As summer wildfire season nears, Quebec forest fire workers vote for strike mandate

Workers with Quebec’s forest fire agency have voted 99 per cent in favour of a strike mandate as the summer wildfire season approaches. The Unifor union, which represents provincial fire service workers including firefighters, communications staff and mechanics, says the…The post As summer wildfire season nears, Quebec forest fire workers vote for strike mandate appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

TLTI approves cemetery grant program allocation

Leeds and the Thousand Islands council has approved the 2024 Cemetery Grant Program allocation of funding in the amount of $25,000. This occurred during Monday’s committee of the whole meeting in Lansdowne. The cemetery grant policy was approved by council on March 13, 2023. Staff proposed certain revisions to add clarity and provide process to […]