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'Do the work': Ottawa urges both sides in B.C. port dispute to restart talks
VANCOUVER - The federal government is urging both sides in the British Columbia port dispute to return to the table after Saturday's collapse of mediated talks to end the lockout at container terminal...
Nov 11, 2024
N.S. election: Woman battles for air conditioners for people on income assistance
HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia politicians make their fall election promises, Julie Leggett is urging them to commit to helping people on income assistance stay cool during heat waves. The resident of New G...
Nov 11, 2024
Port employers 'refusing to bargain,' cut off talks in less than an hour: Union
VANCOUVER - The union for locked-out port workers in British Columbia says the BC Maritime Employers Association cut off talks in less than an hour Saturday, refusing to budge on a final offer that th...
Nov 10, 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
Affordability or bust: Nova Scotia election campaign all about cost of living
HALIFAX - A lot has changed in Nova Scotia since the Progressive Conservatives won a dominant electoral majority in the 2021 election with a targeted focus on health care. And while the health system ...
Nov 09, 2024
Talks break off in B.C. port dispute as bid to end multi-day lockout fails
VANCOUVER - Contract negotiations in a labour dispute that has paralyzed container cargo shipping at British Columbia's ports since Monday have been called off. In an update posted to their website on...
Nov 09, 2024
Deputy minister appointed interim CEO of AIMCo after Alberta government fires board
EDMONTON - Longtime Alberta bureaucrat Ray Gilmour has been appointed interim leader of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, the Crown agency set up to manage public pensions and investments...
Nov 08, 2024
Sides in B.C. port dispute to meet in bid to end lockout after talk with minister
VANCOUVER - Employers and the union representing supervisors embroiled in a labour dispute that triggered a lockout at British Columbia's ports will attempt to reach a deal when talks restart this wee...
Nov 08, 2024
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for October, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in October. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, h...
Nov 08, 2024
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for October, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 1...
Nov 08, 2024
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8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...
