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Canada to bring back stricter rules for temporary foreign worker program

Canada to bring back stricter rules for temporary foreign worker program

Aug 26, 2024 | 8:19am
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging businesses to hire Canadian workers as his government announces new restrictions to limit low-wage temporary foreign workers. After facing intense criticism for the recent influx of temporary foreign workers, the Liberal government is bringing back pre-pandemic rules that made it more difficult for businesses to hire low-wage workers from […]
Feds identify 56 government properties for conversion to affordable housing

Feds identify 56 government properties for conversion to affordable housing

Aug 25, 2024 | 2:59pm
The federal government has added 56 properties to a new public lands bank of locations that are suitable for long-term leases so developers can build housing, a move the Housing Minister says will help boost the supply of homes Canadians can afford.  Sean Fraser made the announcement Sunday in Halifax just ahead of a three-day […]
TCRC issues strike notice to CN Rail, challenge Minister’s directive for binding arbitration

TCRC issues strike notice to CN Rail, challenge Minister’s directive for binding arbitration

Aug 23, 2024 | 11:45am
The federal government’s plan to get Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) workers back to work could go off the rails. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents 93-hundred employees of CPKC and CN, issued 72-hour strike notice to Canadian National Railway Friday morning, while members on the CPKC […]
Teamsters challenge minister’s move to resume rail service as CPKC lockout drags on

Teamsters challenge minister’s move to resume rail service as CPKC lockout drags on

Aug 23, 2024 | 11:09am
Rail workers pushed back hard Friday against the federal government’s move to get them back on the job, with a new strike notice and a regulatory challenge making it unclear when freight traffic will fully resume. At Canadian National Railway Co., trains began to move again Friday morning as workers started to trickle back to […]
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 […]
APAS concerned about railroad shutdown affecting Saskatchewan’s grain industry

APAS concerned about railroad shutdown affecting Saskatchewan’s grain industry

Aug 22, 2024 | 1:56pm
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is expressing serious concern over the recent rail network disruptions that pose a severe threat to the province’s grain producers. The disruption not only cast a profound shadow of uncertainty over the operations and sustainability of Saskatchewan’s grain producers but also impacts the timely delivery of essential machinery […]
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 […]
Railways grind to a halt, farm groups spell out consequences of simultaneous work stoppage

Railways grind to a halt, farm groups spell out consequences of simultaneous work stoppage

Aug 22, 2024 | 9:16am
The “Stop the Strike” coalition held a news conference Wednesday morning, calling on CN Rail and CPKC Rail to resolve their labour dispute with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. However, the deadline of midnight Eastern Time (10:01 p.m. SK time) came and went without a deal in place. Crew scheduling and fatigue management are among […]
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 […]
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 […]

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