Local Journalism Initiative

Teachers across the province have spoken, and the answer is a resounding ‘no’. A final offer put forward by the Government-Trustee Bargaining Commitee for a provincial bargaining agreement was flatly …

By Marissa Lentz, Local Journalism Initiative After nearly six months, striking staff in a Northern Ontario municipality have been at the bargaining table recently, but still don’t have a deal to …

By Richard Hutton | The Lake Report The fight to compensate a seasonal farmworker injured on the job in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., is likely to continue despite the man’s death earlier …

Proposed changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program that will directly affect thousands of Niagara-on-the-Lake seasonal workers won’t come soon enough and don’t go far enough, says the head of …

An ongoing survey seeking feedback from Northwestern Ontario workers and employers about the state of mental and physical health on the job has already received more than 735 responses from …

The Rotary Club of Montague and Eastern PEI purchased 40 TVs and headsets for in-patients at Kings County Memorial Hospital but they have remained in storage since February. Installation is …

By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter One group of local union presidents wants the Manitoba Teachers’ Society to launch an inquiry into recent leaks that reveal MTS headquarters is troubled …

By Owen Fullerton | YGK News Unions at Queen’s are considering coming together for future bargaining in an attempt to secure better deals across the board with the university. Leaders …

Harkirat Singh is a 24-year-old international student hailing from the Punjab state of India. He’s known to his family and friends as Anmol, which means “priceless.” Anmol recently made the …