Provincial Environment Minister Rod Phillips is set to discuss Ontario’s new climate change plan with his federal counterpart today. The plan was unveiled last week and replaces the cap-and-trade system brought in by the previous Liberal regime and does not…
Today’s state funeral for George H-W Bush will be attended by former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. The last time they were together with U-S President Donald Trump was at his inauguration in January…
A member of Premier Doug Ford’s caucus is criticizing the government’s decisions to cancel a planned French-language university and scrap the office of the French-language services commissioner. Amanda Simard, who represents the mainly French-speaking riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, calls the moves…
A fifth week of rotating postal strikes continues this morning, as the head of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers warns the government that threatening back-to-work legislation won’t help settle the nearly year-long labour dispute. Ottawa says it is prepared…
Quebec’s premier is pressing his Ontario counterpart to reconsider controversial changes to French language services. But yesterday, Francois Legault couldn’t sway Doug Ford, who maintained that francophones in Ontario would continue to be well served. Legault says he expressed…
At last word, the union representing Canada’s postal workers was still awaiting a response on two fronts, as a month of crippling rotating postal strikes continue this morning. CUP-W wants an answer from Canada Post regarding its counter-proposal after the…
It is the first official snow day of the year. School bus and special vehicle transportation has been cancelled in all counties served by the: Catholic District School Board and the Upper Canada District School Board. All schools remain open.…
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for much of eastern Ontario, from Belleville right up to Prescott-Russell. The statement is calling for between 10 – 15 cm of snow starting late today into tomorrow and is expected to wrap…
With rotating strikes by unionized workers in its fourth week, Canada Post is suspending delivery time guarantees. Canadian Union of Postal Workers members walked off the job early yesterday in Toronto and at the Canada Post distribution centre in nearby…
Rotating strikes are back on at Canada Post. The union says the job action will resume Tuesday after two-and-a-half weeks of mediated talks failed to bring the two sides any closer. CUP-W says it is frustrated by what it calls…
Police say 73-year-old Richard Fortin is facing a of first-degree murder charge in the death of Paul Jobin of Clarence Rockland. Police were called to a home in Clarence-Rockland, after receiving reports of possible gunshots last Tuesday. 75-year-old Paul Jobin was…
Bombardier is cutting about five-thousand jobs across the organization over the next 12 to 18 months as part of a new restructuring plan. The company also announced the sale of what it called a number of non-core assets. Bombardier has…
Russell County OPP, the Clarence-Rockland Fire Service, Prescott and Russell Paramedic Service were called to a home in Clarence Rockland following reports of gunshots at a private residence yesterday morning. A 75-year old man was taken to hospital where he was…
A new round of rotating strikes has been launched by Canada Post workers in Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the latest Ontario operations targeted for job actions are in Toronto’s east end, as…
