Large area of Peel Region to experience garbage pickup delays after collecters go on strike
CBC
Peel Region says some residents should anticipate garbage pickup delays after workers at a waste management firm walked off the job on Monday morning.
A municipal news release advising residents of a service disruption said that employees of Emterra Environmental, one of Peel's waste collection contractors, had gone on strike.
Recycling collection will also be temporarily suspended as a result of the strike, which impacts much of western Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon.
"We ask for your patience during this time as we work to address expected collection delays and service disruption," the statement said.
Garbage and organic waste will continue to be picked up, but on a delayed schedule, while recycling and bulky items will not be picked up "at this time," it added.
In a separate statement, a spokesperson for Emterra Environmental said the company remains "committed to our customers and business partners and are doing our best to minimize the impact during this labour disruption."
A 36-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly trying to set a fire outside Vancouver City Hall late Friday night, police say.
Calgary city council reversed its decision to close the Inglewood Aquatic Centre Friday.
The Vancouver Police Board says its vice-chair has resigned following statements she posted to social media that were inconsistent with its code of conduct.
Hundreds of people showed up outside Queens Park Saturday afternoon to push back against the Ford government's controversial bike lane bill that would remove certain Toronto bike lanes to help address congestion.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has joined federal cabinet ministers and other politicians in condemning Friday night's anti-NATO demonstration in Montreal, calling the protesters' actions "appalling."
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree has formally apologized to Inuit in Nunavik for the federal government's role in the mass killing of sled dogs in the region in the 1950s and 1960s.
High winds and rain caused power outages to hundreds of homes and businesses in Prince County on Saturday.
Northerners will soon see RCMP officers with cameras on their person, as training for the body-worn cameras roll out for Mounties across the country.
Dozens of Indigenous women with a desire to learn how to hunt and to use traditional methods to prepare the animal will meet this weekend for the first-ever all-female deer hunt on Oneida Nation of the Thames territory.
A disgraced real-estate lawyer who this week admitted to pilfering millions in client money to support her and her family's lavish lifestyle was handcuffed in a Toronto courtroom Friday afternoon and marched out by a constable to serve a 20-day sentence for contempt of court, as her husband and mother watched.
A provincial child-care advocacy group says governments need to commit to pushing $10-a-day child care forward in Canada, but a conservative think tank says data shows it isn't working as intended in Newfoundland and Labrador.