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City of Melville workers vote overwhelmingly in favour of job action
Workers at the City of Melville have voted in favour of job action. According to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents 32 employees with the city, the overwhelming majority v...
Feb 14, 2025 The union said additional bargaining with a mediator is expected to begin later this month. (City of Melville/Facebook)
Winter storm wreaks havoc on commute, closes schools across Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic
A major winter storm disrupted travel plans, closed schools and shuttered city services across Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces Thursday, as communities dug out from a wintry cocktail that b...
Feb 13, 2025
Gould promises to open 'path' to a basic personal income
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Karina Gould said she would work toward establishing a basic personal income if she wins the party's leadership race next month. Gould spoke about the policy at Fredericton's food ...
Feb 13, 2025
Strike of school support staff could spill into Calgary after vote for job action
CALGARY - Job action involving more than 4,000 school support workers is on track to grow into Calgary and other areas of Alberta after five more union locals voted to strike. Staff in Edmonton, Sturg...
Feb 12, 2025
Montreal man, 89, suffering from hypothermia after being found outside care home
MONTREAL - An 89-year-old man was fighting for his life Wednesday after he was found outside a long-term care home in the city's east end, Montreal police said. The man was discovered around 7:30 a.m....
Feb 12, 2025
Shopify backs de minimis shipping exemption targeted in Trump's tariff feud
Shopify Inc.'s president has come out in favour of a shipping exemption that U.S President Donald Trump's trade feuds could end. Harley Finkelstein threw his support Tuesday behind the de minimis exem...
Feb 11, 2025
Amazon starts closing Quebec warehouses as union president calls for boycott
MONTREAL - The union that represents workers at what was Canada's only unionized Amazon warehouse says the online retail giant has begun shutting down its seven facilities in Quebec this week, putting...
Feb 08, 2025
Canada adds 76,000 jobs in January as unemployment rate falls to 6.6%
OTTAWA - Canada's unemployment rate ticked down in January as the labour market added 76,000 jobs, beating economist expectations for the month. The jobless rate ticked down 0.1 percentage points to 6...
Feb 07, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in January. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, h...
Feb 07, 2025
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for January, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in January. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 1...
Feb 07, 2025
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