Category Archives: Labour
Alberta Brazilian COVID-19 variant outbreaks linked to workplaces: top doctor
EDMONTON — An outbreak of the COVID-19 variant first found in Brazil appears to be linked to a large employer with multiple sites across Western Canada, Alberta's top doctor said Monday. Chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, said it's
Steelworkers united in defending Canada against perils of American protectionism
WASHINGTON — The largest industrial union in North America came to Canada's defence Thursday, vowing to protect businesses and workers north of the border from the growing peril of protectionism in the United States. United Steelworkers international ...
Pandemic’s third wave hits people in their 20s, 30s, with more illness, and blame
TORONTO — Working age Canadians have been hit hard by the escalating pandemic, and now they're drawing a significant chunk of the blame, too. British Columbia Premier John Horgan and Quebec Premier Francois Legault have been among those to suggest incr...
Canadians hope for ‘common sense’ on Buy American as Biden talks infrastructure
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden lifted the veil Wednesday on a broad and ambitious $2 trillion in infrastructure spending but Canadian businesses, contractors and suppliers were left still wondering if they will be able to share in the largesse. ...
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario unite to urge Michigan not to shut down Line 5
WASHINGTON — Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline would create a "dangerous precedent" that would forever imperil future cross-border infrastructure projects between Canada and the United States, says Alberta's energy minister. Sonya Savage joined counte...
Opposition MPs express anger as Liberal House leader, not PM aide, testifies on WE
OTTAWA — A parliamentary hearing on the federal government’s now-dead deal with WE Charity threatened to devolve into chaos on Monday after the Liberals sent a cabinet minister to answer questions on behalf of one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s
B.C. labour minister concerned over recent workplace deaths
VICTORIA — British Columbia's labour minister says he has contacted the head of the province's workplace safety agency after six workers died on the job in the past four weeks. Harry Bains says he's reached out to the chair of WorkSafeBC
B.C. labour minister concerned over recent workplace deaths
VICTORIA — British Columbia's labour minister says he has contacted the head of the province's workplace safety agency after six workers died on the job in the past four weeks. Harry Bains says he's reached out to the chair of WorkSafeBC
Alberta health minister says regrets dismissing bitterness of year-long doctor fight
EDMONTON — Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says he regrets recently downplaying and dismissing the bitterness of a year-long fight with physicians over pay and working conditions. And Shandro admits there’s work to be done rebuilding trust with d...
Federal government faces costly path to recoup wrongly paid aid, auditor says
OTTAWA — The federal auditor general says the government missed chances to flag fraudulent claims for emergency benefits last year, potentially paying money to insolvent companies, and will now have to rely on costly, years-long efforts to recoup the m...