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Thousands of Alberta civil servants vote to strike to back demands, says union
EDMONTON - The union representing thousands of Alberta government workers has voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action. Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, said m...
May 13, 2025
Six-month lockout ends at Montreal's storied Queen Elizabeth hotel
MONTREAL - Unionized employees at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel have agreed to a new contract, putting an end to a six-month lockout at the storied Montreal landmark. A news release by the hotel ...
May 13, 2025
Ontario hospitals spent over $9B on agency staff over 10 years, study finds
TORONTO - Ontario hospitals spent more than $9 billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period, a new study concludes. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study,...
May 12, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in April. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, how...
May 09, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for April, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in April. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.6...
May 09, 2025
National employment numbers for April from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's April employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.9 per cent (6.7) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.9) Participation rate...
May 09, 2025
Jobless rate rises as tariffs take 'bite' out of Canada's labour market in April
OTTAWA - Canada's labour market was showing cracks in April as the early impacts of the tariff dispute with the United States started to appear in economic data. Economists expect that weakness could ...
May 09, 2025
More details needed about Carney's plans to revamp foreign service, union head says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to invest in Canada's foreign service, arguing that diplomacy is becoming increasingly important in a dangerous world. A union official representing forei...
May 08, 2025
Volunteer in missing children search urges caution against speculation on their fate
HALIFAX - A police investigation is continuing into the disappearance of two young children reported missing last week from their home in northeastern Nova Scotia. On Wednesday, RCMP Staff Sgt. Robert...
May 08, 2025
Planned burn could have killed trapped firefighters, says B.C. safety report
British Columbia's worker protection agency says a planned burn by the province's wildfire service during the devastating 2023 fire season could have killed or injured multiple firefighters who became...
May 07, 2025
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Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...