Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Canada Post sending new offers to union with aim of moving talks forward
Canada Post is sending new offers to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in an effort to move negotiations forward, the postal service said Thursday. The new terms will allow the two sides to return ...
Sep 18, 2025
Escalation of B.C. public service strike hits citizens' services and gaming branch
BURNABY - Public service workers in British Columbia are again escalating job action, picketing a citizens' services office that issues services cards, processes freedom of information requests and fa...
Sep 18, 2025
Ontario public servant unions rally against return-to-office mandates by province
TORONTO - Hundreds of public servants rallied outside Queen's Park on Thursday to protest the province's return-to-office mandate, in the latest outcry from Canadian workers opposed to the waning of p...
Sep 18, 2025
Alberta to launch ad campaign as strike looms in contract standoff with teachers
EDMONTON - A nasty standoff between the Alberta government and its 51,000 teachers - with each side accusing the other of lying - is set to turn into an all-out advertising war. Finance Minister Nate ...
Sep 18, 2025
Educational assistants won't replace Alberta teachers in possible strike: union
EDMONTON - The union for educational assistants in Alberta, fresh off its own strike earlier this year, says members won't take on the work of teachers if they end up walking off the job next month. R...
Sep 17, 2025
The Federal Reserve wrestles with how many interest rate cuts to make and how fast
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the Federal Reserve widely expected Wednesday to reduce its key interest rate by a quarter-point to about 4.1%, economists and Wall Street investors will be looking for signals ...
Sep 17, 2025
Federal union expands campaign denouncing cuts at Canada Revenue Agency
OTTAWA - The federal union representing workers at the Canada Revenue Agency has started the second phase of its online campaign denouncing staffing cuts. The "Canada on Hold" campaign was launched la...
Sep 17, 2025
Looming Alberta teachers' strike puts spotlight on overcrowded schools
EDMONTON - As the clock ticks toward a potential provincewide strike by Alberta's teachers, parents say classroom overcrowding is having a disastrous domino effect on learning with tutors being hired ...
Sep 17, 2025
Premier Smith's Alberta Next panel met with praise, pushed to act in Grande Prairie
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel, aimed at wrenching more political control from Ottawa, was spurred to take action in Grande Prairie Wednesday. The panel is pitching six ideas t...
Sep 17, 2025
Union leaders to meet with workers of Amazon facility in Delta, B.C.
The regional director of a union representing workers at the Amazon facility in Delta, B.C., says leaders are scheduled to meet its members for the first time on the company's property. Unifor Western...
Sep 16, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...