56 h. ago As Canada Post talks continue, business uncertainty grows as holidays near

The two sides have been reviewing contractual language that will form new collective agreements, but neither the company nor the union will say how long that may take.

Society

4 d. ago Algoma Steel to lay off 1,000 employees, blames Donald Trump’s tariffs

Announcement comes two weeks after Sault Ste. Marie-based company received $500M in government financing

Economics

8 d. ago JAY GOLDBERG: Mark Carney can’t punt on Canada Post any longer

Taxpayers will be on the hook for billions in bailouts unless the government acts fast.

Transport

8 d. ago Cartes de crédit des employés de l’État: deux ministères ont cumulé 20 000$ en intérêts

Les ministères des Transports et de la Sécurité publique ont payé plus de 20 000$ en intérêts sur trois ans pour des retards de paiement.

Politics

8 d. ago Cartes de crédit des ministères : 52 000$ payés inutilement en intérêts, selon le Vérificateur général

Les contribuables ont payé plus de 52 000$ en intérêts sur des soldes impayés en raison d’une gestion négligente des cartes de crédit des ministères.

Politics

8 d. ago Cartes de crédit des ministères: 52 000$ payés inutilement en intérêts, selon le Vérificateur général du Québec

Les contribuables ont payé plus de 52 000$ en intérêts sur des soldes impayés en raison d’une gestion négligente des cartes de crédit des ministères.

Politics

1 week ago HCL Site Services Ltd. fined $100,000 after workplace injury in August 2022

An excavation contractor has been fined $100,000 after an employee was injured in 2022 during a sewer line restoration. An employee working for HCL Site Services Ltd. was restoring a sewer line in Viking on Aug. 19, 2022, when he was injured during a partial trench collapse, the province said in a Tuesday news release. […]

Economics

1 week ago ‘It’s messier’: A heated conversation with a Canadian historian

Donald Wright, who teaches on the ‘politics of memory,’ endorses Justin Trudeau's contention that Canada is the first post-national nation. I do not

Other

1 week ago Canada Post and union strike deal in principle as holiday crush nears

It follows years of bargaining over pay increases and proposed structural changes to the workforce.

Society

1 week ago Canada Post reaches deal in principle with union, strike suspended

OTTAWA — Canada Post and the union representing thousands of its mail carriers say they have reached agreements in principle for new contracts after two years of contentious bargaining. Both parties confirmed the outlines of a deal were in place Friday evening. In a statement, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said rotating strike action […]

Other

1 week ago Canada Post, union reach ‘agreement in principle’ toward new deal

The Canadian Union of Postal Employees said Friday it will agree to pause strike action and enter final negotiations once the new deals are signed.

Other

2 w. ago Canada Post says it’s burning through $1B loan, expects to run out of cash by year

Canada Post says it will need another bailout by early 2026 after burning through a $1-billion federal loan amid record losses and ongoing strike disruptions.

Economics

2 w. ago Canada Post says another bailout needed as it continues to bleed cash

On Friday, the Crown corporation said it lost $989 million in the first nine months of the year.

Other

2 w. ago Why you might want to send Santa an email instead of using Canada Post

While workers with the company's largest union have been without a collective agreement for two years, Canada Post is ‘effectively insolvent,’ its CFO says

Other

2 w. ago How crypto raiders tortured B.C. family with waterboarding, sex assault, in $2M heist

PORT COQUITLAM — When a woman answered a knock at the door of her home in Port Moody, B.C., in the spring of 2024, she was met by two men in Canada Post uniforms who said they had a package to deliver. What unfolded over the next 13 hours was a horrific ordeal for the […]

Economics

2 w. ago Canada Post expects to lose 30,000 employees to retirement, departures by 2035

OTTAWA — With Canada Post facing deep losses, the Crown corporation’s CEO said Tuesday the company expects to lose up to 30,000 employees to retirement or voluntary departure over the next decade as it tries to get costs under control. “Going forward, we will need to be a leaner organization and align our operations to […]

Culture

2 w. ago Canada Post says it’s lost over $1B so far this year amid strike action

Canada Post says it lost over $1 billion by the end of September amid the ongoing labour disruptions and negotiations with the CUPW, according to the company.

Economics

2 w. ago Canada Post expects to lose 30K employees to retirement, voluntary departures by 2035

OTTAWA — The CEO of Canada Post says the company expects to lose up to 30,000 employees to retirement or voluntary departure over the next decade as the Crown corporation looks to shrinks its workforce and modernize the service. CEO Doug Ettinger told Canada Post’s annual meeting today that the company will use “attrition first” […]

Culture

2 w. ago Genuine warmth and integrity: Pino Buffone was a rare education leader | Letters to the Editor

Saturday, November 15: Citizen readers share thoughts about the removal of speed cameras, Lansdowne 2.0, Canada Post, and gratitude for Social Scene

Politics

3 w. ago Ubisoft halts trading, calls off announcing financial results in unusual day

The gaming company, which has 4,000 staff in Montreal, said in a memo to employees it is “taking extra time to finalize the closing of the semester.”

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