Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
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Labour leader urges unions to expose Poilievre's working-class overtures as 'fraud'
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is a "fraud" for portraying himself as a friend of the working class, the head of the country's largest labour organization said Thursday, urging unions t...
Apr 18, 2024
Correctional service says it's tackling 'evolving threat' posed by drone smugglers
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Correctional Service of Canada says it's taking multiple steps to combat the "evolving threat" of drones that drop contraband into prisons, after B.C. guards held a rally to cal...
Apr 18, 2024
Manitoba Tories to delay passage of bills, angering provincial labour group
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives are delaying passage of four bills at the legislature, prompting an angry response from a labour leader. The legislature rules allow the Oppo...
Apr 17, 2024
All federal ministers will participate in process to find 5,000 jobs to cut: Anand
OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Anita Anand says no government ministry and agency will be left out of the process of cutting 5,000 public-service positions. Anand, who is responsible for much of th...
Apr 17, 2024
'Fair representation:' Expert weighs in on teacher's disability fight
When someone is hurt at work, there is a duty for the employer to accommodate them so they can get back to work. That's the main point from Sean Tucker, a professor who teaches about occupational heal...
Apr 16, 2024 The disability framework for teachers in Saskatchewan is a bit unique in the country because it’s administered by the teachers’ union, according to an expert. (980 CJME file photo)
Alberta announces wage offer for government workers during collective bargaining
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is offering a 7.5-per-cent wage increase in the midst of collective bargaining, with government workers calling for a 26-per-cent bump. More than 22,000 members of th...
Apr 15, 2024
Manitoba government to appoint administrator after four rural councillors resign
The Manitoba government has stepped in after four councillors representing a rural area north of Winnipeg resigned last week. A spokesperson for the province says it is in the process of appointing an...
Apr 15, 2024
Protest averted as Newfoundland and Labrador premier helps reach pricing deal on crab
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A potentially volatile dispute over Newfoundland and Labrador's crab fishery has been averted with the help of Premier Andrew Furey. Late on Sunday, Furey helped negotiate a pricing...
Apr 15, 2024
Members of Quebec health care workers union vote against tentative deal with province
MONTREAL - Members of a union representing more than 80,000 health care workers in Quebec have decisively rejected a tentative collective agreement with the province that was endorsed by the labour gr...
Apr 13, 2024
When leaders speak of workers and their rights, hold them to it, CLC urges unions
OTTAWA - Canada's largest labour organization is urging unions to hold politicians to account when they profess to champion the country's working class. Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Co...
Apr 13, 2024
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Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
On Wednesday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming i...