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A study published yesterday by Quebec socioeconomic think tank IRIS shows someone living in Montreal needs to earn about $30 per hour to live above the poverty line.

The current minimum wage is $17.60. The government says someone earning minimum wage and working 40 hours per week will see an additional $728 per year.

Minimum wage workers in Nova Scotia will earn a quarter more per hour when the rate increases to $16.75 on Wednesday. It will increase again to $17 this October.

This will apply to all workers in federally regulated industries such as air transportation, banking, most federal Crown corporations, ports and telecommunication, among others.

About one in four Canadians are living in a food-insecure household, with advocates saying governments need to tackle the root cause: income.

Opposition parties in Nova Scotia and some advocacy organizations are calling for the province to do more to protect workers' rights and improve labour conditions.

A new report suggests more than 30 per cent of paid employees in Nova Scotia are in precarious jobs.

The organization representing Inuit in Canada says the federal government program meant to subsidize the high cost of food in the region, isn't working and should be scrapped.

The deal comes after members of the BC Nurses' Union voted this month more than 98 per cent in favour of strike action if necessary.

Last year, all Ontario parties agreed to a 35-per cent pay raise for MPPs and the creation of a new pension plan after a salary freeze at Queen's Park that lasted 16 years.

Nurses say the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act is among the most restrictive of its kind in Canada, preventing not just full strikes, but also other forms of job action.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday that while Toronto should be the host city for a new defence bank, he doesn’t believe in 'attacking' competing bids for it.

Ten days into a strike by some unionized long-term care workers in Nova Scotia, both residents and family members say the job action is taking its toll.

The Manitoba government plans to reduce where flavoured vaping products can be sold, but one group says the idea does not go far enough and lags behind other provinces' efforts.

Police said the victim, a man in his 40s, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries to his eyes, face and back late Monday.

Between 2010 and 2020, rural regions in Quebec, Ontario and the Prairies had the highest rates, while Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver had the lowest rates.

The proposed social media ban for youth under 16 would mirror action first taken in Australia, where the measure took effect last December.

The Canadiens entered the playoffs ranked sixth, and had already beaten the fifth and the fourth, before hitting a wall facing the second-ranked team. So what's next?

There are calls for New Brunswick to bring in a social media ban for young people, and to reconsider its inclusion of AI chatbots in its draft curriculum for the anglophone sector.

Workers at another Nova Scotia long-term care home have joined a strike, bringing the number of homes facing labour action to 25.