Tag: Labour
Dyer: Authoritarian regime in China clamping down, but for how long?
We can’t really estimate the likely longevity of the kind of high-tech total surveillance state Xi Jinping is building in China
Pearson: Canadians undivided on thankfulness for our country
We’ve been observing Thanksgiving for 145 years as a country.
Former Blue Mountains mayor filing complaint about Grey County meeting
Former Blue Mountains mayor Alar Soever said he will file a formal closed-meeting complaint against Grey County for conducting a joint meeting with its nine municipal councils behind closed doors. He sent a letter Sept. 19 to the county outlining his concerns about a joint planning services meeting held Aug. 8 and waited to see […]
London jobless rate improves slightly with small job gains after months of losses
Londonâs unemployment rate went down in September by the slightest of margins thanks to modest job gains that helped break a three-month streak of losses. The London area, which also takes in Strathroy, St. Thomas and portions of Elgin and Middlesex counties, added 700 new jobs last month, Statistics Canada reported Friday. That helped bring […]
Tentative deal reached in Western University strike after six weeks
A tentative deal has been reached between Western University and the union representing caretakers, landscapers and trade workers, officials with both the union and the school say. CUPE Local 2361, the union representing 330 workers who have been on strike since Aug. 30, announced on Wednesday evening in an email that it had reached a […]
Ontario ministry continues to investigate fatal industrial accident
An Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development investigation into an industrial accident that resulted in the death of two workers near Owen Sound on Oct. 3 is ongoing. A ministry spokeperson said via e-mail on Wednesday that inspectors returned to the scene to continue their investigation on Friday (Oct. 4). During the […]
Documentary shot off Bruce Peninsula about to make splash on TVO
A documentary that has shined a light on the underwater world just off the shores of Grey and Bruce counties is about to premiere for audiences across Canada. All Too Clear: Beneath the Surface of the Great Lakes, directed by the husband-and-wife filmmaking team of Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick, will make its premiere as […]
Mayor addresses Western University workers’ picket line at city hall
Londonâs mayor is speaking out after receiving criticism from Western University pickets that he should get involved to help end their labour impasse with the school, now into its sixth week.
City eyes boosting fees over next three years at pools, arenas, golf courses
Londoners will have to dig deeper into their pocketbooks in the new year to use city facilities, especially when it comes to Centennial Hall, if city councillors approve a raft of proposed increases. A public meeting will be held Tuesday to discuss the planned increases to user fees at facilities the city maintains, the bulk […]
Two workers die at agricultural elevator facility near Owen Sound
Two workers died at an agricultural elevator facility southwest of Owen Sound on Thursday and the Ontario Ministry of Labour is investigating. A ministry spokesperson confirmed just before 1 p.m. on Friday that two workers had succumbed to their injuries after a scaffold collapsed inside a silo at the Sharedon Farms facility on Grey Road […]