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Compliance & Enforcement
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Erin Weir asking for external body to review harassment investigation
OTTAWA – Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir says he wants an external appeal of the harassment investigation about him earlier this year, arguing he was not afforded due process. In a statement today, Weir says he wants an outside authority such…
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N.S. introduces legislation to restrict possession and sale of body armour
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia has become the latest province to introduce a law to restrict the possession and sale of body armour. Justice Minister Mark Furey said the new legislation is aimed at protecting police and other law enforcement officers,…
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RCMP call in OPP, watchdog to probe alleged assaults linked to hydro projects
WINNIPEG – Manitoba RCMP have called in outside investigators to probe historical alleged assaults linked to hydro projects in the province’s north, but First Nations leaders say the government should still commit to an inquiry. A report released last month…
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Canadian military seeks to reassure allies as legalized marijuana draws near
OTTAWA – The Canadian Armed Forces has sought to reassure allies about the pending legalization of marijuana amid questions in other capitals about the potential impact on future military operations. The outreach follows last week’s release of a new military…
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Canada sees info ‘gaps’ about dangerous goods moving through North
OTTAWA – The federal government says it doesn’t know enough about how, when and where dangerous goods move through the Canadian North, highlighting the potential risks of a major spill or other disaster. As a result, Transport Canada acknowledges the…
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Students lead charge against sexual violence on campus and in halls of power
They call it “the red zone”: the first weeks of the school year when researchers say sexual violence spikes on campus. Students, particularly those in their first year, face a heightened risk of being assaulted during this season of back-to-school…
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Canadian military issues guidelines for recreational marijuana to troops
OTTAWA – The Canadian Forces are placing limits on when military personnel can use recreational marijuana once it becomes legal, with the restrictions based largely on service members’ jobs and current or upcoming missions. Supervisors are also being given directions…
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Nova Scotia appoints expert panel to recommend ways to improve long term care
HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government has appointed an expert panel to recommend ways to improve the province’s long-term care facilities. The decision by Health and Wellness Minister Randy Delorey comes in the wake of a series of media reports that…
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Quebec securities regulator helping companies disclose exposure to modern slavery
MONTREAL – Quebec’s securities regulator is offering to help public companies disclose their exposure to modern slavery, including forced labour, human trafficking and child labour. The Autorite des marches financiers says Canadian companies could be exposed directly or indirectly to…
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Police called to workplace accident in Saskatoon, man later dies in hospital
SASKATOON – Police in Saskatoon say a man has died following an industrial accident. Officers were called to a repair shop in the city’s north end Tuesday. They found a 61-year-old man suffering from serious injuries. The worker was taken…
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Owner of Sudbury, Ont., concrete company faces criminal charge after worker dies
SUDBURY, Ont. – Police in the northern Ontario community of Sudbury say the owner of a local concrete company has been charged criminally in connection to a workplace fatality earlier in this year. Boris Naneff, the owner of Rainbow Concrete…
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Vancouver moves to expropriate two hotels closed over ‘life safety concerns’
VANCOUVER – The City of Vancouver is moving to assume ownership of two decaying hotels on the Downtown Eastside that had been home to some of the city’s most vulnerable residents. The city announced it has filed a notice of…
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Political parties split on committee decision in speaker harassment complaint
FREDERICTON – A legislative committee in New Brunswick has made a decision on what action to take in respect to harassment allegations against Speaker Chris Collins, but details are being withheld and the vote was far from unanimous. The Legislature…
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Offshore oil worker who tested positive for drug use ordered reinstated: court
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador’s highest court has upheld a decision to reinstate an offshore oil worker who was fired after he tested positive for taking an unauthorized form of tranquilizer. Drug tests were ordered in January 2015…
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Former Manitoba Liberal staffer loses human rights complaint over firing
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Human Rights Commission has dismissed a complaint from a former political staffer who said she lost her job and was discriminated against because of mental illness. A commission board says Elizabeth Gonsalves received severance pay and…
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Ousted president of B.C. Nurses’ Union sues for damages and to get job back
VANCOUVER – The former president of the B.C. Nurses’ Union is suing to get her job back after she says she was fired amid false allegations of bullying. Gayle Duteil’s statement of claim filed Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court says…
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Ammonia leak at Fernie, B.C., ice rink linked to aging equipment: report
VANCOUVER – Old equipment that continued to be used seven years after a maintenance contractor recommended replacing it caused an ammonia leak that killed three workers at an ice rink in British Columbia last October, says an organization that oversees…
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Female patient stopped by police after driving off with ambulance in Montreal
MONTREAL – A female patient jumped into the front of an ambulance and sped away before being intercepted by Montreal police, the local ambulance service says. A spokesman for Urgences-Sante says the woman, who appeared intoxicated, was being transported to…
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Allegations against New Brunswick Speaker founded ‘in part’: committee
FREDERICTON – A legislative committee in New Brunswick has concluded that harassment allegations against Speaker Chris Collins were founded, but only in part. The legislature’s administration committee met for two hours Monday before deputy Speaker Bernard LeBlanc emerged to read…
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Rail manager guilty in case of train left on B.C. mountainside without handbrakes
REVELSTOKE, B.C. – A manager with Canadian Pacific Railway has been found guilty for his role in illegally parking a train carrying dangerous materials on a mountainside near Revelstoke, B.C. A B.C. provincial court judge found Tim McClelland, director of…