Trade Union Boss Criticises Labour’s Plan to Ban North Sea Oil and Gas Extraction
GMB general secretary Gary Smith is critical of Labour's position.A trade union boss has slammed Keir Starmer’s plan to ban new North Sea oil and gas extraction…
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Border guards, Ottawa reach tentative deal days before travel restrictions ease
Canada's border agents reached a new tentative agreement with the federal government late Friday after a daylong work-to-rule campaign left long lines of semi-trailers and passenger vehicles…
Desperate employers dangle signing bonuses to lure in workers
Security systems firm Fitch Security Integration had to lay off employees at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Now the company is facing the opposite…
How Canadian tourism sustains Cuba’s army and one-party state
Standing on a street corner in Montreal, Reinaldo Rodriguez has a message for Canadians."Canadian tourists are feeding the Cuban regime," he told CBC News. Rodriguez was part…
Supply bottlenecks leave U.S. Fed watching for persistent inflation
By American standards, Canadian inflation looks pretty tame. But the picture painted by U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell suggests we should expect price rises to continue…
Village of Tatamagouche, N.S., rallies around homeless family to build them a house
Residents of a village in Colchester County, N.S., have rallied around a family who became homeless earlier this year — with the goal of building them a…
Yukon becomes 3rd Canadian jurisdiction to reach deal on child-care funding
The Yukon government became the third jurisdiction in Canada to make a deal with the federal government on child care on Friday.Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced,…
Forest firefighter dies after medical emergency in northwestern Ontario
A forest firefighter has died in northwestern Ontario after a medical emergency that occurred last week in the Fort Frances, Ont., area, the province's Aviation, Forest Fire…
OMA calls for COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all Ontario health-care workers
The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) says all health-care workers in the province should be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.In a news release issued Friday, the…
Ontario weighing COVID-19 vaccination requirements for certain jobs
Ontario government officials are considering the pros and cons of requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for health-care workplaces, CBC News has learned. A draft provincial document obtained by CBC…
How ‘choice’ in child care might play out in the coming federal election
In one respect, the summer of 2021 is a lot like the fall of 2005: with the possibility of an election looming, a minority Liberal government is…