Lisa MacLeod, the province’s minister of children, community and social services, was rushed out of a Friday morning event at Ottawa City Hall by her Ontario Provincial Police security detail. The Nepean MPP was attending a breakfast for International Women’s Day, where the city launched its women and gender equity strategy. MacLeod’s office said it was the security team that decided she should leave the event […]
In 2017, a Winnipeg postal worker stumbled upon an unconscious woman in an apartment vestibule, called 911 and suddenly had a difficult decision to make. The 911 operator was encouraging him to perform CPR, but the postal worker suspected the woman was overdosing on fentanyl. Rather than risk exposure to a substance that can be […]
Today, more than 40 CUPE members from across the country met with Members of Parliament to support the creation of a national Pharmacare program and to discuss retirement security and pensions. CUPE members, alongside 350 activists from the Canadian Labour Congress, participated in a lobby day in Ottawa. The group met with over 192 parliamentarians throughout the day to support […]
