5 d. ago Montreal transit strike: Service to ‘resume gradually’ as job action ends

A strike by the Montreal transit agency’s 2,400 maintenance workers, which limited bus and subway service to peak hours and late evenings, was scheduled to last until Nov. 28.

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1 week ago 'Build relationships': New police Chief Warren Driechel boosts community policing, collaborations with social agencies

"I will work to make people feel safer, because to me it is personal."

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1 week ago Carney’s first budget gives corporations a free ride and leaves working Canadians behind

OTTAWA — CUPE, Canada’s largest union, says Mark Carney’s first federal budget gives corporations a free ride while leaving working Canadians behind with major austerity and cuts to programs and services. “While workers struggle with soaring prices and Donald Trump’s trade war, it’s clear from this budget that Mark Carney is fighting for boardrooms and […]

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1 week ago Helping the helpers: Fleming College launches research on resilience in nursing

Peterborough, ON, Nov. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fleming College has been awarded $357,033 by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), in collaboration with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The funding is provided through the College and Community Social Innovation […]

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3 w. ago ‘Christmas in October’: B.C. restaurateurs relieved by tentative public service deal

VANCOUVER — The head of a British Columbia hospitality industry lobby group says news of a tentative deal to end the province’s public service workers’ strike is like “Christmas in October.” Ian Tostenson with the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association said it was welcome after the eight-week dispute that brought government alcohol distribution to a […]

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3 w. ago Worker sexually assaulted at Canadian military facility in Latvia reaches secret settlement

Kristen Adams was sexually assaulted at a Canadian military facility in Latvia by a NATO soldier in 2022.

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3 w. ago Alberta legislature set to return with throne speech as teachers strike goes on

Alberta's legislative assembly is set to return today with a throne speech kicking off the fall sitting.

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3 w. ago CUPE and OPSEU members to hold press conference and march demanding Bill 124 wage justice and long

TORONTO — With more than 60 frontline community and social service agencies ramping up their coordinated bargaining campaign in the weeks ahead, CUPE and OPSEU members will bring stories of the impact of Bill 124’s wage suppression and chronic underfunding for their services to Queen’s Park. More than 30 locals have already taken strike mandate […]

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4 w. ago Community and social services workers welcome the return of the legislature with demands for long

TORONTO — More than 600 days since Bill 124 was repealed, tens of thousands of community and social services workers are still waiting for the wages that were stolen from them. With the return of the Ontario Legislature, workers are calling on Doug Ford’s Conservative government to finally deliver justice. Bill 124, passed in 2019, […]

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4 w. ago Students return date remains uncertain as MLAs ready for legislature's return

Government House Leader Joseph Schow had few details on potential back-to-work legislation for striking teachers but said new bills were coming regarding Sheriffs, longest ballot protests, and regulatory bodies

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