Asian Tribune Your Multilingual Newspaper covering World and local news News
The largest local bargaining unit of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation has told members it opposes a tentative agreement between the provincial union and the government that would avoid the possibility of strikes. The OSSTF reached a deal last month with the province that would see the parties keep …
Read More »‘Summer of strikes’ raises profile of this year’s Labour Day for Manitobans – Winnipeg
Each year, Labour Day weekend in Manitoba marks the end of the summer holidays and the beginning of a new season and changes in school and work. Yet, some say the September holiday this year is more important than it’s ever been. Janis Thiessen, a history professor at the University …
Read More »Filming Christmas in July? How Hollywood strikes hit holiday movie-making here – National
It’s a classic holiday film tale: small towns, snowflakes and star-crossed lovers. But this year’s queue of beloved holiday movies may be considerably smaller due to the worldwide shut-down of productions caused by current Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes. Glitch SPFX is an Ottawa-based special effects company responsible for simulating …
Read More »Canadian cinemas preparing for fallout of Hollywood strikes – National
Canadian movie theatre owners say they’re nervously watching for developments in dual Hollywood strikes and plan to show more classics, cult favourites and live events if the labour disruptions stretch on. The owners are expecting striking stars represented by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and …
Read More »Ontario’s top court strikes down third party election ad spending rules
Ontario’s top court has struck down third-party election advertising rules introduced by Premier Doug Ford‘s government as unconstitutional, though the province quickly indicated an appeal is in the works. Before 2021, third parties were allowed to spend up to $600,000 on advertising in the six months before an election call, …
Read More »Barrage of Russian strikes hits key infrastructure in Kyiv, other cities
A massive barrage of Russian strikes on Monday morning hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities in apparent retaliation for what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack on its Black Sea fleet over the weekend. Loud explosions were heard across the Ukrainian capital in the early morning as …
Read More »Canadian volunteer in Ukraine survives missile strikes after Russian retreat
The war in Ukraine hit uncomfortably close to home — literally — for Canadian volunteer Alex Nau when Russia unleashed a wave of retaliatory missile strikes in response to the lightning-swift advance of Ukrainian troops in the eastern part of the country. Between Sunday night and Monday morning, four ultra-modern hypersonic …
Read More »Russian missile strikes town near Ukraine’s 2nd largest nuclear plant, wounding 12, Ukraine officials say
A Russian missile hit a residential area of a southern Ukrainian town not far from a nuclear power station on Saturday, wounding 12 civilians and heightening fears of a nuclear accident during the months-long war, Ukrainian officials said. Vitaliy Kim, governor of the Mykolaiv region, said on the Telegram messaging app …
Read More »