News Releases

7 December 2022

Three Habitat for Humanity families in the GTA welcomed home at Daniels FirstHome™ Keelesdale just in time for the holidays

The Daniels Corporation, DiamondCorp, Kilmer Group, together with the City of Toronto, help […]
7 December 2022

Carnegie Learning Announces New Canadian Headquarters

Leading EdTech company to occupy Atlantic Place building in downtown St. John’s PITTSBURGH, […]
7 December 2022

121 Food Banks Across Canada Receive $242,250 from the Steelworkers Humanity Fund

TORONTO, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $242,250 to 121 food […]
7 December 2022

“We need higher wages, not higher rents”: Striking teaching and research assistants block graduate residence construction

HAMILTON, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Today, striking teaching and research assistants at McMaster University blocked […]
5 December 2022

Education workers vote to ratify first freely-negotiated collective agreement in a decade

TORONTO, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Ontario’s lowest-paid education workers have voted to ratify their next […]
5 December 2022

Les travailleurs et travailleuses de l’éducation ratifient la première convention collective négociée librement en dix ans

TORONTO (Ontario) –/HEBDO-PRESSE/– Les travailleurs et travailleuses de l’éducation les moins bien payé(e)s […]
28 November 2022

Hear What Technology Giants Envision for the Remote Work and Play Industry at the International Future Computing Summit

The IFC Summit features more than 20 world-class speakers from market leaders to […]
24 November 2022

Groupe Paradoxe fête ses 25 ans au service de l’insertion sociale dans la région métropolitaine de Montréal par une soirée-bénéfice à son Théâtre Paradoxe

MONTRÉAL, QC –/HEBDO-PRESSE/– Le Groupe Paradoxe, organisme communautaire d’économie sociale créé pour favoriser […]
24 November 2022

Groupe Paradoxe Celebrates 25 Years of Service to the Cause of Social Integration in the Greater Montréal Area With a Fundraising Event at Théâtre Paradoxe

MONTRÉAL, QC –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Groupe Paradoxe, a social economy community organization created to promote […]
21 November 2022

“We’re on strike for good jobs and better pay”: CUPE teaching and researching assistants at McMaster head to the picket lines

HAMILTON, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– About 2,800 teaching and research assistants at McMaster University are […]
20 November 2022

Le Comité de négociation du SCFP-CSCSO présentera un accord de principe aux travailleurs et travailleuses de l’éducation de première ligne sur lequel ils et elles voteront d’ici la fin de la semaine.

Le Comité de négociation central des 55 000 travailleurs et travailleuses de l’éducation de première ligne, membres du Conseil des syndicats des conseils scolaires de l'Ontario (CSCSO) du SCFP, a conclu un accord de principe avec le gouvernement provincial et le Conseil des associations de conseillers scolaires (CACS).
20 November 2022

CUPE-OSBCU bargaining committee will bring tentative agreement to frontline education workers for vote by end of the week

The central bargaining committee for 55,000 frontline education workers who are members of CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Council of Unions (OSBCU) has reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government and the Council of Trustees’ Associations (CTA).
18 November 2022

“It’s time to support good jobs and avert a strike”: CUPE teaching and researching assistants in final days of bargaining with McMaster

HAMILTON, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– About 2,800 teaching and research assistants at McMaster University are […]
16 November 2022

Education workers serve five days’ strike notice as government refuses to fund vital services for students

TORONTO, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– After getting an imposed contract that would have further harmed […]
15 November 2022

Buddha Brands Donates $80,000 to Second Harvest Canada To Help Fight Hunger and Reduce Food Waste

SECOND HARVEST MONTREAL, QC –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– Buddha Brands™, known for Thirsty Buddha® coconut water […]
15 November 2022

Canadians Unwilling to Give up Dining out, Vacation, and Streaming TV Service Despite Budget Pressures From Inflation

TORONTO, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– A new Service Line Warranties of Canada (SLWC) survey of […]
15 November 2022

Seventy-two Per Cent of Canadian Small Businesses Say the 2022 Holiday Season Is More Important to Overall Financial Health Compared to 2021, Reveals New Intuit QuickBooks Report

There is a potential $10 billion opportunity for Canadian small businesses if consumers […]
14 November 2022

With Bill 28 repealed, education workers need a significant wage increase and funding for services that would demonstrate government’s commitment to student success

TORONTO, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– The following is a statement from Laura Walton, educational assistant […]
3 November 2022

Windsor long-term care home cuts PSW pay without warning

WINDSOR, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– A provincial wage enhancement for personal support workers (PSWs) that […]
2 November 2022

CARFAX Canada Asks – Is Your Vehicle Ready for the Cold and Snowy Winter Ahead?

The Farmers’ Almanac is calling for record-breaking winter weather this season LONDON, ON […]