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Two passenger trains collided on Indonesias main island of Java on Friday, causing carriages to buckle and overturn and killing multiple people, officials said.

Police say multiple people are injured following a shooting at a high school in Perry, Iowa.

The Common Front of Quebec public sector workers has released the wage increase included in the agreement in principle with Quebec. The union group published a press release Wednesday saying it has negotiated wage increases of 17.4 per cent over five years for its 420,000 public sector workers in the province.

The alliance had been seeking a three-year contract that would have tied wage raises to the consumer price index, plus an additional increase of two to four per cent.

2023 was not a quiet year for the Montreal area. From tragedies to victories and everything in between, here are 10 of the top stories that gripped Montrealers this year.

In the present labour dispute in the public and semi-public sectors, the issue of essential services has unquestionably resurfaced in the news. There was

After a year that ended with uncertainty and turmoil for many in the province, Quebec Premier Francois Legault took to social media to wish Quebecers happiness in 2024.

If rank-and-file workers do not organize to defeat this betrayal, public sector workers will suffer a further deterioration in their wages and working conditions, and the right-wing populist Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government will accelerate its privatization plans.

A Quebec health-care union, the FIQ, announced Friday that it will not reach an agreement with the provincial government by the end of the year.

The Common Front of unions representing around 420,000 public sector workers in Quebec has reached a proposed agreement in principle with the government.