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The strike at B.C. ports has been on, then off, then on, then off again. It has been quite a whirlwind as negotiations between port workers and their employer have unfolded. The process has gone through several stages and it isn’t quite clear exactly what will happen next. Workers are taking...

Regina Mayor Sandra Masters addressed the encampment during a media conference Wednesday, suggesting the city wouldn’t be able to take down the tent city without safely ensuring that those who are staying there had a place to go. “I think that’s what all of the organizations are working through...

Makowsky couldn’t say why people were refusing help, noting that they don’t tend to give long answers, but he said there could be many reasons why. “It’s sort of a scenario where they are asked if they’d like any help from the ministry and it’s just a ‘no,’ ” said Makowsky. Alejandra Cabrera...

One of the biggest parts of the mess that has led to mass homelessness is Canada’s undeniable housing crisis. With immigration targets set to rise to half a million by 2025 the situation will get worse unless we get building. In Vancouver there have been encouraging signs by Ken Sim and his...

http://apple.news/AV__cnoo4SAupDdFu7uLcHA The Port of Vancouver handles 3,500 tonnes of ready-to-consume food on a daily basis, said Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. The strike therefore delayed the inbound and outbound movement over 12 days of...

According to a letter she received from the province, her new one-bedroom must come in at $925 including heat, or $825 with no utilities included. (So to heat a 1 bedroom house or apartment out there only costs $100 on to heat on average??) Vienneau said that number was determined using the...

Still paying, but still homeless. She may not tug on your heartstrings but it’s real.

Now explain that one to Jagmeet.

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Two in three Canadians think the amount they pay in income taxes is too high and fewer than one in four Canadians believe the federal government spends on the right priorities. Other findings include that two in three Canadians recognize that increased government spending contributes to...

Regardless of where the dust settles on Canada’s tumultuous battle with Big Tech, the nation’s news industry won’t find stability until its playing field is levelled. That means ending the CBC’s ability to sell advertising in all of its forms and turning it into a pure play public broadcaster...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is "dismayed" that an agreement to end the job action at British Columbia's ports was rejected by the longshore union leadership. Trudeau says the union caucus' decision to reject a federal mediator's tentative deal that was agreed to at...

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And camp instead of shelter to continue the addiction as shelters don’t allow the drugs…

I think addictions is a big part of it, not the only, but very significant. The costs of everything also have skyrocketed, and I think much of it does originate at a Federal level.

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The union said in a statement earlier Wednesday that it "regrets" the economic impacts of its job action and wants Ottawa to "allow free collective bargaining to occur." The union has said the four-year term of the mediator's proposed agreement was "far too long" and "employers have not...

No homeless “refugees”…..but homeless…. http://www.cjme.com/2023/07/18/tent-city-outside-regina-city-hall-continues-to-grow/ http://www.cjme.com/2023/07/19/regina-police-say-woman-at-city-hall-encampment-died-after-suspected-overdose/...