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Descrease article font size Increase article font size More than 400 Art Gallery of Ontario workers are on strike in a labour disruption that began after they voted to reject the company’s latest offer. The workers officially went on strike as of 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday. The union representing the …
Read More »Manitoba Hydro de-icing power lines, restoring power after mid-winter thaw reversal – Winnipeg
It’s been a busy couple of days for Manitoba Hydro crews. The Crown corporation said after about 6,000 customers lost power on Thursday before 4:30p.m., things are looking up now that the rain and snow have calmed. “Feb. 9 — today — is quite a bit better,” said Riley McDonald, …
Read More »Ontario plans ‘massive amounts of density’ along transit lines
Ontario’s housing minister is telling people who live near transit stations to get used to and embrace an influx of new buildings as the province plans for “massive amounts of density” along transit lines. Paul Calandra said the Ford government is working on plans to speed up building along transit …
Read More »GM workers hit the picket lines at three facilities in Ontario
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Unifor workers have kicked off a strike at General Motors Canada after failing to reach a new contract with the U.S. automaker. Unifor national president Lana Payne said in a statement early Tuesday that GM has refused to meet the pattern agreement …
Read More »PSAC strike locations: Where Canadians will run into picket lines
In what the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) is billing as “one of the largest strikes in Canada’s history,” more than 155,000 federal workers have walked off the job with many now on the picket lines. The strike kicked off Wednesday 12.01 a.m. Eastern, with nearly a third of …
Read More »SickKids reports cybersecurity incident, affecting some phone lines and web pages – Toronto
Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children says it’s responding to a cybersecurity incident affecting some of its phone lines, web pages and clinical systems. The hospital says all patient care continues and there is currently no evidence that personal health information has been compromised. SickKids says it called the hospital code …
Read More »Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus says newly proposed federal electoral lines ‘a kick in the teeth’
‘It’s a huge, huge riding,’ says Nipissing University political scientist David Tabachnik of the proposed Kiiwetinoong—Mushkegowuk riding. (Submitted by the Federal Electoral Boundary Commission) A proposal to redraw Ontario’s federal electoral map would amount to a “kick in the teeth” for northern Ontario if no changes are made following public …
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