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on June 28, 2014 in World News

Canada’s Supreme Court Penalizes Walmart f

Canada’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that Wal-Mart must compensate former workers at a Quebec store that was closed after they voted to become the first Wal-Mart store in North America to unionize. The high court ruled in 2009 that Wal-Mart was entitled to close the store in Jonquiere in 2005, seven months after workers voted to unionize. But the workers filed a new case that said Wal-Mart contravened a section of Quebec labor law, which says working conditions must not be altered in any way, shape or form during a unionization process. The court ruled in a five-to-two decision that… View Article

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on June 28, 2014 in World News

Mexican Military Pushed Drug Mules Across U.S. Border

American Security Contractors: Mexican Military Pushed Drug Mules Across U.S. Border group of American independent security contractors on the ground in Arizona witnessed smugglers and mules running for the American side of the border, when a Mexican military helicopter shot at U.S. border patrol agents. “They saw the smugglers and mules hastily moving ahead of the Mexican army crossing the river and moving quickly for cover on the US side. Then the helicopter flew in firing at near by border patrol. The smugglers and mules scattered,” Matthew Leber, spokesman for The American Patriots The Three Percent, an organization who helps… View Article

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on June 28, 2014 in World News

Calgary baby born in toilet after hospital sends woman home

Calgary baby born in toilet after hospital sends woman home Less than two hours after a pregnant Calgary woman says she was sent home from the hospital because staff told her she wasn’t ready to give birth, the woman delivered her daughter in a toilet at her northwest home. The case has prompted a review by Alberta Health Services, who waived Friday a $703.52 ambulance bill that was sent to new mother Gyna Gonzalez after two ambulances rushed to her house to transport her, her husband and her new baby girl to Foothills Hospital. “I’m grateful for the job of… View Article

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on June 28, 2014 in World News

Time to re-evaluate CBC’s mandate and funding

Time to re-evaluate CBC’s mandate and funding It was sad to see a smiling but moist-eyed Leslie MacKinnon arrive at her farewell party in Ottawa on Thursday. MacKinnon decided, reluctantly, to take a voluntary layoff after 35 years of fine work at the CBC. A hard-working storyteller, MacKinnon brought a unique and thoughtful sensibility to her reports, so it’s sad to see her go. And it was sad this spring when Linden MacIntyre decided to leave the Fifth Estate, voluntarily taking a layoff so that the cuts would have a well-known public face. It was sad to hear that Radio… View Article

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on June 28, 2014 in World News

Wildrose poised to unseat PCs, new poll shows

Wildrose poised to unseat PCs, new poll shows Numbers hint at minority government for Danielle Smith’s party; Edmonton remains NDP stronghold The Wildrose would unseat the Progressive Conservatives if an election were held today, regardless of who wins the Tory leadership race, an Edmonton Journal-Calgary Herald poll shows. The Leger poll suggests Danielle Smith’s Wildrose party would garner 25 per cent of the overall vote, well ahead of the Tories under Thomas Lukaszuk (14 per cent), Ric McIver (14 per cent) and even front-runner Jim Prentice (19 per cent). Leger vice-president Ian Large says that while the numbers hint at… View Article

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on June 27, 2014 in World News

Mexican Military Chopper Crosses Into US, Shoots At Border Agents

Mexican Military Chopper Crosses Into US, Shoots At Border Agents Border Patrol agents in Arizona were reportedly fired upon by a Mexican military helicopter that traveled across the border. KVOA-TV reports that Mexican authorities were conducting a drug interdiction operation when the incident happened early Thursday morning on the Tohono O’odham Indian Nation. The Mexican chopper fired at the agents and then flew back into Mexico. Art del Cueto, Border Patrol Tucson Sector union president, tells KVOA that they called and apologized for the incident. “The incident occurred after midnight and before 6 a.m. Helicopter flew into the U.S. and… View Article

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on June 27, 2014 in World News

CBC’s leaders bring it to the brink of an existential crisis

CBC’s leaders bring it to the brink of an existential crisis CBC president Hubert Lacroix unveiled the corporation’s latest five-year plan this week in a performance as disingenuous as it was depressing. If there was any doubt that Canada’s public broadcaster is confronting an unprecedented existential crisis, it vanished Thursday. CBC President Hubert Lacroix unveiled the corporation’s latest five-year plan at a “town hall” meeting of staff in a performance that was as disingenuous as it was depressing. The CBC’s enemies are not only circling their prey from the outside, including the Conservative government with its unrelenting budget cuts. Its… View Article

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on June 27, 2014 in World News

B.C. companies nervous over Supreme Court decision in favour of First Nations

B.C. companies nervous over Supreme Court decision in favour of First Nations Tahltan Nation announces intention to launch legal fight to block coal mine B.C. businesses worry a landmark high-court decision released Thursday that broadens First Nations’ land rights could create barriers to development and stall key industrial projects worth billions of dollars. Proposed projects that could be affected include Enbridge’s $7.9-billion Northern Gateway oil pipeline, Kinder Morgan’s $5.4-billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline, and tens of billions more in liquefied natural gas plants and gas pipelines. Mining and forestry projects could also be at risk. Hours after the decision was… View Article

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on June 27, 2014 in World News

Environment Canada tornado tweets stalled by language laws

Environment Canada tornado tweets stalled by language laws Ottawa developing software to tweet warnings in French and English simultaneously Meteorologists in the United States use Twitter to push weather warnings to the public, but that doesn’t happen in Canada — official bilingualism has proved a barrier to weather warning tweets. Canadian meteorologists are not authorized to tweet because all government communication has to follow Canada’s language laws, according to Environment Canada’s executive director of national programs Ken Macdonald. “We have to issue our warnings simultaneously in both languages,” Macdonald told the iTeam’s Geoff Leo. Macdonald said Environment Canada is working… View Article

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on June 26, 2014 in World News

Top court grants land title to First Nation

              Top court grants land title to First Nation For the first time, the Supreme Court of Canada has recognized a First Nation’s title to a specific tract of land — a historic decision with major implications for contentious energy projects such as the Northern Gateway pipeline. Thursday’s 8-0 decision, which overturned an appeal court ruling, will essentially make it easier for First Nations to establish title over lands that were regularly used for hunting, fishing and other activities. The landmark ruling is the Supreme Court’s first on aboriginal title and will apply wherever… View Article

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