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In the news today: Strike deadline passes for public service staff
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Strike deadline passes for public service staff The deadline has passed for possible strike action to begin in British Columbia by an array of public service workers that includes liquor store staff, community college instructors and municipal workers. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec has turned down funds aimed at addressing systemic racism in the courts
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combating systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn’t agree with the program’s approach. The federal government first offered $6.64 million in funding to provinces and territories in 2021 to improve fairness in the courts. Spread out over five years, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Strike deadline passes for B.C. public service staff
By Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2025
VANCOUVER — The deadline has passed for possible strike action to begin in British Columbia by an array of public service workers that includes liquor store staff, community college instructors and municipal workers. Paul Finch, president of the BC General Employees’ Union and public service bargaining committee chair, announced Friday that a 72-hour notice of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BCGEU says some of its members will begin walking picket lines Tuesday
By Canadian Press on September 1st, 2025
VICTORIA — The British Columbia General Employees’ Union says a portion of its members who work for the province’s public service will begin walking picket lines Tuesday after the union issued 72-hour notice of a strike last week. The union says in a news release that its president, Paul Finch, will join striking workers on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: BCGEU says some of its members will begin walking picket lines Tuesday
By Canadian Press on September 1st, 2025
VICTORIA — The British Columbia General Employees’ Union says a portion of its members who work for the province’s public service will begin walking picket lines Tuesday after the union issued 72-hour notice of a strike last week. The union says its president, Paul Finch, will join striking workers on a picket line in Victoria. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Housefather and other MPs issue call for action against rise of antisemitism
By Canadian Press on September 1st, 2025
OTTAWA — Nearly a fifth of the Liberal caucus has issued a letter calling for more to be done to address a rise in antisemitism after a Jewish woman in her 70s was stabbed at an Ottawa grocery store. Mount Royal MP Anthony Housefather posted a letter on social media he signed along with 31 ... Read More »
1 response‘Mercy of politics’: Canadian farmers weigh plans as Chinese tariff hits canola price
By Canadian Press on September 1st, 2025
As Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola products continue to hamper the cash price of one of the country’s most valuable crops, farming experts say producers have big decisions ahead of them. Market analyst Chuck Penner with LeftField Commodity Research said while future prices are down slightly, the cash price farmers receive for their canola, also ... Read More »
1 responseLabour vote splitting as Canada’s political parties battle for workers’ support
By Canadian Press on September 1st, 2025
OTTAWA — A year ago, then-NDP leader Jagmeet Singh’s Labour Day message to workers insisted that his party alone would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with working Canadians and the unions that work to protect their rights. Six months later, Singh stood outside of an auto plant in Windsor, Ont. during the federal election, hoping to offer support ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec premier François Legault set to take centre stage at SAAQclic scandal inquiry
By Canadian Press on September 1st, 2025
MONTREAL — All eyes will be on Quebec Premier François Legault on Tuesday as he is set to testify at the public inquiry into the cost overrun scandal at the province’s auto insurance board. The commission, overseen by Judge Denis Gallant, is examining how the creation of the online platform known as SAAQclic incurred cost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Margaret Atwood takes aim at Alberta’s school library books ban with satirical story
By Canadian Press on August 31st, 2025
EDMONTON — Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta’s controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author’s novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” was yanked from some shelves due to the province’s sweeping new rules. In a social media post on Sunday, Atwood said since the ... Read More »
2 responsesSome Indigenous businesses halt exports to U.S. despite long-standing free-trade ties
By Canadian Press on August 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — Some small Indigenous businesses are halting shipments to the U.S. in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariff regime, even though trade ties exist that predate the founding of both Canada and the United States. “There needs to be a resolution to allow Indigenous Peoples to continue to undergo the trade routes that ... Read More »
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