Health unit cuts $1.3 million from 2024 budget, avoids group layoffs

Lucknow Sentinel

Public health units are shrinking budgets and cutting jobs across the province as government funding increases are outpaced by inflation and COVID-era balance sheet boosts come to an end this year. Grey Bruce Public Health (GBPH) navigated a proposed $1.3 million budget cut in 2024 without laying off any permanent union employees or reducing “frontline” […]

Health unit slashing $1.3 million from 2024 budget, avoids group layoffs

Owen Sound Sun Times

Public health units are shrinking budgets and cutting jobs across the province as government funding paces behind inflation and COVID-era balance sheet boosts are ending this year. Grey Bruce Public Health (GBPH) navigated a proposed $1.3 million budget cut in 2024 without laying off any permanent union employees or reducing “frontline” services according to a […]

Spring time employment gains buoy March job stats

Owen Sound Sun Times

Jobs in the region’s culture and recreation sector nearly doubled in March as the summer tourist season nears. The Four County Labour Market and Planning Board released monthly job stats for March within the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region late last week. As is often the case, the region’s unemployment rate continues to be lower than […]

London-based insurer Canada Life is outsourcing its technology department, cutting about 200 jobs nationally as it hands over its information systems to a third party, company officials said.

The London Free Press

London-based insurer Canada Life is outsourcing its technology department, cutting about 200 jobs nationally as it hands over its information systems to a third party, company officials said. HCLTech will take over the tech department. Laid off workers, including about 35 in London, will be off the job by early July. “Aligned with others in […]

The German automaker and its EV battery subsidiary PowerCo is hitting  LinkedIn and other job sites with postings for its area plant that is expected to begin production in 2027.

The London Free Press

Volkswagen has begun posting top jobs for its electric vehicle battery assembly plant in St. Thomas. The German automaker and its EV battery subsidiary, PowerCo, are hitting LinkedIn and other job sites with postings for the $7-billion plant expected to begin production in 2027. It may seem early to begin hiring, but executives being brought […]

Great Lakes Commission Position Available: Financial Operations Specialist

Great Lakes Commission

Job Opportunities Great Lakes Commission Position Available: Financial Operations Specialist Application deadline: April 15, 2024  |  Download PDF Description The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) has an immediate opening for a financial operations specialist to assist with administrative and financial duties for the GLC. The GLC manages dozens of federal and nonfederal grants and contracts, ranging…