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Public service union to picket at locations with more impact as strike enters Day 6
By The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – One of Canada’s largest labour disruptions has entered a sixth day as the union representing thousands of striking public-service workers looks to hamper access to ports. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says more than 100,000 of its staff remain on strike, some of whom will move their picket lines today to strategic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oilsands emissions could be underestimated by current measuring methods, study says
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
New federal research suggests greenhouse gas emissions from the Alberta oilsands may be significantly underestimated, adding to a growing pile of studies that say our understanding of what is going into the atmosphere is incomplete. In a paper published last week in a prominent U.S. science journal, Environment and Climate Change Canada researchers used new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Program helping people to reconnect with traditional skills in Yellowknife
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on April 24th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – By the shore of the still-frozen Yellowknife River, more than a dozen people gather to prepare fish for cooking over a crackling fire. Originating from different communities across the North, they share the unique ways they’ve learned to clean and cut them. Wildlife officers and trappers are reconnecting vulnerable people with on-the-land skills ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public-service strike: Union stepping up picketing efforts starting Monday
By The Canadian Press on April 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s biggest federal public service union is preparing to ramp up its ongoing strike by moving picket lines to strategic locations such as ports on Monday. Public Service Alliance of Canada National President Chris Aylward says civil servants don’t want to disrupt Canadians’ lives, but need to further affect the economy to push ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada suspends Sudan consular services as diplomats evacuated
By The Canadian Press on April 23rd, 2023
Ottawa has suspended consular services in Sudan amid reports of allied countries evacuating Canadian diplomats and as armed conflict escalates in the East-African country. Global Affairs Canada says Canadian diplomats will “temporarily work from a safe location outside the country” while still trying to help citizens in Sudan. Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured ... Read More »
1 responseFirst months on throne show King Charles wants to engage, but Canadians skeptical
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on April 23rd, 2023
MONTREAL – King Charles III’s first months on the throne have shown he’s a monarch who will take an active role in different causes and is ready to engage with the public, royal experts say, but he still has work to do to win over a skeptical Canadian public. Nathan Tidridge, the author of a ... Read More »
1 responseRCMP sifting ‘fairly large volume’ of information in Ukraine war crimes probe
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on April 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – RCMP Cpl. Kate Walaszczyk honed her policing skills as a homicide investigator, painstakingly reconstructing crime scenes and gathering evidence. She is turning that hard-earned know-how to the global stage, working with other countries to document war crimes and crimes against humanity in the unfolding conflict in Ukraine. Canada is co-operating with partners abroad, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Africa envoy urges Ukraine peace talks, says Canada stance on war ‘shocking’
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – South Africa’s envoy to Ottawa is urging Canada to help broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, arguing that sending arms to Kyiv will only prolong a dangerous conflict that is aggravating hunger in developing countries. “We have all the instruments of human agency to stop this war, but we just simply ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Public-service strike: Union ‘fed up’ with pace of talks but Ottawa blames union
By Cindy Tran, The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Talks between the federal government and the union representing 155,000 striking public servants appeared mired in communication issues on Saturday as both sides accused the other of obstructing negotiations and being too slow to respond to key developments. The head of the Public Service Alliance of Canada held a news conference to blast ... Read More »
1 responseGroup calls on Canada to create sponsor program for family fleeing war-torn Sudan
By The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2023
The head of a Sudanese community organization says his group is calling on the federal government to create a program for community members seeking to sponsor family who are either stuck in Sudan or have fled to nearby bordering countries. Ashraf alTahir, president of the Sudanese Canadian Communities Association, says the umbrella organization of groups ... Read More »
1 responsePublic-service strike: Union ‘fed up’ with pace of talks, asks Trudeau for help
By The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The head of the union representing thousands of striking public-service workers says he is fed up with the pace of bargaining and is calling on the Prime Minister to get involved in the ongoing talks. Chris Aylward, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, says the union presented a package of ... Read More »
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