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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR) has gone on over 30 rescue calls so far this year and is finding an unusual increase in rescues along forest service roads (FSRs). “A lot of people were travelling the forest service roads in vehicles …
Read More »Surrey Police Service officers complained of ‘harassment’ by RCMP: court documents – BC
Lawyers for the Surrey Police Union say officers were subjected to harassment and disrespect by members of the Surrey RCMP, only to be left in a “jurisdictional void” when both federal and British Columbia bodies declined to investigate their allegations. The claims that Surrey Police Service officers working alongside the …
Read More »New Brunswick virtual health-care service violating Official Languages Act: report – New Brunswick
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 3, 2024 11:09 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size New Brunswick’s official languages commissioner says the province’s online health-care service is violating provincial law by failing to consistently provide services in French. Shirley MacLean has issued two …
Read More »Tentative agreement reached between civil service workers, province – Winnipeg
By Kevin Hirschfield Global News Posted January 12, 2024 8:48 pm Updated January 12, 2024 10:11 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Around 11,500 civil service workers in Manitoba could soon have a new contract. The MGEU, which represents the workers, says it has reached a tentative …
Read More »Suspected auto theft ring involved Service Ontario employees: police
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Service Ontario employees were involved in a suspected auto theft ring, Toronto police allege, and hundreds of people have reportedly had their data trafficked. Toronto police said Wednesday that in February, officers launched Project Safari, aimed at identifying and arresting individuals involved …
Read More »Transit workers to refuse voluntary OT potentially impacting service – Winnipeg
By Kevin Hirschfield Global News Posted November 24, 2023 10:26 pm Updated November 24, 2023 10:46 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg Transit employees continue to voice their displeasure with working conditions and now the union representing them says they’re taking a stand. ATU Local 1505 …
Read More »Rogers turns on cell service at remaining TTC subway stations for its own customers – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 17, 2023 10:45 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Rogers Communications Inc. says it has turned on wireless service for its customers at all Toronto subway stations, plus the tunnels between Sheppard West and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre stations. The move …
Read More »New infrastructure minister says Manitoba ‘staffing up’ public service to tackle snow clearing – Winnipeg
She’s been in the job for only a week, but Manitoba’s new infrastructure minister is tackling the province’s first major snowfall of the season, and hoping to improve snow-clearing efforts going forward. Lisa Naylor told 680 CJOB’s The Start that crews are working hard to get Manitoba’s roads and highways clear, …
Read More »GO train service resumes Wednesday after CN network-wide system failure
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Metrolinx says regular train service is resuming on Wednesday, with some delays, after a CN network-wide system failure affected all GO and UP Express rail corridors Tuesday afternoon. In Metrolinx’s latest statement, it said there could still be some delays and modifications “as we …
Read More »5 things to know about feedback to Champagne’s TTC wireless service consultation – Toronto
Canada’s four major telecommunications companies have one week left to respond to one another’s submissions as part of a federal consultation process regarding wireless access on the Toronto subway. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne wants to expedite negotiations between the carriers, which had come to a standstill after Rogers Communications Inc. …
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