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Quebec, provincial police union reach 6-year contract deal, to be presented this week
QUEBEC CITY, Que. - The Quebec government and the association representing provincial police officers have reached a new agreement in principle on a six-year contract. Both sides were forced back to t...
Jul 08, 2024
SGEU ratifies three-year agreement with Sask. Government
The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (SGEU) has ratified a three-year contract agreement with the provincial government. According to the Government of Saskatchewan, the three-year ...
Jul 08, 2024 Dustin Duncan says the agreement with SGEU is good for both workers and the people of the province. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
Legal Aid Alberta to continue service as negotiations resume on new governance deal
EDMONTON - Legal Aid Alberta says it will continue to provide lawyers to those who can't afford them as negotiations resume with the province and law society over a new governance agreement. The organ...
Jul 05, 2024
LCBO stores closed for 2 weeks as workers strike, oppose plan to open up booze market
TORONTO - Workers for Ontario's main liquor retailer, who say the government's plan to open up the alcohol market poses an existential threat to their jobs, are now on strike, with stores expected to ...
Jul 05, 2024
Canadian unemployment rate rose to 6.4% in June as jobs market stalls
OTTAWA - The Canadian job market stalled in June as the economy lost 1,400 jobs and the unemployment rate climbed to its highest level in more than two years, bolstering the case for further interest ...
Jul 05, 2024
Border workers who nearly went on strike in June ratify new contract
OTTAWA - The union representing Canada's border workers says members have voted 91 per cent in favour of a new collective agreement. More than 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency workers were planning...
Jul 04, 2024
B.C. NDP ministers Bains, Ralston and Fleming won't seek re-election in Oct. 19 vote
VICTORIA - Three veteran New Democrat cabinet ministers and community stalwarts in Surrey and Victoria have announced they won't seek re-election in British Columbia's fall vote. Harry Bains, Bruce Ra...
Jul 04, 2024
Legal Aid Alberta to stop services over contract dispute with provincial government
EDMONTON - Legal Aid Alberta says it will stop providing lawyers to those who can't afford them by next Tuesday over a funding and governance dispute with the province. It says in a statement the Unit...
Jul 03, 2024
Newfoundland and Labrador fishers say commercial cod fishery should not reopen
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Exactly 32 years after the federal government imposed a moratorium on Newfoundland and Labrador's commercial cod fishery, harvesters in the province demanded on Tuesday that Ottawa ...
Jul 02, 2024
How arbitration plans went awry ahead of WestJet mechanics strike
An order from the federal labour minister to send WestJet and its plane mechanics into binding arbitration unexpectedly resulted in a strike on one of the busiest travel weekends of the summer. The wo...
Jul 02, 2024 The work stoppage, which ended late Sunday night, raises questions about the dispute resolution process and how consumers should respond to the threat of an airline strike. (The Canadian Press)
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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...
