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Canada to restrict low-wage foreign workers, consider lower immigration targets
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging businesses to hire Canadians as his government announces new restrictions to limit the number of low-wage temporary foreign workers in the country. Ott...
Aug 26, 2024
Immigration, housing to headline cabinet retreat in Halifax Monday
HALIFAX - Housing and immigration will take centre stage today as the federal cabinet retreat in Halifax moves into its first full day of meetings. The annual end-of-summer cabinet gathering is intend...
Aug 26, 2024
CN, CPKC to resume railway service Monday as work stoppage ends
OTTAWA - Traffic at Canada's two largest railways is slated to resume today as a rail work stoppage comes to an end following a Saturday decision from the federal labour board. Canadian National Railw...
Aug 26, 2024
Companies take stock of rail shutdown's hit to economy - and bottom lines
MONTREAL - The economic fallout of the country's rail shutdown is set to come into focus this week as shippers and producers take stock of cargo delays and financial losses. A work stoppage that began...
Aug 25, 2024 Train cars are seen on the tracks in an aerial view at Canadian National Rail's Thornton Yard as the Port Mann Bridge spans the Fraser River, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, August 22, 2024. The economic fallout of the country's rail shutdown is set to come into focus this week, as shippers and producers take stock of delays and losses. (Darryl Dyck/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Labour board orders rail workers back on the job, as Teamsters vow to appeal
The federal labour board has ordered thousands of rail employees back to work after a bitter contract dispute shut down the country's two major railways. The decision from the Canada Industrial Relati...
Aug 24, 2024 (Canadian Press)
Labour lawyer shares perspective on rail strike, and what lies ahead
Many thought it was over, but the railway work disruption at Canada's two largest railroads isn't ending just yet. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union served 72-hour strike notice to CN on Frid...
Aug 23, 2024
Conservatives maintain silence as strife continues between union, railways
OTTAWA - As railworkers push back on the Liberal government's effort to end a labour dispute that ground trains to a halt, the federal Conservatives have been silent on the strife that poses a major t...
Aug 23, 2024
The latest in the labour dispute at Canada's two biggest railways
The federal government is intervening in a countrywide work stoppage at Canada's two biggest railways, but railworkers are pushing back against Ottawa's move to get them back on the job. In the culmin...
Aug 23, 2024 The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference met with reporters in Calgary, with Teamsters Canada president Francois Laporte saying the union's legal team is looking at all available options. (The Canadian Press)
Rail stoppage: Montreal commuters eye alternatives as trains halted for second day
MONTREAL - Karina Andone considered her options to get to her job in downtown Montreal, after a stoppage at Canada's two biggest railways halted commuter trains for a second consecutive day on Friday....
Aug 23, 2024
Disruptions to major commuter lines continue amid railway labour dispute
Thousands of Canadian commuters were forced to find alternatives to their destinations for a second day on Friday as a labour dispute at two of Canada's major railways continued to disrupt some train ...
Aug 23, 2024
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