Gauge Roberts is a young man who has lived on the margins and is now on his way to breaking his own particular cycle of poverty. Roberts, 19, spoke at the United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Touchdown Breakfast at the Ambassador Hotel and Conference Centre on Thursday morning. At the breakfast it […]

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is cancelling funding for three university campuses in the Toronto area, blaming the province’s poor finances. Merrilee Fullerton, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, said the government is no longer in a position to fund the three satellite campuses in Markham, Milton and Brampton owing to the province’s “new fiscal restraints.” […]

Algonquin College is increasing some fees, reducing hours of operation and cutting back positions in an effort to close a $25-million shortfall opened up by Ontario’s pay equity legislation. Bill 148, passed by the previous Liberal government, requires employers to pay part-time staff the same rate for the equivalent work of full-time staff. The current […]

TORONTO, Oct. 3, 2018 /CNW/ – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is warning Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives that if they don’t start standing up to Doug Ford, their once-proud party will be hijacked by the kind of cronyism and corruption that destroyed the Liberals. “There are a lot of good, caring Conservatives in Ontario,” said Thomas. […]

We spent five weeks on the picket line–100 hours–during the longest strike in the 50 year history of Ontario community colleges. Was it worth it? Absolutely. I have wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember. For many educators, the calling to teach is strong. It is rewarding to help students […]