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Labour Day has been a statutory holiday in Canada since 1894. It was a day for workers and unions to voice their demands and mark the day with events like parades, speeches, games, and competitions.
While labour leaders point to the Air Canada strike as a win for unions, it remains a volatile time for workers across the country. Heather Wright has more.
A red minivan crashed into a crowd at the Kipona Festival in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, injuring three people, including a child, a woman in a wheelchair, and a city employee. Police quickly ...
Idaho protesters demand improved working conditions outside of the State Capitol on Labor Day, joined by a gubernatorial ...
The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition, released the following statement on Labour Day: “Canada was built by workers – those who laid the ...
Hamilton is a city built on labour. From the fight for a nine-hour work day in the 1870s, to the infamous Stelco strike of 1946 when one-in-five of the city's industrial workforce walked off the job.
Nearly 1,000 people gathered in front of the Idaho State Capitol on Monday for Labor Day and took to the surrounding streets to call on the government to support workers rights. The theme of the ...
Workers and union members across the GTA gathered in downtown Toronto for the annual Labour Day parade – and this year’s celebrations carried a clear message.
Here’s what’s open and closed on Labour Day this year, which falls on Monday, Sept. 1, 2025 in Mississauga, Brampton, Toronto, Hamilton, Oakville, Milton, Burlington, Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering, ...
Labour Day wasn't a day off for Newfoundland and Labrador's NDP. The party outlined Monday how it would support workers if elected as the next provincial government.
Ontario is removing interprovincial barriers for workers in regulated professions, allowing them greater mobility when searching for work across the country, the province said Monday ...
Highs will hover near 80 degrees over the next few days, and rain chances will be minimal until the end of the week ...