1 week ago NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois to Join WSIB Strike Picket Line in Thunder Bay

Ontario’s Frontline WSIB Staff Continue Fight for Fair Wages, Safe Workplaces, and Job Security as Political Support Grows THUNDER BAY, Ontario — NDP MPP for Thunder Bay–Superior North, Lise Vaugeois, Shadow Minister for Seniors and Accessibility, with responsibility for WSIB and Injured Workers, will join the picket line at 605 Sibley Drive on Monday, June […]

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2 w. ago WSIB Workers Mark Two Weeks on Strike as Ford Government Turns a Blind Eye to Dangerous Workloads and U.S. Outsourcing

Ontario’s injured workers face growing backlogs while frontline staff call for fair wages, safe workplaces, and an end to U.S. outsourcing TORONTO — 3,600 members of the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU/CUPE 1750), who support more than 5.6 million workers across Ontario, are now entering their second week on strike—the first full-scale work stoppage in […]

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2 w. ago Special weather alerts issued in Ontario for some of the worst air quality in the world

As Southern Ontario enjoys a very welcome midweek hit of summertime temperatures following an unseasonably chilly and dreary end to May, residents may notice that the sun appears to be working overtime to shine through a layer of haze carried in from the wildfires raging in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.The skies above the Toronto area started looking a little congested on Monday as smoke began making its entrance from the western provinces, where thousands of people are being evacuated and some companies are shutting down operations amid intensifying blazes.As of Tuesday afternoon, 29 Ontario locales have been issued air quality warnings or special weather statements from Environment Canada due to the deteriorating conditions.The alerts affect the western third of the province, including cities like Thunder Bay, which had an extremely dangerous level of pollutants that rated it as "hazardous" on the U.S. Air Quality Index...

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2 w. ago After 40 Years, Ontario Finally Recognizes Injured Workers’ Day

TORONTO and LONDON, Ontario and OSHAWA, Ontario and PETERBOROUGH, Ontario and THUNDER BAY, Ontario, June 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Injured & ill workers will gather at Queen’s Park and across the province as they have done every June 1st for 43 summers. This year, however, they come together for the first ever provincially […]

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3 w. ago Safe Workers = Safe Patrons: Library Workers in Thunder Bay Call for Immediate Action After Another Violent Incident

THUNDER BAY, Ontario — Following another violent incident at a Thunder Bay Public Library branch, library workers are calling on their employer to take immediate action for worker and patron safety. “One of our members was hospitalized after an assault last week, and in the library nothing has changed to protect workers or the public. […]

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4 w. ago Mining claims in Ring of Fire up 66 per cent over past 3 years: environmental group

There are now more than 43,000 claims in the region that is some 450 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont., said Anna Baggio, the conservation director of Wildlands League.

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4 w. ago Mining claims in Ring of Fire up 66% in last 3 years: Environmental group

Mining claims in the Ring of Fire region are up 66% over the last three years and now total an area 14 times the size of Toronto, an environmental group said Wednesday after compiling the data. There are now more than 43,000 claims in the region that is some 450 km north of Thunder Bay, […]

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4 w. ago Library Workers Welcome Commitment for Safe Facility in Stoney Point

ESSEX, Ontario — Essex County library workers are welcoming the announcement by Lakeshore council of $80,000 for a temporary library and washroom facility at Stoney Point, where the existing facility has been closed because of health and safety concerns. “The library is very important to the community. We have been advocating for a long-term solution […]

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