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Province touts new teacher support fund as bargaining resumes
As the provincial government and teachers get back to bargaining, the Ministry of Education is touting the funds it has provided to support new innovations in the classroom. The ministry is set to res...
Feb 12, 2024
Teachers, province hope to hammer out new deal as bargaining resumes
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and the provincial government have both made it clear that they want a solution to come out of the next two days of collective bargaining. "We want to get this de...
Feb 12, 2024
Ontario to repeal wage-cap law after loss in Appeal Court
TORONTO - Hours after the province's highest court ruled an Ontario wage-restraint law unconstitutional, Premier Doug Ford's government announced Monday that it would repeal the controversial bill in ...
Feb 12, 2024
Ontario teachers awarded additional pay to compensate for wage restraint law
TORONTO - Public high school teachers and elementary teachers will get additional retroactive salary increases to compensate them for constrained wages under a law known as Bill 124. When the Elementa...
Feb 09, 2024
Teachers across Canada adding working conditions to agreements
Saskatchewan's collective bargaining agreement for teachers is very thin, according to the federal body representing teachers. Heidi Yetman, president of the Canadian Teachers Federation, told Evan Br...
Feb 09, 2024
Court of Appeal for Ontario set to release Bill 124 ruling on Monday
TORONTO - Ontario's Appeal Court is set to release its ruling on a provincial wage restraint law known as Bill 124 on Monday. The 2019 law capped salary increases for public sector workers to one per ...
Feb 08, 2024
Local CUPE president standing with Sask. teachers on class sizes
With Saskatchewan teachers and the province slated to go back to the bargaining table Monday, the discussion around classroom size and complexity appears to once again be ramping up. Since the start o...
Feb 08, 2024
BCE slashes 9% of workforce, puts blame at the feet of regulators and policymakers
TORONTO - The parent company of Bell Canada announced it is slashing nine per cent of its workforce and could further scale back network spending as it remains at loggerheads with the CRTC over what i...
Feb 08, 2024
Teachers hit picket lines Wednesday in Saskatoon as STF strikes continue
Parents in the Saskatoon area will be making extra child-care arrangements on Wednesday as teachers walk off the job and hit the picket lines in another one-day strike. Wednesday's strike includes tea...
Feb 07, 2024 STF members display their signs along Idylwyld Drive in Saskatoon on Feb. 7, 2024. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Sask. teachers to withdraw noon-hour supervision Thursday as strikes continue
As Saskatchewan teachers continue to hold rotating strikes, their union is adding more pressure in its push for a new contract. On Monday, the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) said teachers acr...
Feb 05, 2024
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Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 8
On today's show, Evan gets the latest on global tensions with Iran and the U.S., discusses Riversdale safety concerns an...