Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
Tag Archives: Labour
Striking airport refuellers sit down with employer for first time during strike
MONTREAL - Airplane refuelling workers who are on strike at two Montreal airports say "the ball is in the employer's court" after they presented proposals to Swissport Canada Monday in the first sit-d...
Jan 07, 2020
‘Doomsday’ scenario of mass layoffs due to AI unlikely, federal documents say
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that top government officials believe there is no imminent threat that artificial intelligence and robots will displace large segments of the Canadian workforce....
Jan 02, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark Schiefelbein
Unifor reacts to court order limiting delays at Co-op Refinery
The Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina is pleased with a recent court order that limits picketing workers from stalling traffic heading in and out of the facility. According to the company, the ruling s...
Dec 28, 2019 Members with Unifor Local 594 picket outside of Regina's Co-op oil refinery on Dec. 5, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
UK’s Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Tories secure majority
LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has won a thumping majority of seats in Britain's Parliament - a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election that should allow Johns...
Dec 13, 2019 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is greeted by staff as he returns to 10 Downing Street, London, after meeting Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace and accepting her invitation to form a new government on Dec. 13, 2019. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
Employees begin picketing at Co-op Refinery Complex
Employees at the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina are out on the picket line. Unifor Local 594 issued a strike notice that was set to take effect Thursday at 4:30 p.m. In response, the company issued ...
Dec 05, 2019 Members with Unifor Local 594 picket outside of Regina's Co-op oil refinery. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
STF says lack of collective bargaining progress 'frustrating'
Saskatchewan teachers are no closer to a new contract despite months of bargaining. The government trustee bargaining committee met with the teacher bargaining committee to negotiate for the 10th time...
Nov 13, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
‘She was the rock’: Husband, curling community grieve loss of Sask. curler and mother
A Warman family and Saskatchewan's curling community are in mourning after the sudden death of a beloved mom and provincial curling team member. Aly Jenkins, a lead for Sherry Anderson's curling rink,...
Oct 22, 2019
Increase to Saskatchewan minimum wage effective today
Saskatchewan's minimum wage increased by 26 cents to an hourly rate of $11.32 on Tuesday. The change was announced back in June, making it the 11th time the wage has been increased since 2007. Accordi...
Oct 01, 2019
Saskatchewan posts ninth consecutive month of job growth
The Government of Saskatchewan is touting the province's ninth straight month of year-over-year job growth. Since April 2018, Saskatchewan saw 14,200 jobs created - most of them in the private sector,...
May 12, 2019
Faculty association serves strike notice to U of R
Academic staff at the University of Regina could soon be on strike. The University of Regina Faculty Association (URFA) has served a strike notice, which could start Thursday at 10 a.m. In an update f...
Mar 23, 2019
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
On Thursday's show, Evan welcomes a trio of teens to discuss banning social media for children and teenagers, discusses ...