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B.C. port lockout looms as businesses fear fallout of another labour disruption
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2024
VANCOUVER – Ports in British Columbia could potentially be paralyzed again starting next week as a lockout looms in the dispute between employers and the union representing more than 700 foremen. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce said Friday the lockout coincides with an expanded job action at the Port of Montreal, bringing more uncertainty to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court approves buffer zone ahead of expected protests at Vancouver Sikh temple
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2024
VANCOUVER – A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an order to establish a buffer zone around one of the province’s largest Sikh temples this Saturday in advance of expected confrontations between protesters and Indian consular officials. The Khalsa Diwan Society, which runs the Ross Street Gurdwara, says in court documents that it expects “intense ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Appeal Court upholds sentence for Ontario trucker in Edmonton hotel killing
By The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2024
EDMONTON – Alberta’s top court has dismissed a Crown appeal of the sentence handed to an Ontario truck driver convicted in the 2011 death of a woman found in an Edmonton hotel bathtub. Cindy Gladue, a 36-year-old Métis and Cree woman, bled to death in the tub in 2011. A jury found Bradley Barton not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Limit on preliminary inquiries doesn’t apply to some ongoing cases: Supreme Court
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada says a change to the law that limited the right of an accused person to a preliminary inquiry does not apply to some ongoing cases. The top court’s ruling today helps clarify who is eligible for a preliminary inquiry – a judicial hearing to see if there is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port employers issue lockout notice in labour dispute with foremen union
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2024
VANCOUVER – Ports in British Columbia are waking up to the possibility of another provincewide labour disruption as employers say they will lock out members of the union representing more than 700 foremen after it served a strike notice. The BC Maritime Employers Association says in a statement that it has issued a formal notice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Brunswick woman who lost two sons to PTSD named national Silver Cross Mother
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2024
Maureen Anderson lost both her sons to their overseas service in the Canadian Army, even if they died years later and a continent away from the hot dust and violence of the Afghanistan war. Growing up, Ron Anderson was more serious, “a little fighter,” his mother recalls. His younger brother Ryan was quieter, softer. Both ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Alberta premier braces for crucial party vote
By The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Alberta premier braces for crucial party vote Thousands of members of Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party gather Friday in Red Deer ahead of a crucial weekend vote on the job performance of their leader, Premier Danielle Smith. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s youngest dangerous offender, who sexually assaulted baby, seeks prison leave
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2024
A convict who became Canada ‘s youngest designated dangerous offender after sexually assaulting a three-month-old baby is seeking escorted leave from prison to attend Indigenous cultural ceremonies in Vancouver. Tara Desousa, now 43, has applied to Federal Court to overturn a decision by B.C.’s Fraser Valley Institution to deny her “escorted temporary absences” from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian election watchers to gather in bars, homes to watch polarizing U.S. vote
By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press on November 1st, 2024
TORONTO – Canadians engrossed in the drama of the U.S. presidential election expect to gather in bars and living rooms to watch the votes roll in Tuesday, but many say the usual fanfare of watch parties will be muted by anxiety over the especially combative race. Dustin Herberman of Vaughan, Ont., says he’ll follow the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union issues strike notice in B.C. port labour dispute, employers say
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
VANCOUVER – Employers at British Columbia’s ports say they have received 72-hour strike notice from the union representing about 700 foremen in an ongoing labour dispute. The two sides had been negotiating with the help of a federal mediator for the last three days in a bid to avoid a work stoppage that would affect ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Hired and paid’ hit men killed B.C. ex-suspect in Air India bombing: court document
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
The day before Ripudaman Singh Malik was murdered in July 2022, a pair of hired hit men showed up at his B.C. business, “scoping out the scene” for several minutes before driving away. The next morning, Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez appeared again at the business park in Surrey, B.C., and fired seven shots into ... Read More »
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