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Goodale Talks About Trade with the UK in visit to Regina

Goodale Talks About Trade with the UK in visit to Regina

Aug 22, 2024 | 5:54pm
Canada’s High Commissioner to the U-K Ralph Goodale is back in Regina. As a long time MP for Regina Wascana, as well as a former cabinet minister, Goodale says its nice to come back home for a visit. He was speaking to the Canadian Club of Regina in an even live streamed on this web […]
Liberal government intervenes in railway labour dispute

Liberal government intervenes in railway labour dispute

Aug 22, 2024 | 3:05pm
Ottawa is stepping in to get freight trains moving again hours after an unprecedented lockout by the country’s two largest railways brought cross-country freight traffic to a standstill. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said Thursday he will use his Labour Code powers to ask the Canada Industrial Relations Board to impose final, binding arbitration in the […]
Pilots at Air Canada Vote to go On Strike

Pilots at Air Canada Vote to go On Strike

Aug 22, 2024 | 10:52am
Air Canada pilots say they have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike mandate, putting them in a position to walk off the job as early as Sept. 17. The Air Line Pilots Association, which represents more than 5,400 aviators at the country’s largest carrier, says the vote passed by 98 per cent on Thursday. The employees have been negotiating […]
Rail companies, union to resume talks as lockout shuts down both major railways

Rail companies, union to resume talks as lockout shuts down both major railways

Aug 22, 2024 | 8:24am
Bargaining between workers and the country’s two largest railways is set to resume Thursday morning after breaking off shortly before midnight — a deadline that left workers locked out by Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City in their first-ever simultaneous work stoppage. Following months of increasingly bitter negotiations, traffic on the freight railways […]
NDP Surge Puts Saskatchewan Party’s Fifth Majority in Peril – Angus Reid

NDP Surge Puts Saskatchewan Party’s Fifth Majority in Peril – Angus Reid

Aug 22, 2024 | 7:53am
As Saskatchewan heads toward a pivotal election, the Saskatchewan Party’s quest for a fifth consecutive majority is encountering unexpected turbulence. New polling from the Angus Reid Institute indicates the closest race between the Saskatchewan Party and the opposition NDP since the former’s rise to power in 2007. Premier Scott Moe’s party leads with 49% support, […]
National rail shutdown begins as employees locked out at both major Canadian railways

National rail shutdown begins as employees locked out at both major Canadian railways

Aug 22, 2024 | 5:57am
In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways has simultaneously ground to a halt, threatening to upend supply chains trying to move forward from pandemic-related disruptions and a port strike last year. In the culmination of months of increasingly bitter negotiations, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. […]
Former Rider Coach Ken Miller has Died at 82

Former Rider Coach Ken Miller has Died at 82

Aug 21, 2024 | 7:17pm
One of the most beloved coaches in the long history of the Saskatchewan Roughriders has died. Ken Miller died Wednesday in Asheville, North Carolina, and had been battling cancer. He was 82. The team announced his passing on social media. Miller was part of some tremendous seasons in Saskatchewan, including the Grey Cup Championship in […]
‘Unacceptable’: Business groups say rail stoppage would hit grain, groceries and more

‘Unacceptable’: Business groups say rail stoppage would hit grain, groceries and more

Aug 21, 2024 | 12:39pm
An impending labour stoppage on Canada’s two national railways has riled industry groups who worry consumers and businesses will be hit hard if goods ranging from grains to french fries to petrochemicals can’t be moved. Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. have already begun a phased shutdown of their networks as […]
Police, border security arrest four Mexicans illegally working in Moose Jaw

Police, border security arrest four Mexicans illegally working in Moose Jaw

Aug 21, 2024 | 10:22am
MOOSE JAW — A joint investigation by the Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has resulted in the arrest of four immigrants who were working here illegally. The MJPS received information recently about an unlicensed paving company working in Moose Jaw. The company was operating under multiple names, including “Hortons […]

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