Murray Wood: When words fail, stuffed animals can say a lot
Murray Wood says people in Foam Lake and communities across Saskatchewan are putting stuffed animals outside to remember...
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Classes resume with replacement teachers after 11 suspended at Montreal school
MONTREAL - Eleven Montreal teachers who were suspended for allegedly creating a climate of fear and intimidation inside a Montreal primary school were replaced Monday as the union that represents them...
Oct 21, 2024
Company to pay $125,000 after worker in Brownlee injured in fall
A contracting company has been ordered to pay $125,000 after a worker near Brownlee, Sask. was injured in a fall last year. According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, Bakke Co...
Oct 21, 2024
Alberta government announces new rules for municipal political parties, donations
EDMONTON - Alberta has announced new regulations that will once again allow corporate and union donations in local elections. The move by the United Conservative Party government reverses a ban brough...
Oct 18, 2024
Quebec nurses union votes in favour of new collective agreement
MONTREAL - Quebec's largest nurses union has reached a deal with the provincial government more than a year and a half after their collective agreement expired in March 2023. Fdration interprofessionn...
Oct 18, 2024
Driving for Uber or writing on Fiverr? How to handle taxes on digital platform income
Digital platforms like Uber, Airbnb and Etsy have made it easier than ever to make some extra cash on the side, but experts say you need to be diligent about tracking and reporting that additional inc...
Oct 17, 2024
Nova Scotia offers retirement fund top-ups for doctors, hoping they'll stick around
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is offering to pay up to $15,000 a year into a new retirement benefits program for doctors in hopes the public money will keep more physicians in the province. Pre...
Oct 16, 2024
Labour minister proposes 90-day strike freeze, special mediator at Port of Montreal
MONTREAL - Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is proposing a special mediator in contract talks at the Port of Montreal for a three-month period during which strikes and lockouts would be off th...
Oct 15, 2024
Ontario taxpayers fork over $4.3 million to settle legal costs in Bill 124 cases
TORONTO - Ontario taxpayers have forked over $4.3 million in legal fees after the province lost two court cases defending a wage-cap law that was struck down as unconstitutional, The Canadian Press ha...
Oct 15, 2024
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in September. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions,...
Oct 11, 2024
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for September, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in September. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador...
Oct 11, 2024 Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent last month, according to Statistics Canada data released on Friday. (980 CJME file photo)
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Sarah Mills: Saskatchewan grieves with Foam Lake
Foam Lake is rallying around a husband and father left to grieve his wife and two daughters, who were killed in a collis...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, Oct. 7
8:30 - The rising cost of diesel is hurting all Canadians, from farmers, truckers and everyday consumers. The Conservati...