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Halifax

Halifax’s housing crisis uniquely impacts the city’s sex workers

Alex MacDonnell had no idea that a routine outreach visit to a correctional facility would lay the foundation for where…

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Business

Thousands of LCBO workers on strike after talks break down

More than 9,000 Ontario liquor store employees are on strike after bargaining talks broke down between their union and the…

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Business

Bombardier aircraft assembly workers still on strike after union rejects latest offer

A strike action taken by 1,359 Bombardier aircraft assembly workers is continuing after the Unifor union members voted to reject a…

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Canada

See how inflation in Canada has affected the wages of workers in your region

With the price of essentials like groceries and housing skyrocketing over the last few years, many have struggled to keep up with the…

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Business

Railway workers at CN, CPKC vote to reauthorize strike but open federal mediation, union says

Union members at CN and CPKC railways have voted to reauthorize strikes at both companies if negotiated settlements can’t be…

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Nova Scotia

How inflation took a bite out of workers’ wages as they rose over the past decade

There’s a stark difference when 32-year-old Olivia Polk compares her life to how her mom’s looked at the same age.…

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Canada

Migrant workers awarded more than $23K from N.S. seafood company

A group of eight migrant workers from Mexico has been awarded a total of more than $23,000 in lost compensation…

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Nova Scotia

2SLGBTQ+ youth in N.S. overrepresented in unhoused population, say outreach workers

When Rae Paul first started as housing co-ordinator with the Youth Project about a year ago, he had no clue…

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Health

Why the health-care sector is hiring temporary foreign workers like never before

Persistent staffing shortages in the health-care sector across Canada in the wake of the pandemic have led some organizations, including some provincial…

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Canada

From fast food to construction, employers turn more and more to temporary foreign workers

Businesses’ demand for temporary foreign workers has surged across the country in recent years, with employers given the green light…

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