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Labour minister to hold news conference on rail lockout as economic costs loom large
By Nojoud Al Mallees and Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is set to provide an update Thursday afternoon about the lockout at Canada’s two biggest rail companies. Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers after the parties did not agree on new contracts before a midnight deadline. While ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Railways, union still seem far apart as pressure builds on feds to end rail shutdown
By Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2024
MONTREAL – Negotiators returned to the bargaining table Thursday after Canada’s two largest railways locked out their employees after midnight in an unprecedented shutdown of freight traffic across the country. Following months of increasingly bitter negotiations, shipments at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. ground to a halt last night, threatening ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More shelter beds for people in Victoria street camp cited by police for ‘hostility’
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2024
VICTORIA – Dozens of new shelter beds are opening for people living on the streets in Victoria, including at an encampment where police escorts have been required for emergency responders. A statement from the Housing Ministry says that up to 72 new beds will be made available for people living on Pandora Avenue and elsewhere. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days
By Lauran Neergaard, The Associated Press on August 22nd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent virus strains — and hopefully whatever variants cause trouble this winter, too. With the Food and Drug Administration’s clearance, Pfizer and Moderna are set to begin shipping millions of doses. A third U.S. manufacturer, Novavax, expects its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rail companies, union resume talks as lockout shuts down both major railways
By Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2024
MONTREAL – Contract talks resumed Thursday after Canada’s two largest railways locked out their employees overnight in what is an unprecedented shutdown of freight traffic across the country. Following months of increasingly bitter negotiations, shipments at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. ground to a halt, threatening to upend supply chains ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Regulator issues penalty, conditions on Imperial Oil amid ongoing Kearl investigation
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2024
CALGARY – The Alberta Energy Regulator says it’s imposing a $50,000 penalty on Imperial Oil amid its ongoing investigation into potential contraventions at the company’s Kearl oilsands site. The regulator is investigating two releases of industrial wastewater from the Kearl site northeast of Fort McKay, Alta., one reported in 2022 and the other in early ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at recent major railway strikes Canada
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2024
Shipments at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. ground to a halt Thursday after months of increasingly bitter negotiations, threatening to upend supply chains still reeling from pandemic-related disruptions and a port strike last year. Canada has an active history of rail strikes dating back to at least the early 20th ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Home-sharing platform funded by N.S. government results in just 23 leases in a year
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2024
HALIFAX – In the year since Nova Scotia invested in a home-sharing platform aimed at helping renters find affordable housing, a total of 23 leases have been signed. On Aug. 4, 2023, the province announced it will pay $1.3 million over two years to Happipad – a Canadian non-profit home-sharing platform that matches homeowners who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada pilots authorize strike for as soon as next month
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2024
TORONTO – Air Canada pilots say they have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike mandate, putting them in a position to walk off the job as early as Sept. 17. The Air Line Pilots Association, which represents more than 5,400 aviators at the country’s largest carrier, says the vote passed by 98 per cent on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau says government will have update shortly on solution to rail lockout
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government will have “more to say shortly” on what it’s doing to resolve a lockout at Canada’s two biggest rail companies, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers after the parties did not agree on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. commuters left without West Coast Express as railways lock out workers
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2024
Rail commuters in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland must find alternative transportation after Canada’s two major railways locked out workers in their first-ever simultaneous stoppage. A bulletin from TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s transportation network, says service on the West Coast Express is suspended due to the stoppage, which follows a break down in talks with the union. ... Read More »
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