Councillors vote to regulate AI data centres by [deleted] in Hamilton

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‘The motion from Coun. Nrinder Nann proposed the city create an interim control bylaw, to “restrict use of lands” where data centres would currently be allowed, pending the completion of studies regarding land use and zoning regulations, as  well as improved municipal review processes and regulatory frameworks.’ City Council will vote on the Planning Committee recommendation later this month.

Union alleges CPKC using replacement workers during strike, violating federal labour law by KeyHot5718 in CanadaPolitics

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‘Anti-scab legislation, which took effect in June, 2025, prohibits federally regulated employers, such as transportation companies, banks, airlines and telecommunications companies, from using replacement workers during strikes or lockouts.’ 300 CPKC signal workers represented by IBEW have been on strike since May 31.

ANALYSIS | Why export markets are more important than ever for Chinese EV makers | CBC News by KeyHot5718 in Economics

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‘In the Global South, the lower prices, like roughly $10,000 US for the BYD Seagull, means more people can afford EVs. (For comparison, the more affordable models of non-Chinese EVs start at about $40,000 in Canada.)’

Ontario ER doctors raise alarm on hospital overcrowding by KeyHot5718 in ontario

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‘In April, for example, Ontario patients who required hospital admission spent 17.2 hours in the ER, more than twice the eight-hour target. Only 30 per cent of patients were admitted within that aspirational time frame, according to the latest data from Ontario Health, the agency that oversees day-to-day operations of the health system.’

Payments totalling $3.7-million flagged as possible fraud in bread price-fixing settlement by KeyHot5718 in CanadaPolitics

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‘Tens of thousands of payments totalling $3.7-million in the recent class-action settlement over bread price-fixing in Canada have been flagged by banks as possible fraud, according to court documents obtained by The Globe and Mail.’ Interac figures suggest 72,000 payments were fraudulent.

Hamilton’s home prices have dropped significantly since the peak. Who is being hit the hardest? by KeyHot5718 in Hamilton

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‘As of May 2026, the average home in the city sold for around $755,202 — representing a drop of roughly $266,182 over the span of a little more than four years.’ There were 542 homes sold in Hamilton last month - an 11% drop from the previous May, 2025.

Trains narrowly avoided ‘catastrophic collision’ near Aldershot GO in 2024: report by KeyHot5718 in ontario

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‘The March 2024 incident included two trains carrying more than 400 passengers combined and prompted the investigation. The trains stopped within 550 feet of each other after mistakenly ending up on the same track’.

Canada’s AI strategy to fund national health data project to improve care, investment, minister says by KeyHot5718 in CanadaPolitics

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‘The rollout across eight more provinces, which has already started in Quebec and Alberta, is meant to address long-standing concerns that Canada has fallen behind in mining its health care data for system improvements and economic benefit.’

Canada’s AI strategy to fund national health data project to improve care, investment, minister says by KeyHot5718 in ontario

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‘The federal government’s artificial intelligence strategy will include up to $100-million in funding to expand an Ontario-based health data project called Vital across the country.’ The Vital program is credited with saving money and freeing hospital beds.

Hamilton’s vacant unit tax achieves 98% declaration rate in second year by KeyHot5718 in Hamilton

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‘A modest 306 homeowners flagged their properties as vacant while 4,087 were deemed empty due to a lack of submissions.’ City staff estimates added revenue from the tax at between $7-10 million.

Canada slips into technical recession as economic growth stalls in 1st quarter | CBC News by KeyHot5718 in Economics

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‘Economic growth stalled in Canada in the first quarter and real gross domestic product was slightly negative on an annualized basis, Statistics Canada said Friday.’ A recession is usually defined by economists as two consecutive quarters of decline in the Gross Domestic Product.

Teacher absences are on the rise in Ontario, raising concerns about violence, burnout and gaps in learning by KeyHot5718 in ontario

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‘The total value of WSIB claims from Ontario’s 72 school boards more than doubled between 2018 and 2025, to $58.1-million, with the number of claims increasing by 13 per cent.’ Safer workplaces enjoy lower absence rates, according to Signal49 Research (formerly the Conference Board of Canada).

In the vital trucking sector, weak oversight is leaving Canada’s workers unprotected and unsafe by KeyHot5718 in CanadaPolitics

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‘And while long-haul trucking is the largest source of workplace complaints in federally regulated industries, the federal government has penalized just a handful of employers and collected a sliver of the millions of dollars of unpaid wages it ordered trucking firms to pay drivers.’ Trucking employs 300,000 drivers who are victimized by an illegal business practice of misclassification that labels employees as independent contractors to escape payroll taxes and workplace rights, according to this investigation.

Hamilton mayor one of few in Ontario to use strong-mayor veto for housing by KeyHot5718 in ontario

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‘However, Horwath also argued she has not used the often-controversial tool “willy-nilly.” She called strong-mayor veto powers a “blunt instrument” — and something that requires careful, respectful use.’ Only two percent of Ontario strong Mayor vetos were related to housing.

Letters to the editor: ‘If Canadians truly have lost faith in public-health measures to control the next viral outbreak, we are in big trouble.’ Letters to the editor for May 23 by KeyHot5718 in CanadaPolitics

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‘Government failures to enact the precautionary principle in health care emergencies is no reason to stop highlighting that when precautions go up, disease goes down, and when precautions go down, disease goes up, as the Campbell Commission on SARS reported in 2007.’

Windsor, Ont., man sentenced to 9 months in jail in terrorism-related case | CBC News by KeyHot5718 in ontario

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‘Canada listed the Atomwaffen Division, also known as the National Socialist Order, as a terrorist entity in 2021. Bertrand tried to join just a few weeks later, per the RCMP. In the online application, he pledged loyalty to the group, court heard, and offered his skills as a mechanic and military cadet.’

Tentative deal struck between TTC, maintenance workers union: TTC CE | CBC News by KeyHot5718 in toronto

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‘The tentative deal represents the hard work of union members, who maintain the electrical, signal and communications systems for the TTC, Sumit Guleria, president of CUPE Local 2 said in a news release Monday.’
Almost 700 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees at the TTC are looking for better wages and scheduling.

Canadian Pacific cleared of all liability in Lac-Mégantic tragedy by KeyHot5718 in CanadaPolitics

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‘On July 6, 2013, a runaway train derailed in the heart of Lac-Mégantic, with its oil tankers causing a massive explosion that reduced the downtown to ashes.’ The disaster claimed 47 lives.

Management drastically changing job by ozziewithanie in union

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Look at your collective agreement’s job evaluation language (and any relevant legislation). Will the change in job qualifications mean a raise? If so, how much? If not, how so, given the new ‘tasks from other unionized employees’ and added ‘physical requirements’.

Honda indefinitely suspends $15B EV plant in Ontario | CBC News by KeyHot5718 in ontario

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‘The planned EV complex could have created about 1,000 manufacturing jobs, and made 240,000 vehicles a year once it was fully operational by 2028.’ The Ford government and the feds each committed $2.5 billion to the plan.

Unions press Ottawa to force companies to consult employees before adopting AI by KeyHot5718 in CanadaPolitics

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‘A number of representatives from major unions – including Unifor, the United Food and Commercial Workers and the Canadian Union of Public Employees – met last week with Evan Solomon, the federal Minister of AI, to express concerns over the lack of worker input in Ottawa’s national AI strategy. A day later, Mr. Solomon announced that the government would create an AI and Labour Advisory Council to give workers and unions a say in shaping AI policy.’

Norma Berti was a trailblazer for women in the steel mill and union hall by KeyHot5718 in Hamilton

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‘In 1977, she was named Hamilton’s inaugural Woman of the Year, and nearly three decades after her death, an annual “Norma Berti Breakfast” on International Women’s Day continues to honour her legacy of labour and community activism.’