Category Archives: National News
Union, grain terminal association reach tentative deal, ending strike in Metro Vancouver
A tentative deal was reached Friday evening between the Grain Workers Union Local 333 and the Vancouver Terminal Elevators Asscociation (VTEA), says Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon in a post ...
Harvard Media Sep 28, 2024
Regina to host Can-Am Police-Fire Games in 2028
Thousand of athletes from around North America will be converging on Regina for the Can-Am Police-Fire Games in 2028. Regina was the winner of a bidding process to be the host. This multi-sport, Olymp...
Harvard Media Sep 27, 2024
Maggie Smith, star of stage, film and 'Downton Abbey,' has died aged 89
ONDON (AP) - Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" in 1969 and gained new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham ...
Jon Troth Sep 27, 2024
Negotiations between union and grain terminals resume during second day of strike in Vancouver
Labour disputes, including the ongoing strike of workers from grain terminals in Metro Vancouver, are creating challenging times for grain companies. More than six hundred employees walked off the job...
Harvard Media Sep 25, 2024

Uranium drives Sask. exports to France, UK and Netherlands
REGINA - Statistics Canada data show Saskatchewan's trade relationship with the United Kingdom (UK), France and the Netherlands continued to strengthen in 2023, driven by a demand for uranium. The com...
Harvard Media Sep 25, 2024
Government Tribunal Rejects Federal Oil and Gas Emissions Cap.
The provincial government's Economic Impact Assessment Tribunal has released a report saying Saskatchewan could face serious economic harm with new proposed new regulations to cut emissions from the o...
Harvard Media Sep 24, 2024

Picket lines go up as strike begins at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver
Picket lines have gone up at six grain terminals in Metro Vancouver as about 600 workers begin a strike. Canada's labour minister, meanwhile, says he spoke with both the employer and representatives o...
Harvard Media Sep 24, 2024
Israel and Hezbollah renew fire after the deadliest day in Lebanon since 2006
Israel and Hezbollah are trading strikes again as the death toll from a massive Israeli bombardment has climbed to nearly 560 people. There was also a new Israeli airstrike on a southern Beirut suburb...
Harvard Media Sep 24, 2024

Grain farmers urge intervention as Metro Vancouver terminal workers ready strike
Canada's grain farmers say a strike at Metro Vancouver terminals would cripple crop exports if it were allowed to take place. The Grain Growers of Canada say in a statement that it is "deeply concerne...
Harvard Media Sep 23, 2024

Caddies and paper bags: Schools figuring out new world of cellphone bans
From cellphone "hotels" to patchwork policies to recalibrating lesson plans, teachers and schools across Canada are learning to navigate a classroom without cellphones. But some say that despite recen...
Harvard Media Sep 23, 2024
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