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The on-off strike saga at British Columbia’s ports appears to be over — for now — as workers returned to work Thursday. Federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said he was “relieved” that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada had withdrawn its strike notice Wednesday and that the union workers …
Read More »Dispute over sports jersey leads to weapons, assault charges for Brockville, Ont. man – Kingston
A Brockville, Ont., man is facing weapons and assault charges after a dispute over a sports jersey. Police say on March 14 officers responded to a call on James Street West and found that one man had assaulted another. The investigation also revealed that the suspect had left the area …
Read More »Ontario judge grants another permanent injunction in 2 year land dispute
More than two years after a group of Indigenous demonstrators started occupying a proposed development site in southwestern Ontario, a provincial court has again granted an injunction permanently barring them from the land. In a written decision released this week, Justice Paul Sweeny of the Ontario Superior Court said Skyler …
Read More »Ontario’s use of notwithstanding clause in dispute with union a ‘Pandora’s box,’ expert says
The Ontario government’s move to force school-support staff to stay at work by using the heavy hammer of the notwithstanding clause could have huge repercussions on labour relations, experts say. “If the public is sympathetic to the government [in this case], then the government’s actions will have set a significant precedent for years to …
Read More »Toronto-area man still not buried 8 months after death amid graveyard dispute
Lisa Tsotsos has been trying to bury her father for eight months now — and as the emotional weight of the ordeal and her legal bills pile up — she says she’s starting to lose hope. Her dad, Louis, died of COVID-19 complications on Jan. 15. But instead of being buried …
Read More »Dispute in B.C. reveals cracks in Canada’s shipbreaking regulations
When Mary Reynolds started flying her camera-equipped drone over a small stretch of Vancouver Island shoreline she landed in the middle of a fight between local activists and a company that dismantles old watercraft. The 71-year-old’s videos, posted on her blog, showed how Deep Water Recovery was taking apart old …
Read More »Cost of Coastal GasLink pipeline leaps 70% to $11.2B as TC Energy settles dispute
The projected cost of the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline spanning northern British Columbia has jumped 70 per cent to $11.2 billion in the wake of a freshly inked deal between operator TC Energy Corp. and the group building a liquified natural gas terminal on the West Coast. Amid rising global …
Read More »Roommate or tenant? The question is at the heart of Ontario rental dispute that led to viral video
A bitter dispute between two people who were living in the same London, Ont., house has become the subject of a viral video, fuelled by resentment and anger directed at landlords in Ontario’s highly competitive housing market. Mikayla Koevoets rented part of a three-bedroom house in east London with a …
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