Ontario exempting training centres from municipal and planning laws

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Ontario may let Skills Development Fund training centres bypass municipal planning rules, sparking concerns over safety, oversight, and transparency.

Back to Top / Saturday, November 29, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 16407 / 2 stories in 3 months

Unions, community groups to hold demonstration in Montreal against Quebec government

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Major Quebec unions will rally in downtown Montreal today, protesting government cuts, underfunded services and what they call a shift to the political right.

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B.C.’s dairy milk testers go on strike after 20 months of bargaining

Amy Judd / globalnews - In a news release, the B.C. General Employees' Union says the workers served a 72-hour strike notice on Nov. 21 and went on strike on Nov. 25.

Back to Top / Saturday, November 29, 2025, 12:40 am / permalink 16379 / 2 stories in 3 months

McGill’s decision to cut 25 sports teams called ‘unfortunate’ by U Sports CEO

Lucas Casaletto / citynews - U Sports chief executive officer Pierre Arsenault says McGill University’s decision to cut 25 sports teams following the 2025-26 season is “unfortunate.” The school said that it “carried out an extensive review process that involved discussions with inter…

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Ford government passes controversial omnibus rental bill amidst protests

Isaac Callan / globalnews - On Monday morning, Bill 60 passed its third reading at Queen's Park, the final stage before it receives royal assent and becomes law.

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Annual Stuff A Bus helps address growing need at Calgary Food Bank

Drew Stremick / globalnews - Calgarians donated food items on Saturday for the annual Stuff A Bus campaign in support of the Calgary Food Bank. This year is more important than ever, according to organizers.

Back to Top / Saturday, November 22, 2025, 8:20 pm / permalink 16221 / 2 stories in 3 months

Picket locations announced across Alberta for start of health-care union strike

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The 16,000 Alberta hospital workers who are members of the AUPE gave strike notice on Wednesday could go on strike Saturday at 8:30 a.m.

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Alberta’s government has unveiled a $300‑million roadmap to address surging classroom aggression and

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JD Vance says Canada’s immigration ‘insanity’ caused lower living standards

Sean Boynton / globalnews - Vance shared data purporting to show living standards in Canada falling below the U.S. and Britain in recent years, which he blamed on high immigration.

Back to Top / Friday, November 21, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 16189 / 4 stories in 3 months

Canada Post says it’s burning through $1B loan, expects to run out of cash by year-end

Pooja Misra / globalnews - Canada Post says it will need another bailout by early 2026 after burning through a $1-billion federal loan amid record losses and ongoing strike disruptions.

Back to Top / Friday, November 21, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 16188 / 9 stories in 3 months

Doug Ford government to introduce ‘Buy Ontario’ legislation

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The province said the Buy Ontario Act would apply to all public-sector organizations, including municipalities, ministries, agencies, contractors and subcontractors.

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Alberta hospital workers to begin picketing this weekend as union issues strike notice

Fakiha Baig / theglobeandmail - A number of elective surgeries have already been cancelled and more may follow if strike drags on, union president says

Back to Top / Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 2:22 pm / permalink 16120 / 5 stories in 3 months

NDP convention delegates call on their own government to build ferries in B.C.

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - BC NDP delegates want the province to build ferries locally to protect good-paying jobs, after BC Ferries chose a shipyard in China to construct four new vessels.

Back to Top / Saturday, November 15, 2025, 6:20 pm / permalink 16006 / 3 stories in 3 months

Unifor says WestJet is outsourcing hundreds of customer service jobs to El Salvador

Vanmala Subramaniam / theglobeandmail - The union claims 400 call centre jobs have been outsourced as part of an offshoring plan between WestJet and Telus Digital

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Montreal transit strike averted after tentative deal reached with drivers’ union

Alessia Simona Maratta / globalnews - The strike was scheduled to begin early Saturday and last until Monday, but the Société de transport de Montréal says it reached a deal late Friday.

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Alberta expands use of private surgical centres in bid to shorten procedure wait-lists

Matthew Scace / theglobeandmail - Plan will add more than 1,000 new hospital beds across Calgary and Edmonton, but critics say it doesn’t address health care worker shortage

Back to Top / Friday, November 14, 2025, 8:21 pm / permalink 15977 / 3 stories in 3 months

A shaky coalition and 'near-death' election put Eby under scrutiny at the NDP convention

Wolfgang Depner / nationalobserver - British Columbia Premier David Eby received approval from more than 93 per cent of delegates at the NDP's convention two years ago, and he's hoping for another "healthy majority" at this weekend's convention in Victoria.

Back to Top / Friday, November 14, 2025, 1:23 pm / permalink 15965 / 4 stories in 3 months

Ontario extends child-care deal with Ottawa for one year

Emily Haws, Dave McGinn / theglobeandmail - Federal program was meant to bring cost of child care down to $10 a day by March, 2026, but newly signed agreement maintains fees at $19 a day on average

Back to Top / Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 12:23 pm / permalink 15875 / 4 stories in 3 months

Quebec labour minister wants power to intervene in Montreal transit strike

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The Quebec government wants the power to intervene in a strike that has disrupted public transit in Montreal since the start of November.

Back to Top / Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 12:23 pm / permalink 15874 / 6 stories in 3 months