Here’s what you need to know this morning. Barilaro returns to give evidence at trade job inquiry Mr Barilaro will give evidence a the second time.(AAP: Bianca De Marchi) Today former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro will again front a parliamentary inquiry into his appointment to a lucrative US-based trade job. Mr Barilaro is at the … Read more
A male motorcyclist is dead following a collision in Brampton overnight. Peel police responded to reports of a crash in the area of Chinguacousy Road near Flowertown Avenue, shortly before 4 a.m. Police say a motorcycle and a Toyota were both travelling northbound on Chinguacousy Road. The motorcycle then appears to have crashed into the … Read more
A months-long street renewal project is set to get underway on a major downtown artery this month in order to make way for the expected start of construction on the Ontario Line. Work on the new subway line is expected to start in 2023 and will require the long-term closure of a stretch of Queen … Read more
A man has died in hospital after being pulled from a fire that ripped through a home in North York early Saturday morning. Shortly before 7:30 a.m., Toronto fire responded to a blaze at a house at 14 Calais Avenue, near Lexfield Avenue and Richard Clark Drive. The fire appears to have started in the … Read more
Train drivers forced into strike bringing misery to passengers Daily Record Disruption as train strike hits weekend travel BBC Train drivers strike outside Leeds train station The Independent Rail strikes: union accuses Grant Shapps of lying about negotiations as millions face disruption – as it happened The Guardian View Full coverage on Google News
Europe travel chaos: 1000 flights cancelled as Lufthansa workers go on a strike | English News WION Lufthansa Cancels Nearly All Flights in Frankfurt and Munich, Stranding 130,000 The New York Times Lufthansa cargo shipments slowed by ground staff strike in Germany FreightWaves Gravitas: Lufthansa travel chaos: 1000 flights cancelled, 134000 passengers hit WION Over 1000 Lufthansa flights canceled … Read more
An exhausted workforce, staffing levels below safe minimums and nurses feeling like they are unable to give patients the care they need: This is the picture nurses have painted of the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH). Key points: Hundreds of nurses have taken part in a 15-minute strike action outside the Royal Hobart Hospital, calling for safe … Read more
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Kiki Jones has spent the past few days taking cold showers, avoiding physical activity, keeping the blinds shut and blasting electric fans in their non-air-conditioned apartment in Toronto. But despite those measures, the 31-year-old hasn’t found much relief from the intense summer heat that’s gripped the city this week. “I’ve lived in Toronto for about … Read more
R ailway workers are striking in July and August in a dispute over pay and working conditions. Members of both the RMT and ASLEF unions will walk out over the coming weeks, following industrial action in June. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said that “this dispute will not simply vanish,” and urged the rail industry … Read more