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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 1, 2023 10:41 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Stellantis says there is no deal yet to save a $5-billion electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont. Spokeswoman LouAnn Gosselin says they have yet to receive an official response to …
Read More »Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to spend day in Winnipeg – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 24, 2023 9:01 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to be in Winnipeg Wednesday. Trudeau is set to meet with Indigenous high school students in the morning before making an announcement about protecting …
Read More »B.C. municipal leaders heading to Ont. to talk financing
Municipal leaders from B.C. and across Canada are meeting in Ontario later this week to talk finances. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities convention kicks off Thursday in Toronto and high on the agenda is money. Cities say they’re facing massive challenges made even more urgent by pandemic recovery. Cities are …
Read More »Starting wage increase for Manitoba early childhood workers announced – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Starting wages for early childhood workers will be going up across Manitoba, beginning on July 1. The provincial and federal governments announced the increase — through $56.1 million in funding from Manitoba — Thursday. “By investing in early learning and child care, …
Read More »Local reaction in Regina to Public Service Alliance of Canada strike – Regina
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) strike is coming in loud and clear in Saskatchewan as strikers are looking for public support in their battle with the federal government. Across Canada, federal workers remain on the picket lines as they say …
Read More »Ontario Indigenous group criticizes federal government’s unmarked graves contract
An Indigenous political organization representing 39 Ontario First Nations says it is “confounded” by a federal decision to hire an international organization to provide advice on unmarked graves. The Anishinabek Nation released a statement today expressing its leadership’s “bewilderment” over Ottawa’s $2-million contract with the Netherlands-based International Commission on Missing …
Read More »Ontario, federal government reach health care deal
The province says Health Minister Sylvia Jones wrote to her federal counterpart Jean-Yves Duclos on Wednesday agreeing to the deal. News Source link
Read More »Canada yet to respond to Japan’s invite to rejoin timber organization – National
The federal Liberal government has yet to respond to a months-old invitation from Tokyo to have Canada rejoin a global environmental organization that regulates the timber trade. A July 2022 briefing note obtained through an access-to-information request shows that Japan has asked Ottawa to be part of the International Tropical …
Read More »Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte get $30M from feds for LTC home – Kingston
The Government of Canada is making a significant investment into long-term care on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Vance Badawey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services, and Chief Don Maracle, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, announced $30.25 million in federal funding for the construction of a new Elder Care …
Read More »As public servants return to office, some decry lack of clarity, long commutes – National
Ottawa public servant YuTaek Hwang has been working remotely for nearly three years. But despite the fact that a back-to-office mandate for federal workers takes effect beginning this week, Hwang said his department has not offered any information about when he should return. “We did get a corporate email saying …
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