The cost to rescue a multi-million dollar boring machine trapped beneath a west end street has nearly tripled in just months, with city staff saying the work to unearth the device is more complicated than first anticipated. Cost to remove trapped equipment from below Old Mill Drive now up to …
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Fate of Assembly of First Nations financial probe uncertain after former national chief’s ousting
The Assembly of First Nation faces questions as it heads for an unprecedented annual summer assembly in Halifax next week. Among them is whether the group will follow through with a forensic audit the advocacy organization’s now-former national chief demanded. RoseAnne Archibald alleged opponents spent $2M on ouster, while audit …
Read More »Workers to rally on Day 6 of B.C. port strike, as employer seeks binding arbitration
Striking port workers will rally near the Vancouver waterfront to mark their sixth day on the picket line as they seek a new contract with the B.C. Maritime Employers Association. Solidarity rally at Vancouver waterfront Thursday morning; employer says arbitration could swiftly end dispute The president of the union representing …
Read More »What is port automation — and why are striking workers concerned about it?
More than 7,400 unionized employees at more than 30 ports along British Columbia’s coast are off the job in a labour dispute that concerns, among a number of issues, how automation will affect the future of work at vital maritime gateways for Canadian imports and exports. Canada lagging on industrial …
Read More »Union leadership recommends members accept tentative deal to end B.C. port strike
The uncertainty at ports in B.C. is persisting Friday after workers' local union said a tentative agreement had been reached for the second time in a week, the latest development in the high-stakes labour dispute. Union caucus says it will vote Friday on whether to send tentative deal to membership …
Read More »Talks resume in B.C. port strike for 1st time since Monday
Talks between the two sides in an ongoing port strike in British Columbia have resumed, ending a days-long stretch away from the negotiating table. Meeting took place a day before the union is expected to hold a rally in Vancouver Talks between the two sides in an ongoing port strike …
Read More »Video shows panicked Toronto subway passengers fleeing as man stabbed during altercation
A stabbing on a moving subway train caused chaos in Toronto on Thursday afternoon as riders ran from the violent altercation. Man in his 30s now in stable condition, attacker still at large, police say A stabbing on a moving subway train caused chaos in Toronto on Thursday afternoon as …
Read More »Texting thumbs-up emoji in response to a question costs Sask. farmer $82K in contract case
A Saskatchewan judge says an emoji can amount to a contractual agreement and ordered a farmer to pay more than $82,000 for not delivering product to a grain buyer after responding to a text message with a thumbs-up image. Swift Current judge says an emoji can amount to a contractual …
Read More »Wildfire fighters work in heavy smoke, and in Canada have little protection
People who work on the front lines of Canada's wildfires often do so without specialized respiratory protection. The International Association of Fire Fighters and some governments and agencies want to change that given the high number of illnesses closely associated with exposure to wildfire smoke. B.C., Alberta studying potential masks …
Read More »National Inuit leader skipping premiers’ meeting over matter of respect
The leader of the national organization representing Inuit turned down an invitation to meet with Canada’s premiers next week over the inclusion of non-rights-holding Indigenous groups. Natan Obed says relationship with premiers still a ‘long ways away’ from one needed for true reconciliation The leader of the national organization representing …
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