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Compliance & Enforcement
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Proposed class action against Uber can proceed, appeal court rules
TORONTO – A proposed class-action lawsuit against the ride-hailing company Uber filed by one of its drivers will go ahead after Ontario’s top court reversed a lower court decision that would have sent the matter to arbitration overseas. In a…
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Emails reveal how Ottawa sought to explain PTSD treatment for man who killed cop
HALIFAX – Newly released documents offer a glimpse into how high-level government officials grappled to respond to the revelation that Veterans Affairs was funding the PTSD treatment of a Halifax man convicted of killing an off-duty police officer. Emails obtained…
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Nova Scotia woman charged with making threats to business in Stewiacke, N.S.
STEWIACKE, N.S. – Police say a woman is facing charges after allegedly making bomb threats to a business in Stewiacke, N.S. Officers with the RCMP say the threats were made on Nov. 25, Dec. 1 and Dec. 27, suggesting the…
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NB releases guidelines to help employers accommodate staff with addictions
FREDERICTON – The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission has released new guidelines to help employers meet their legal obligations to accomodate staff struggling with addiction. The province says the new guidelines on cannabis, alcohol and drug addictions are based on…
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Manitoba RCMP arrest 3 students for threatening three schools, charges pending
WINNIPEG – RCMP say they have arrested three youths suspected of making threats against students at three schools in Manitoba. Police say the threats were made Tuesday against students at R.D. Parker Collegiate in Thompson, Carman Collegiate in Carman and…
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Women more likely than men to experience workplace harassment: StatsCan study
OTTAWA – A new study suggests women are more likely than men to experience workplace harassment, and that it’s more common in health-related fields. The Statistics Canada report, “Harassment in Canadian workplaces,” suggests most people don’t experience abuse on the…
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Discrimination concerns: Alberta investigating Catholic teacher contracts
EDMONTON – Alberta Education Minister David Eggen is investigating employment agreements signed by Catholic school teachers amid concerns they could be fired for being in gay or common-law relationships. Eggen says he has directed all 17 Catholic boards to send…
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Corrections adviser recommends overhaul to address violence in Ontario jails
TORONTO – A report from Ontario’s independent corrections adviser has made a number of recommendations aimed at making jails safer, in response to an increase in reported inmate-on-staff violence at the province’s correctional institutions. In a report released Thursday, Howard…
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Filipino workers feared deportation if they didn’t comply with boss’s demands
HALIFAX – Liza Alcantara came to Canada from the Philippines with a dream to make a better life for her family. On Thursday, Alcantara detailed how that dream was shattered to the point where she considered eating hard boiled eggs…
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Feds set new limits on pilot flight times to curb crew fatigue
OTTAWA – The federal government is enacting strict new measures to address mounting concerns about tired flight crews on commercial planes. New regulations will set lower limits for the number of hours a pilot can be in the air and…
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Black residents more likely to die during interactions with Toronto cops: report
TORONTO – Black people living in Toronto are far more likely to be injured or killed in interactions with city police, Ontario’s Human Rights Commission said Monday as it called on the force to deal with what it described as…
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Father who lost son in Broncos crash wants graduated licensing in truck training
REGINA – A father who lost his son in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says mandatory training in Saskatchewan for commercial semi-truck drivers is a good first step, but he wants to see more. Russ Herold, whose son Adam died…
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Notwithstanding clause or not, Quebec must accommodate its employees
Will the new Coalition Avenir Quebec government go ahead with its election promise to prohibit certain civil servants from wearing religious symbols at work? For now, Premier Francois Legault has decided to wait until the spring to table a bill…
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N.S. sentencing hearing underway for businessman who allegedly underpaid workers
HALIFAX – A Halifax businessman is facing a sentencing hearing today after pleading guilty to submitting false records regarding the employment of foreign workers. Filipino temporary workers whom Hector Mantolino allegedly underpaid were also in Nova Scotia Supreme Court for…
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Trudeau says government will limit gun access as Polytechnique victims remembered
MONTREAL – Fourteen beams of light shone into the night sky from Montreal’s Mount Royal Thursday evening in memory of the 14 women who died at the Ecole Polytechnique engineering school 29 years ago. A crowd, which included Prime Minister…
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The Search for Answers
Ten years after boilermaker David Fifi was determined to have died of natural causes, the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) of Manitoba is reviewing the case following the emergence of new medical evidence indicating that his sudden demise was caused by…
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LCBO selling Norman Hardie wines again following misconduct allegations
WELLINGTON, Ont. – The LCBO is putting Norman Hardie wines back on its shelves, nearly six months after the brand was pulled amid sexual harassment allegations against the popular winemaker. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario said Tuesday that after…
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Arrests made after online threats against Winnipeg region school division
SELKIRK, Man. – Charges were pending after the RCMP arrested three people following online threats that prompted a Manitoba school division to cancel classes Monday in all of its 15 schools. Mounties in Selkirk said an 18-year-old man who lives…
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Video of sexual relations can be used at grievance in fire department firings
VANCOUVER – Two employees of the fire department in Vernon, B.C., are battling to keep their jobs after a videotape showed them having sexual relations in the interim fire chief’s office. The pair, who are not named, were fired two…
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Complaints about several Manitoba municipal police forces decline: report
WINNIPEG – A new report shows there was a decline in the number of formal complaints filed last year by Manitobans against 11 municipal police departments in the province. The annual report from the Law Enforcement Review Agency, released Wednesday,…
