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Cities making backup plans as postal strike hits Newfoundland and Labrador elections
ST. JOHN'S - Canada Post workers have gone on strike in the midst of municipal and provincial elections in Newfoundland and Labrador, leaving officials racing to find contingency plans for mail-in bal...
Sep 26, 2025
Business groups warn of 'massive' impact from another Canada Post strike
Business groups expect a "massive" hit to small companies' operations after unionized postal workers began a countrywide strike on Thursday evening. But the Canadian Federation of Independent Business...
Sep 26, 2025
What the Canada Post strike means for your passports, pension cheques and more
OTTAWA - With Canada Post workers hitting picket lines, the flow of mail across the country has stopped. Here's what the move means for items you may have been expecting in your mailbox. Mail delivery...
Sep 26, 2025
Unionized postal workers on strike after plans to end most home delivery announced
OTTAWA - Unionized postal workers are on a nationwide strike this morning, after Canada Post announced it was planning to end door-to-door mail delivery for almost all households within the next decad...
Sep 26, 2025 Canada Post vehicles are seen at a facility in Ottawa, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Quebec labour tribunal to hear case against Amazon over warehouse closures
MONTREAL - A Quebec labour tribunal will begin hearing witnesses in a case against Amazon stemming from the e-commerce giant's decision to close its seven warehouses in the province. The Confdration d...
Sep 26, 2025
Five things to know about Canada Post's future after Ottawa announces reforms
Mail service is halted at Canada Post after unionized workers announced Thursday they are on a countrywide strike - the latest eruption in a labour dispute that has been going on for nearly a year. Th...
Sep 25, 2025
Former MPs launch volunteer effort to renew NDP ahead of leadership race
OTTAWA - Two former New Democrat MPs who lost their seats in the April election are launching a six-month project to renew the NDP and chart its future, ahead of the March convention. Peter Julian and...
Sep 25, 2025
More pickets by B.C.'s public sector workers at liquor stores to pressure for talks
VICTORIA - The union representing public sector workers in British Columbia is putting more pressure on government finances while curbing the public's access to alcohol. The B.C. General Employees' Un...
Sep 25, 2025
Almost 2,000 student employees cut from federal government in the last fiscal year
OTTAWA - The number of students working for the federal government fell almost 20 per cent between 2024 and 2025. Data provided by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat shows 9,120 students were em...
Sep 25, 2025
Restaurants "used as a pawn" as BCGEU strike expands to liquor stores
BURNABY - Some of British Columbia's most lucrative liquor stores were behind picket lines on Wednesday as the union for public service workers tries to pressure the government to go back to the barga...
Sep 24, 2025
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