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Labour/employment
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Holiday party circuit ground zero for shifting cannabis culture, say experts
TORONTO – Reena Rampersad doesn’t hide her love of weed, but she’s discreet when socializing with people she knows are not regular users. The Hamilton resident is mindful that many people still do not approve of recreational use, even though…
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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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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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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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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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Alberta takes steps to ban mandatory high heels in the workplace
EDMONTON – Alberta has taken steps to ban employers from requiring people to wear high heels at work. Labour Minister Christina Gray says the province is amending the occupational health and safety code that currently allows employers to make high…
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Canada reviewing presence in Cuba after another diplomat falls mysteriously ill
OTTAWA – Canada is reconsidering its diplomatic presence in Cuba following another unexplained illness among embassy staff. Government representatives will travel to Havana next week to begin a review, and while it is too early to say what steps might…
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Wife’s MS has Tory MP urging more support for people with episodic disabilities
OTTAWA – Conservative MP David Yurdiga says people suffering from disabilities that worsen and ease, like his wife and daughter, are not treated fairly under Canadian law and he wants to change that. Yurdiga said support for people with disabilities…
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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,…
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Liberals pass fast tracking motion on Canada Post back to work bill
OTTAWA – Members of Parliament sat late into the night Friday as the Liberal government put a rush on legislation ordering postal workers back to work. The push came as Ottawa, as well as smaller towns in Ontario and British…
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Safety board tells Champlain Bridge builders to provide clean toilets for workers
MONTREAL — The workers building the new $4.2-billion Champlain Bridge toil in difficult conditions, high above the St. Lawrence River. But one of their biggest challenges has been to find a clean – and heated – portable toilet on the…
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Ontario government quietly stalls implementation of pay transparency law
TORONTO – Ontario has quietly stalled the implementation of legislation that aimed to increase pay transparency in the province, prompting some critics to suggest the government is looking for savings at the expense of women. In a fiscal update presented…
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First female Indigenous dean of Canadian law school sues for racial discrimination
TORONTO – A woman who became the first female Indigenous dean of a Canadian law school has launched a lawsuit against the university, alleging it racially discriminated against her and forced her to quit her post earlier this year. Angelique…
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More than 50,000 Quebec students to strike seeking pay for internships
MONTREAL Thousands of post-secondary students in Quebec are walking out of class this week seeking pay and workplace protections for internships undertaken as part of their studies. Nearly 55,000 students are expected to take part in the action hitting junior…
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Occupational safety officers investigate deaths of three people near Edmonton
LEDUC, Alta. – RCMP say three men have died in a workplace accident in an industrial area just south of Edmonton. Police, firefighters and emergency crews responded Thursday afternoon to a call at Millennium Cryogenic Technologies in Leduc. Leduc Mayor…
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CMA slams move to allow employers to require doctor’s note for minor illnesses
TORONTO – A national doctors’ group is raising concerns about the Ontario government’s move to allow employers to require workers to provide a doctor’s note to explain even minor illnesses, such as the common cold. Canadian Medical Association president Dr.…
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Canada Post must deal with ‘injury crisis’ to end walkouts, says union
OTTAWA – Canada Post’s latest contract offers to its workers has positives but not enough to put an end to rotating walkouts that are causing mail and parcel delivery delays across the country, the head of the Canadian Union of…
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Ontario excludes OHL players from provincial employment standards
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – The Government of Ontario is excluding Ontario Hockey League players from provincial employment standards legislation in order to keep a “level playing field” with other major junior hockey leagues across the country, the province said in a…