1st collective agreement ratified by workers at Barrington Retirement Home
Barrie, Ont. – December 10, 2013 – The health care providers at the Barrington Retirement Home in Barrie, Ontario recently met to review and vote on their first collective agreement. Workers in the bargaining unit join 3,000 other members of the UFCW Canada Local 175 Health, Office & Professional Employees (HOPE) Sector.


Vancouver – December 12, 2013 – Activists, artists, authors, poets, friends, family, and community members recently gathered at Vancouver's Central Library for the launch of a new bilingual anthology which explores issues of identity, eroticism, resistance, humour and fate.
Ottawa – December 11, 2013 – Statistics Canada has recently released the results of an analysis of top earners that demonstrates how globalization is instrumental in making the 1 percent even wealthier.