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CP NewsAlert: Union issues strike notice in port labour dispute, employers say
By 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!Mounties bust massive B.C. drug ‘supermarket’ lab linked to organized crime
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
Mounties have dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug “superlab” in Canada that had been acting as a “supermarket” for organized crime. Police say the lab mass produced and distributed the powerful opioid fentanyl and methamphetamine across Canada and internationally. David Teboul, assistant commissioner with the RCMP’s Pacific region, told a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judicial recount dates set for two B.C. ridings to wrap up provincial election
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
VICTORIA – Vote counting in the British Columbia provincial election will finally conclude next week with judicial recounts set for two ridings. Elections BC says the province’s Supreme Court has confirmed recounts in Kelowna Centre and Surrey-Guildford will take place on Nov. 7 and Nov. 8. Both ridings saw the margin of victory within the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mounties bust massive B.C. drug ‘superlab’ linked to transnational organized crime
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
Mounties have dismantled what they say is the largest, most sophisticated illicit drug “superlab” in Canada. Police say they believe organized crime ran the operation where there was mass-production and distribution of fentanyl and methamphetamine across Canada and internationally. Officers served search warrants last week on the drug lab in Falkland, B.C., in the southern ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Employers say ‘final offer’ tabled to foremen in bid to avoid latest B.C. port strike
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s port employers say they have presented a “final offer” to the union representing foremen in negotiations aimed at avoiding a labour disruption. The BC Maritime Employers Association says in a release that it believes the offer can “conclude negotiations in a manner that serves the best interest” of all parties involved. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal summit ends with pledge to return Ukrainian children deported to Russia
By Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
MONTREAL – More than 45 nations signed a pledge in Montreal on Thursday to repatriate to Ukraine the civilians, prisoners of war and children taken by Russia since it invaded the country nearly three years ago. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said the countries agreed to co-ordinate efforts to gather information about Ukrainians held in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Assassins of B.C. man acquitted of Air India bombing ‘hired and paid’: court document
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
Court documents in the case of two men who murdered British Columbia businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik in 2022 say they were “hired and paid” to kill him. However, the agreed statement of facts does not say who hired them to kill Malik, who was acquitted in 2005 in a B.C. court of the Air India ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec freezes two major immigration streams that provide path to permanent residency
By Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
MONTREAL – The Quebec government has frozen two major immigration streams that provide a pathway to permanent residency, after complaining for years that the number of newcomers settling in the province is threatening its language and culture. The moratorium, however, comes on the same day the provincial government announced it planned to welcome up to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union talks underway between foremen, employers to avoid latest B.C. port strike
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
VANCOUVER – Negotiations between British Columbia’s port employers and the union representing foremen are entering a final scheduled day in a bid to avoid a labour disruption. Both the BC Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 confirm talks are ongoing with the help of federal mediation services. The current ... Read More »
1 responseAfter series of scandals, Quebec’s new youth protection boss promising transparency
By The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
QUEBEC – The new director of Quebec’s youth protection system is promising more transparency and a full accounting of the troubled network. Lesley Hill, who worked in various roles in the health system for decades, came out of retirement to take the position after a series of scandals cost the previous director her job earlier ... Read More »
1 responseCreditors to vote on proposed $32.5B tobacco settlement in December
By Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press on October 31st, 2024
TORONTO – Creditors of three major tobacco companies will get the chance to weigh in on a proposed multi-billion-dollar settlement in December. An Ontario court has approved a motion that would see representatives for the creditors, which include provincial governments and plaintiffs in two Quebec class-action lawsuits, review and vote on the proposal on Dec. ... Read More »
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