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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg’s mayor has appointed a new advisor to help support some of the city’s most vulnerable. Scott Gillingham announced Friday that Jarred Baker will serve as Winnipeg’s senior advisor on homelessness, beginning June 5. The mayor said Baker has more than 15 …
Read More »‘An archaic practice’: Flight attendants protest unpaid work – Calgary
Flight attendants are calling to get paid for time that they’re on a plane but not in the air. Currently, it’s beginning when a plane’s doors are closed and the aircraft pushed back from the gate that flight attendants begin to get paid, until the flight touches down. Attendants figure …
Read More »Saskatchewan struggles to put skilled newcomers to work, RBC report shows
An RBC report from last week says that Saskatchewan is failing to put skilled immigrants to work in their field of expertise. The process of getting a licence or out-of-province credentials recognized is long and complicated and discourages a lot of workers to choose Saskatchewan. Read more: Employers seeking ‘very …
Read More »‘Beginning of a trend’: More Ontario municipalities show interest in 4-day work week
A growing number of rural municipalities in Ontario are expressing interest in implementing a four-day work week, a group that supports local governments says, as another community in the province begins offering the model to staff. The executive director of the Ontario Municipal Administrators’ Association said there are at least …
Read More »Winnipeg ice carver excited to display work after months of preparation – Winnipeg
Winnipeg ice carver Corby Pearce is excited to display his work in the city at The Forks as well as some walking trails on Sunday. He says he is using ice he harvested a couple of weeks ago. “I am cutting it into pillars that will be lining the walking …
Read More »Ukrainian mother given Canada work visa still awaiting approval for 6-year-old son – National
Since packing up a small suitcase and leaving her home in Ukraine with her six-year-old son, Iryna Mishyna has found solace in helping other families in similar situations find some stability. Her own situation, however, is still less than certain. The 35-year-old was granted a temporary visa to work in …
Read More »Cancer care in Manitoba improving but still more work to do: Experts – Winnipeg
Cancer care in Manitoba has been improving but advocates in the field say there’s still more work to do. Currently, nearly 7,000 Manitobans are diagnosed with cancer every year and according to experts that number is expected to grow to 10,000 by 2030 as the province navigates an aging and …
Read More »Ontario job seekers increasingly looking for work in other provinces: Indeed
A new report says Ontario job seekers are increasingly looking for work in other provinces, especially those looking for jobs in remote-friendly sectors like tech. News Source link
Read More »Winnipeg organizations work to help vulnerable people cope in cold snap – Winnipeg
Winnipeg organizations are working to help vulnerable people through the current cold snap. The temperature in the city on Sunday is currently -24 and it’s forecast to dip to -29 come Monday morning. A pop-up warming shelter run by Saint Boniface Street Links out of a city-owned building on Saint …
Read More »Calgary company out $280k after work on former Kensington Manor building – Calgary
A local restoration company says it’s out hundreds of thousands of dollars for work on the former Kensington Manor apartment building. Tenants in the seven-storey apartment building were evacuated in November 2017 after an inspection found it wasn’t structurally sound. At the time, people living in the building were told …
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