Federal mediators on site for negotiations between B.C. port employer and union
VANCOUVER – Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says federal mediators are standing by and ready to help hammer out a deal in order to avoid a...
London protesters demand water companies clean up sewage-tainted rivers
LONDON (AP) — Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a...
A TV as big as a bed? With the holidays approaching, stores stock more supersize sets
NEW YORK (AP) — For some television viewers, size apparently does matter. Forget the 65-inch TVs that were considered bigger than average a decade ago. In...
Ottawa’s ‘night mayor’ wants to transform quiet capital into after-dark destination
OTTAWA – Canada’s capital has long held a reputation as a town that fun forgot. Mathieu Grondin wants to be the one to change that for...
Federal Reserve is set to cut rates again while facing a hazy post-election outlook
WASHINGTON (AP) — No one knows how Tuesday’s presidential election will turn out, but the Federal Reserve’s move two days later is much easier to predict:...
What European housing models could do for Canada’s affordability problems
TORONTO – Housing experts who have long promoted moving new home construction from suburbs to urban centres are calling for a similar approach to policy, saying...
Source: Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
DETROIT (AP) — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports has reached a deal to suspend their strike until Jan....
Cheques & (in-office) benefits
Barb Gamey took a seat Thursday inside the Blue Bomber room. Other meeting spaces — the United Way room, the MTYP room — were nearby. She...
30 tonnes of chemicals seized in B.C. destined for drug production: RCMP
ENDERBY, B.C. – Mounties in British Columbia say they’ve seized more than 30 tonnes of chemicals that investigators believe were to be used in the production...
Mark Carney to release book ‘The Hinge’, a look at Canada’s ‘path forward’
TORONTO – Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is publishing his prescription for “a path forward” as Canada faces an “increasingly divided and dangerous” world....