– by Michael Craig
On Friday, well over 100 education workers, represented by CUPE, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, rallied in front of the office of Rick Byers, Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP, to press their demands for higher wages. As a new trustee of the Bluewater District School Board, I joined them to express my personal solidarity with some of the lowest paid education workers in Ontario; and to protest the government’s use of the Notwithstanding Clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to ban this strike even before it began ...
In October, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 0.4 percentage points to 2.3%, once again the lowest in Ontario. This represents the region’s lowest unemployment rate recorded by Statistics Canada since 2006. The provincial unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 5.6%, both unadjusted for seasonality ...
- by Pat Kelly
Everybody understands the power of the Globe and Mail or the National Post but less recognized and appreciated is the power of the Owen Sound Hub and the dozens of other small, community newspapers just like it across Ontario.
There are clear reasons why the Hub and others continue to thrive - because the smaller the community, the more important its newspaper. ...
The Grey Bruce Health Unit is again urging anyone who uses unregulated street drugs to practice critically important harm reduction strategies, such as not using alone and not mixing drugs with alcohol.
This comes after Public Health received notification of a suspected fatal opioid overdose in the area. An individual in their 50s ...
Dear Parents/Guardians:
This is an update to the letter to families sent on November 2, 2022 regarding the provincial withdrawal of services by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
In Bluewater District School Board, CUPE members include custodial and maintenance staff. ...
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