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Unions challenging government intervention in major rail, ports labour disputes
Three unions are now challenging the federal government's recent decisions to intervene in major labour disputes, saying it's undermining workers' rights. The union representing locked-out dock worker...
Nov 13, 2024
Trump's appointees have criticized Trudeau, warned of border issues with Canada
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's second administration is filling up with some of his most loyal supporters and many of the people landing top jobs have been critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and s...
Nov 13, 2024
Nova Scotia election promise tracker: What has been promised by three main parties?
Voters in Nova Scotia go to the polls on Nov. 26. At dissolution, the Progressive Conservatives held 34 seats in the 55-seat legislature, the Liberals held 14 seats, the NDP had six and there was one ...
Nov 12, 2024
Drugs disguised as dog treats seized by Metro Vancouver Transit Police
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Two people have been charged after a Metro Vancouver Transit Police investigation turned up guns and illicit drugs, including fentanyl disguised as dog treats. Police say they ...
Nov 12, 2024
Trump campaign promises unlikely to harm entrepreneurship: Shopify CFO
Shopify Inc. executives brushed off concerns that incoming U.S. President Donald Trump will be a major detriment to many of the company's merchants. "There's nothing in what we've heard from Trump, no...
Nov 12, 2024
Canadian Union of Postal Workers issues 72-hour strike notice
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has given 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post. The notice is for both the union's urban and rural and suburban bargaining units. READ MORE: Canada Post, ...
Nov 12, 2024 (650 CKOM file photo)
Business advocacy group says Ottawa shouldn't tax carbon rebates
OTTAWA - A small business advocacy group is re-upping calls to eliminate the carbon tax, after it says members learned the Canada carbon rebate for small businesses is a taxable benefit. In a letter t...
Nov 12, 2024
Twin port shutdowns risk more damage to Canadian economy: business groups
Business groups are raising concerns about the broad effects of another round of labour disruptions in the transport sector as Canada faces shutdowns at its two biggest ports. Canadian Manufacturers &...
Nov 11, 2024 An entrance to a terminal is shown at the Port of Montreal in Montreal, Sunday, November 10, 2024, where a lock out of dock workers has been declared by the employer.
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Quebec First Nation says government, Hydro-Québec left it out of wind projects
MONTREAL - A First Nation near Quebec City says the provincial government and Quebec's hydro utility have ignored their constitutional duty to consult about four planned wind projects south of the St....
Nov 11, 2024
Montreal dockworkers vote as employer threatens lockout barring deal
MONTREAL - The clock is ticking on a threat by the employers association at the Port of Montreal to lockout some 1,200 dockworkers if their union doesn't agree to a deal Sunday on what it calls a fina...
Nov 10, 2024
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8:30 - Executive members of the federal public service have also returned to work full-time in the office today. We chec...
