Federal government to open new express entry pathway for international doctors in 2026

Patricia D'Cunha / citynews - The federal government announced Monday that Canada will open a new express permanent residency program for international doctors next year. Immigration Minister Lena Diab said the program will be open to physicians in Canada on temporary work permits who…

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Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon

sootoday - OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government's plan to get public servants to spend more time in the office will come into "sharper view" over the next several weeks.

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Air Transat pilots gear up for strike as union issues 72-hour notice

Sean Previl / globalnews - Air Transat pilots' union has given airline management a 72-hour strike notice. Job action is set to start at 3 a.m. ET Wednesday if there's no progress toward a new contract.

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Young Canadians increasingly tie immigration to home affordability problems, survey finds

Vanmala Subramaniam / theglobeandmail - Environics poll shows younger people are now more resistant to immigration than older demographic groups

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Hundreds of public sector workers warned their jobs could be cut, union says

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A federal union says hundreds of workers have been warned they may lose their jobs as the government moves to shrink the size of the public service.

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Statistics Canada to release November job figures ahead of Bank of Canada decision

News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release fresh employment figures for November this morning. A Reuters poll of economists expects the unemployment rate ticked up to seven per cent last month with a forecast loss of 5,000 jobs. Royal Bank is calling fo…

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Critics question Saab’s offer to bring 10,000 aerospace jobs to Canada

News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Critics are questioning the solidity of Saab’s pitch to deliver 10,000 jobs in Canada if it decides to set up shop here to assemble Gripen fighter jets. The Swedish company has said little about how it came to that number, making it hard to evalu…

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How will passengers be impacted? Air Transat pilots vote in favour of strike mandate

Lola Kalder / citynews - Air Transat pilots voted 99 per cent in favour of a strike mandate as contract talks with the airline continue to stall. So what does this mean for passengers as we head into the holiday travel season? CityNews spoke with Gábor Lukács, president of Air Pa…

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More than 27,000 public servants were paid at least $150,000 last year, document reveals, as government plans cuts

Catherine Morrison / theglobeandmail - Government plans to cut about 10 per cent of federal employees by 2029 and lower costs by about $60-billion

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Ottawa informs 68,000 workers of early-retirement incentives in bid to shrink public service

Bill Curry / theglobeandmail - Letter sent to public servants this week outlines the government’s proposed incentive program, which won’t be available until the budget bill passes

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Quebec says it will cut the equivalent of 5,000 civil service positions by March 2027

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Treasury Board President France-Élaine Duranceau also says that by the end of January government employees will work in the office three days a week instead of two.

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Ford says he knew layoffs were coming before loaning Algoma Steel $100M

Colin D’Mello / globalnews - The steel giant announced Monday it would lay off roughly 1,000 workers as a Sault Ste. Marie plant closure is being made to adapt to a “fundamentally altered” landscape.

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Air Transat pilots vote in favour of strike action

Patricia D'Cunha / citynews - Pilots with Air Transat pilots voted in favour of going on strike. In a post on X, Air Transat ALPA Pilots said workers voted 99 per cent in favour of strike action. “Air Transat pilots have voted overwhelmingly in favor of going on strike if management f…

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GTA home sales down nearly 16% in November as prices, new listings fall

Sammy Hudes / theglobeandmail - Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says buyers were held back by a lack of confidence in their long-term employment outlook

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Toronto garbage worker dead after being hit by his own truck: police

sootoday - TORONTO — A 66-year-old Toronto garbage truck driver is dead after police say he was hit by his own truck. Police say it happened around 8:30 a.m. in Scarborough. They say the worker was outside the truck when it started to roll into him.

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Record high Ontario food bank usage for 9th consecutive year: report

Joseph Ryan / citynews - Food bank use in Ontario is at another record high, with more than one million people relying on emergency food services, a staggering 8.7 million times over the past year, according to a new Feed Ontario Hunger report released Monday. “Key takeaways from…

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Algoma Steel to lay off 1,000 workers over ‘unprecedented tariffs’

Ari Rabinovitch / globalnews - Algoma Steel said Monday that it plans to lay off about 1,000 workers due to impacts from tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

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Montreal museum spotlights sex workers history of activism and resistance

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - When community group Mile End Chavurah held an event in 2023 to name Jewish Montreal's "new patron saint," Maimie Pinzer was the winning choice.

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