By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 2, 2024 12:17 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s labour tribunal has ordered McGill University to stop obstructing and interfering with a union representing full-time law professors. The tribunal found the university appears to have violated the Quebec Labour Code when…
A highly anticipated report looking into the way evictions were carried out at a Halifax encampment in 2021 offered 37 recommendations for Halifax police, the police board and the city, calling it “a day of chaos for all those involved.” Last spring, the Board of Police Commissioners announced it had hired a Toronto-based law firm to…
The son of a 78-year-old man who died in a Fredericton emergency department after waiting to be seen for nearly seven hours says New Brunswick’s premier is using his father’s death to score political goals ahead of an election. Ryan Mesheau said he was taken aback by Premier Blaine Higgs’s recent vow to shield health-care…
Pest control technician JS Ouellette says this hot, dry summer has been good for business, with 25 to 40 calls per day to remove wasp nests — roughly four times the typical call volume. “I am just parked and people will come up and be like, ‘hey, do you deal with wasps? I have some,’” said…
Hot on the heels of a Canada-wide rail shutdown, a potential strike at U.S. seaports on the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico is threatening to further disrupt supply chains. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents roughly 45,000 dockworkers at three dozen seaports from Texas to Maine, have threatened to walk off the job on…
The Michelin Guide is coming to Quebec in 2025. Some in the restaurant industry say it’s been a long time coming, while others say it won’t change how they do things. Source link
The union representing thousands of railroaders has appealed the moves that ended the rail shutdown last week — a work stoppage that halted freight and commuter traffic across the country. In filings to the Federal Court of Appeal, the Teamsters union challenged directives for binding arbitration issued to a labour board by federal Labour Minister…
North Residents posted on Facebook early Friday morning showing photos of the community’s Co-op grocery store on fire. Co-op store caught fire early Friday morning, triggering state of emergency CBC News · Posted: Aug 30, 2024 9:56 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago Whale Cove’s Co-op grocery store burned early Friday morning. The fire…
The planned induction of a Russian ice hockey player, formerly of the Detroit Red Wings, into the Hockey Hall of Fame is spurring calls to cancel the honour over the athlete’s reported participation in an event endorsing his country’s invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is protesting the selection of retired NHL player and…
Canada needs more clean power to meet growing demand, while aiming for net-zero emissions to fight climate change. Many Canadians want to install rooftop solar panels to help. But while that can lower their electricity bills, they can’t actually get paid for it — because many jurisdictions limit the power generation of a rooftop solar…
