Murray Wood: Fall season is too brief to waste indoors
Today marks the first day of fall, as the equinox arrives. Murray Wood says that despite the fantastic temperatures we'v...
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Liberals accuse Conservatives of using AI for amendments to jobs bill as votes loom
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are expected to vote for up to 15 hours in a row Thursday and Friday on more than 200 Conservative amendments to the government's sustainable jobs bill. The amendments a...
Apr 11, 2024
Nova Scotia teachers vote in favour of strike mandate as conciliation talks near
HALIFAX - Unionized public school teachers in Nova Scotia have voted in favour of a strike mandate. The Nova Scotia Teachers Union said 98 per cent of its more than 10,000 members voted in support Thu...
Apr 11, 2024
New safety officers at Manitoba hospitals aimed at reducing workplace violence
WINNIPEG - Specially trained and better equipped security staff are scheduled to start Monday at Manitoba's largest hospital - the Health Sciences Centre - in a bid to reduce violence against health-c...
Apr 10, 2024
Saskatchewan teachers pull volunteer services indefinitely in labour dispute
REGINA - Saskatchewan teachers have withdrawn all volunteer services as they ramp up an ongoing labour dispute with the province. Meanwhile, in the legislature Monday, the governing Saskatchewan Party...
Apr 08, 2024
Quebec provincial police ramp up pressure tactics over lagging contract talks
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police officers stepped up pressure tactics this week over lagging contract talks - including slowing down traffic on a major Montreal highway on Tuesday. It has been two ...
Apr 03, 2024
Minimum wage up across Atlantic Canada with biggest jump in Newfoundland and Labrador
HALIFAX - The minimum wage is going up today in all four Atlantic Canadian provinces. Newfoundland and Labrador is leading the way with a 60-cent increase, bringing its hourly rate to $15.60 - the hig...
Apr 01, 2024
Ontario minimum wage to increase Oct. 1 to $17.20 an hour
TORONTO - Ontario's minimum wage will rise later this year to $17.20 an hour. The annual Oct. 1 increase is tied to inflation and is a boost of 3.9 per cent from the current rate of $16.55 per hour. L...
Mar 28, 2024
Quebec firefighters who died in 2023 flood lacked training, equipment: safety board
MONTREAL - Two volunteer firefighters who died trying to rescue two people trapped by floodwaters northeast of Quebec City last May lacked proper training and equipment, Quebec's workplace safety boar...
Mar 28, 2024
Saskatchewan teachers hope to be back at bargaining table with government next week
REGINA - Saskatchewan teachers could return to the bargaining table as early as next week to work out their labour dispute with the province. Samantha Becotte, president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' ...
Mar 28, 2024
Alberta wants more control over immigration and more Ukrainian refugees to fill jobs
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says federal immigration limits are undercutting her province's ability to fill jobs, grow the economy and aid those fleeing violence in war-torn Ukraine. Smith called o...
Mar 27, 2024
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, Sept. 22
Brent talks with Cherelle "Torch" George and Rochelle "Wham" Middleton about the Harlem Globetrotter...