Tag Archives: Labour

TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford made several changes to his cabinet Thursday, including adding an artificial intelligence portfolio and moving embattled minister David Piccini from labour to infra...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia woman says she is not giving up a fight launched by her son for enhanced government support for unhoused people. Jackie Lowe's son, Bradley Lowe, died in 2023, years before he ...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, a day after his government intervened to end a medical workers strike, called out their employer and suggested he may de-privatize lab testing. "Dynacare sucks. ...

OTTAWA - The federal government says employers and unions are divided over how much power Ottawa should have to intervene in labour disputes. Employment and Social Development Canada released a report...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Canada to blame for Washington's escalation of trade war, says Trump trade czar U.S. Trade Representative Jam...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has tabled legislation that would increase protections for some workers. The bill tabled by Labour Minister Nolan Young would reduce the overtime threshold from 48...

TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Trade Canada's counter-tariffs are set to take effect on Tuesday on nearly $28 billion worth of U.S. products. Pri...

MONTRAL - The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that it's unconstitutional to deny employment insurance job loss benefits to women who recently received maternity and parental benefits. The three-judg...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.4 per cent in August. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ho...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.4 per cent in August. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 8....