better equipped security staff are scheduled to start Monday at Manitoba's largest hospital - the Health Sciences Centre - in a bid to reduce violence against health-c...
Apr 10, 2024
Saskatchewan teachers pull volunteer services indefinitely in labour dispute
REGINA - Saskatchewan teachers have withdrawn all volunteer services as they ramp up an ongoing labour dispute with the province. Meanwhile, in the legislature Monday, the governing Saskatchewan Party...
Apr 08, 2024
Quebec provincial police ramp up pressure tactics over lagging contract talks
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police officers stepped up pressure tactics this week over lagging contract talks - including slowing down traffic on a major Montreal highway on Tuesday. It has been two ...
Apr 03, 2024
Minimum wage up across Atlantic Canada with biggest jump in Newfoundland and Labrador
HALIFAX - The minimum wage is going up today in all four Atlantic Canadian provinces. Newfoundland and Labrador is leading the way with a 60-cent increase, bringing its hourly rate to $15.60 - the hig...
Apr 01, 2024
Ontario minimum wage to increase Oct. 1 to $17.20 an hour
TORONTO - Ontario's minimum wage will rise later this year to $17.20 an hour. The annual Oct. 1 increase is tied to inflation and is a boost of 3.9 per cent from the current rate of $16.55 per hour. L...
Mar 28, 2024
Quebec firefighters who died in 2023 flood lacked training, equipment: safety board
MONTREAL - Two volunteer firefighters who died trying to rescue two people trapped by floodwaters northeast of Quebec City last May lacked proper training and equipment, Quebec's workplace safety boar...
Mar 28, 2024
Saskatchewan teachers hope to be back at bargaining table with government next week
REGINA - Saskatchewan teachers could return to the bargaining table as early as next week to work out their labour dispute with the province. Samantha Becotte, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' ...
Mar 28, 2024
Alberta wants more control over immigration and more Ukrainian refugees to fill jobs
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says federal immigration limits are undercutting her province's ability to fill jobs, grow the economy and aid those fleeing violence in war-torn Ukraine. Smith called o...
Mar 27, 2024
Saskatoon students' trip to Europe cancelled due to STF sanctions
A trip to Switzerland and Paris for students at a Saskatoon high school has been cancelled as a deal between the province and Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation remains up in the air. The union has lev...
Mar 27, 2024
N.L. fish harvesters reach deal, ending demonstration that shut down government
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A fisherman who led protests this week that shut down the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature says he has reached a deal with the government to make it easier for harvesters to ea...
Mar 22, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...