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Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches tentative deal with casino to end longest strike in decades

Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches tentative deal with casino to end longest strike in decades

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The longest strike in decades by Las Vegas hotel workers ended Wednesday with a tentative contract between the union and a casino where hundreds of employees had walked off the job in November.
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Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches tentative deal with casino to end longest strike in decades

Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches tentative deal with casino to end longest strike in decades

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The longest strike in decades by Las Vegas hotel workers ended Wednesday with a tentative contract between the union and a casino where hundreds of employees had walked off the job in November.
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Europe posts record year for clean energy use as Trump pulls US toward fossil fuels

Europe posts record year for clean energy use as Trump pulls US toward fossil fuels

A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc's push for clean energy and the new U.S.
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Mount Polley boss says 2014 B.C. mine spill not toxic as firm faces fisheries charges

Mount Polley boss says 2014 B.C. mine spill not toxic as firm faces fisheries charges

The president of the company involved in the Mount Polley environmental disaster that poured millions of cubic metres of mine tailings into B.C. waterways 10 years ago says the material spilled wasn't toxic. Imperial Metals Corp.
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Housing Minister Erskine-Smith calls on Ontario to do more for social housing

Housing Minister Erskine-Smith calls on Ontario to do more for social housing

OTTAWA — Federal Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith is calling on the Ontario government to do more to address social housing needs in the province.
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Canada leaning toward matching tariffs on U.S. — but not all premiers agree

Canada leaning toward matching tariffs on U.S. — but not all premiers agree

OTTAWA — Canada appears to be leaning toward hitting the United States with matching tariffs if President Donald Trump makes good on his threats, but not all of the country's premiers support that approach.
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Brookfield buys U.S. single-family home portfolio in US$1 billion acquisition

Brookfield buys U.S. single-family home portfolio in US$1 billion acquisition

TORONTO — A Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.' private real estate fund has bought a U.S. rent-to-own home platform and its portfolio of single family homes for about US$1 billion.
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Industrial and tech stocks help lift S&P/TSX composite, U.S. stock markets rise

Industrial and tech stocks help lift S&P/TSX composite, U.S. stock markets rise

TORONTO — Strength in technology and industrial stocks helped Canada's main stock index move higher Wednesday, while U.S. stock markets also climbed, led by a 1.3 per cent gain for the Nasdaq. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 29.
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Centennial College suspends 49 programs as international student enrolment drops

Centennial College suspends 49 programs as international student enrolment drops

TORONTO — One of Ontario's largest colleges is suspending dozens of programs in the latest round of cuts at post-secondary institutions as the federal government reduces the number of international students in Canada.
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Contractors, police at odds in Newfoundland as search for 'backhoe bandits' continues

Contractors, police at odds in Newfoundland as search for 'backhoe bandits' continues

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As the hunt for Newfoundland's so-called "backhoe bandits" continues, some contractors are taking umbrage at calls from officials to better secure heavy equipment on job sites.
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