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B.C. port employers to launch lockout at terminals as labour disruption begins
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Employers at British Columbia ports say they are going ahead with locking out more than 700 foremen across the province after strike activities from union members began. The BC Maritime Employers Association says the lockout will begin on the 4:30 p.m. shift and continue until further notice but will not affect grain or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: B.C. port employers to launch lockout as labour disruption begins
By The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Employers at British Columbia ports say they are going ahead with locking out more than 700 foremen across the province after strike activities from union members began. The BC Maritime Employers Association says the lockout will begin on the 4:30 p.m. shift and continue until further notice but will not affect grain or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court won’t revisit request from four Canadian men held in Syria
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s top court will not reconsider pleas from four Canadian men detained in Syria for a hearing that could open a path to their freedom. Last year the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the men’s challenge of a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that said Ottawa is not obligated under the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oil, gas companies told to cut emissions by one-third under planned cap
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – Oil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations being published today by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. The regulations, still only in draft format and about two years behind schedule, could further strain relations between Ottawa and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre asks premiers to axe their sales taxes on new homes worth under $1 million
By The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces’ premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million. It follows Poilievre’s own pledge last week that if he becomes prime minister, he will axe the federal sales tax on new homes sold for under $1 million. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port lockout to begin as no deal reached in labour dispute with foremen union
By The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The provincewide lockout against a union of more than 700 foremen at all British Columbia ports is expected to begin at 8 a.m. The BC Maritime Employers Association has said the lockout is meant to “facilitate a safe and orderly wind-down of operations” in light of “escalating and unpredictable strike action.” Last week, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Lockout to begin at B.C. ports in labour dispute
By The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Lockout to begin at B.C. ports in labour dispute The provincewide lockout against a union of more than 700 foremen at all British Columbia ports is expected to begin at 8 a.m. The BC Maritime Employers Association has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The hallways look the same and where are the bathrooms, say B.C.’s newly elected MLAs
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2024
VICTORIA – A record number of first-time provincial politicians are about to descend on British Columbia’s legislature, looking to make positive contributions for the province and trying to find the washrooms in the 127-year-old building. Fifty-seven new members from three parties, New Democrats, B.C. Conservatives and Greens, were elected to serve first terms in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Canada is watching’: New northern Alberta police service trying to lead by example
By Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press on November 4th, 2024
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – On the second floor of a building where most offices are without doors, the ceilings hang low and the carpets don’t match, the chief of Grande Prairie’s new police force gets down to work. “Don’t focus on the building,” Dwayne Lakusta said in a recent interview. The 51-year-old was picked over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union for B.C. foremen accuses port employers of ‘acting recklessly’ ahead of lockout
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2024
VANCOUVER – The union representing more than 700 foremen is accusing the BC Maritime Employers Association of “acting recklessly” by threatening an industry-wide lockout to close all B.C. ports by 8 a.m. Monday. Frank Morena, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514, said the employers have threatened to “remove four important items ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Party leaders condemn violence at Hindu temple in Brampton amid India consular visit
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on November 3rd, 2024
OTTAWA – Leaders of the three main federal parties are calling out violence today at a Hindu temple in the Toronto suburb of Brampton. Videos circulating on social media appear to show demonstrators holding banners in support of a separate Sikh country called Khalistan clashing with others, including some holding India’s national flag. The videos ... Read More »
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