TORONTO — Talks on a plan to ease interprovincial trade barriers resume in Toronto today in hopes of cutting red tape that has been a headache for businesses and consumers. Ontario Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid says he fully expects his federal and provincial counterparts to agree on a proposalRead More

STELLARTON, N.S. – The Sobeys grocery chain and its parent company say their chief executive and president has left the organization — effective immediately. Marc Poulin is being replaced in those roles on an interim basis by the chief financial officer of Empire Company, Francois Vimard. Poulin’s sudden departure fromRead More

OTTAWA — Canada Post’s largest union has rejected a proposal from the federal labour minister to undergo binding arbitration to avoid a potential work stoppage. But the threat of that work stoppage has been delayed — at least until Monday. Canada Post has extended its lockout notice to Monday atRead More

Members of Black Lives Matter – Toronto say they are unwilling to compromise on their demands of Pride Toronto and will hold the organization accountable should it go back on its word. During Sunday’s Pride parade, members of Black Lives Matter- Toronto staged a sit-in protest to draw attention toRead More

TORONTO – The OECD says Canada’s labour market is doing better than in many other countries but it hasn’t fully recovered to pre-recession levels. The Paris-based think-tank says the percentage of working-age Canadians with a job was just 65 per cent in the first quarter — about two percentage pointsRead More

Mississauga – We gather to formally welcome Kariya Mayor Yoshinori Takenaka to City Hall to formally recognize and celebrate the 35thanniversary of the Mississauga-Kariya sister city relationship, Mayor Crombie said last week.   Mayor Crombie made the comments during a gathering, on Thursday June 30th, between Mississauga Councillors, senior staffRead More

Peel – Due to the success of last years’ initiative, Peel Crime Stoppers wishes to announce the launch of the third annual “Pop Up Crime Stoppers”.  This initiative won the International Media Award at the 2015 Crime Stoppers International Conference. Along with Community Mobilization Team Officers, Peel Crime Stoppers willRead More

Canada: The European Commission has decided the Canada-EU trade deal will proceed for ratification as a “mixed” agreement, recognizing demands from key members like Germany to vote not just in Brussels, but in each country’s legislature. The executive body for the European Union met Tuesday in Strasbourg, France, to formallyRead More

Canada Post said it intends to lock out its workers starting on Friday after months of negotiations have failed to make a labour deal between the postal carrier and its largest union. The move comes hours after Canada Post said its latest offer presented on June 25 was fair andRead More

Toronto: The Trudeau government won praise Monday along with some European allies who have chosen to put more into their militaries, despite only promising to increase defence spending by a whisker in the current budget year. New figures released by NATO ahead of this weekend’s leaders’ summit show Canada inhabitsRead More