Editor’s note: This story has been updated after Canada Post informed Global News that staff at its retail locations had posted the wrong notice on their door regarding the benefits that will be delivered during the strike. The latest child benefits are going out to Canadian parents this week amid a postal disruption as…
Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel, stiffer competition from bigger carriers, and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue. Spirit, the biggest U.S. budget airline, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition after…
Canada Post and the union representing striking postal workers will head back to the bargaining table on Monday, this time with a special mediator appointed by the federal government. Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) took to the picket lines Friday in a nationwide strike that has halted all mail and parcel…
The Canada Post strike is set to have the sharpest impact on small businesses and customers of the postal service, particularly those living in remote and rural communities, according to experts who spoke to Global News. A lengthy labour disruption could have disastrous implications for the future of the national postal service itself, some warn….
Inflation in the United States ticked up in October, driven by costlier rents, used cars and airfares, a sign that price increases might be levelling off after having slowed in September to their lowest pace since 2021. Consumer prices rose 2.6 per cent from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday, up from 2.4…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 13, 2024 10:32 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The union representing Montreal dockworkers plans to challenge in court a decision by the federal labour minister to end a lockout at the port by sending the dispute to binding arbitration. The move comes…
Stalled home values, rising incomes and falling mortgage rates continue to deliver improvements in housing affordability in Canada, according to a report released Wednesday. And yet, National Bank of Canada estimates show the median household would need to double their annual earnings to qualify for a mortgage on a typical home across the country’s major…
The federal labour minister ordered an end to work stoppages at Canada’s largest ports in British Columbia and Quebec on Tuesday, imposing “final and binding arbitration” on the parties. At least one union said it will challenge the order. Dock workers at Canada’s busiest ports are both locked out after unions and employers failed to…
Locked-out workers at ports in British Columbia were joined on the picket lines by their peers in Montreal on Sunday night, stymying trade at Canada’s two largest marine trading hubs heading into the busy holiday shopping season. While experts tell Global News that consumers will hopefully avoid a Christmas crunch, they also warn that the…
There are several ways Canadian consumers can spot fake toonies circulating across the country, coin experts say. The coins’ appearance, their weight, as well as die strike errors and even die misalignments can give them away as counterfeit $2 coins. The counterfeits are suspected of being made in China, the RCMP has said. The cost…
