Ontario's integrity commissioner opens probe into Labour Minister David Piccini
sootoday - TORONTO — Ontario's integrity commissioner has launched an investigation into Labour Minister David Piccini over the provincial Skills Development Fund.
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CUSMA renewal talks heat up after U.S. lists demands on dairy, streaming and alcohol
Jeremy Borg / westernstandard - U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade representative has outlined a series of conditions Canada must meet to secure a long-term extension of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement when it comes up for mandatory review next year, setting the stage for pot…
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Canada sees record population drop, driven by fewer temporary residents
Sean Boynton / globalnews - Statistics Canada said Wednesday the national population fell by 76,068 people, or 0.2 per cent, in the third quarter of this year.
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Woman injured in East York after hand caught in meat grinder, police say
Lucas Casaletto / citynews - Toronto police say a woman was seriously injured late Monday night after her hand became trapped in a meat grinder at a workplace in East York. Authorities received a call at 11:19 p.m. in the Overlea Boulevard and Thorncliffe Park Drive area. Emergency c…
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Rising costs and dwindling opportunities have some of Canada's youth feeling adrift
Craig Lord, Ritika Dubey / nationalobserver - Four months, 50 applications, two interviews, no job.
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90% of Quebec teachers have faced violence on the job, union survey shows
Pierre Saint-Arnaud / theglobeandmail - Much of the physical violence occurs at pre-kindergarten and kindergarten levels, while it tends to be more psychological and verbal in high schools
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Quebec family doctors voting on new deal after province backtracks on reforms
Manoj Subramaniam / citynews - Quebec family doctors have until Friday to vote on a deal that would see the provincial government back down on several controversial reforms in a new law that changes how physicians are paid. The tentative deal would scrap performance-related penalties a…
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Montreal bus, metro drivers vote in favour of new deal with transit agency
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The union representing the 4,500 bus drivers, metro operators, and station agents — the largest of the six unions at the agency — voted on Sunday.
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ATA files grievances over "bad-faith" bargaining
Will Vasseur / westernstandard - The Alberta Teachers Association on Friday said it has filed 61 grievances with the Alberta Labour Relations Board over the provincial government's "bad-faith" bargaining during the recent labour dispute.
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WestJet pauses installing non-reclining seats after blowback — for now
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - WestJet VP Robert Antoniuk told staff in a memo the new configuration will only go ahead on 22 planes "for the time being," with 21 of those already sporting the tighter interior.
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Ontario-appointed supervisor fires TDSB director of education amid board shakeups
sootoday - TORONTO — A provincially appointed supervisor has fired the director of education at Ontario's largest school board, amid a shakeup of board governance by the education minister.
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Halifax museum CEO steps down after report of her calling employees ‘sluts’
Chris Knight / nationalpost - Marie Chapman, CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, has been called out by the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada
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Quebec government reaches agreement in principle with family doctors
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The province has also agreed to postpone the application of contentious legislation designed to impose a new remuneration system on doctors.
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CRA says it’ll hire 1,700 call centre staff ahead of busy tax season
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Melanie Serjak, CRA assistant commissioner, told reporters Wednesday the agency is aiming to reach a total of about 4,500 agents to handle a "very high forecast" in demand.
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Air Transat says flight cancellations capped at 18 after strike averted
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The airline says the suspended flights to or from Toronto and Montreal included destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean and Peru as well as London, Paris, Spain and Portugal.
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NDP blocks controversial activist Yves Engler from leadership race over intimidation allegations, political conduct
David Wiechnik / westernstandard - Controversial left-wing activist Yves Engler has had his NDP leadership bid rejected by the party.
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Air Transat starts cancelling flights as pilots' strike looms
Kalina Laframboise / montrealgazette - A walkout could begin as early as 3 a.m. Wednesday.
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Potential pilot strike threatens London flights to Mexico, Dominican
Norman De Bono / lfpress - Air Transat pilots may strike Wednesday as their union gave 72-hour strike notice to the company Sunday, before the holiday travel season.
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- Union talks spark on-site strike tensions (4)
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Flight disruptions shake terminal operations
Union talks spark on-site strike tensions
Unrelated international news update
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City of Ottawa and feds partner to build 3,000 new affordable housing units
Paula Tran / ottawacitizen - Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the partnership at the Mayor's Breakfast Series early Monday morning
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Ontario sets up $20-million fund for daycare protections after toddler killed in crash
Allison Jones / theglobeandmail - Liam Riazati was killed in September when an SUV crashed into the daycare, also leaving six other young children and three adults injured
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