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As a young smelter worker at Inco Ltd. in Sudbury, Ont., Leo Gerard once aspired to be an economics professor. Instead – unable to shake the image of silicosis-stricken miners he encountered as a child at the company clinic – Mr. Gerard embarked on a life of labour activism that propelled him to the helm of the United Steelworkers of America. In addition to negotiating collective agreements, Mr. Gerard had a transformative approach to unionism that led him into corporate boardrooms to help restructure struggling companies in order to save jobs. He worked with governments in Canada and...
October 3, 2025 - 15:53 | Virginia Galt | The Globe and Mail
Fifty self-serve lockers are now available in select City parks...
October 3, 2025 - 15:37 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
OTTAWA — British Columbia union leader Rob Ashton says he’s happy to take NDP icon Jack Layton’s mantle of the guy you’d have a beer with, but there’s one important caveat.
“It doesn’t have to be over a beer because we have a lot of people in this country who are in recovery and can’t do alcohol. I’m happy to meet anyone over a coffee, too...
October 3, 2025 - 15:26 | Rahim Mohamed | National Post
Eugene Levy, famous for (depending on your generation and nationality) SCTV, the American Pie movies and/or Schitt’s Creek, recently had a pint of Guinness with William, the Prince of Wales. (William, born in 1982, loved American Pie.)
The Canadian comedian and actor has been circling the globe of late for
The Reluctant Traveller...
October 3, 2025 - 14:49 | Chris Knight | National Post
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government plans to submit an application for a new oil pipeline to northwestern British Columbia in the spring of 2026.
October 1, 2025 - 20:22 | | The Globe and Mail
Starbucks is closing some of its locations throughout North America, including in Canada, and eliminating around 900 non-retail jobs as part of
a $1 billion sweeping restructuring
.
The announcement was made Thursday by chairman and chief executive officer Brian Niccol in...
September 25, 2025 - 17:48 | National Post Staff | National Post
