Ontario Update – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire
Aug 17, 2017
(Ont-Minimum-Wage)
A union says grocery retailer Metro, which has decried the anticipated economic impact of Ontario’s minimum wage hike, could actually gain from the wage increase.
Unifor says it estimates the minimum wage increases will positively affect 70 per cent of its members at Metro banner stores.
It says this increase will boost part-time workers income by as much as 80 dollars per week, based on a 24-hour work week.
Unifor predicts that a significant share of this new income will be spent back in the stores as many of its lowest-paid members can’t afford to shop where they work, while some are forced to use food banks.
Metro has said an increase in the Ontario minimum wage to 14 dollars an hour from the current 11 dollars and 40 cents could cost it up to 50 million dollars in 2018. (The Canadian Press)
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(Kingston-Stabbing)
Police in Kingston say a man is to appear in court today facing charges in a stabbing incident.
They say the incident occurred early yesterday morning after the accused went to an apartment and asked the alleged victim to cook him a meal.
Investigators allege the accused pulled a knife and stabbed the alleged victim nine times in the chest and back before a witness grabbed a frying pan and the man fled.
The man is charged with attempted murder, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a weapon. (The Canadian Press)
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(Unidentified-Hiker)
Provincial police say they’re heartened by the number of responses to a recent public appeal to identify male human remains recovered in Algonquin Park in 1980.
Several photos and video of a three-dimensional clay facial reconstruction were released on social media last month and O-P-P say they’ve received 36 fresh tips from the public.
A hiker using the a trail near Whitney discovered the remains on April 19th, 1980, and other remains and evidence were recovered from the area in a search in 1995.
The unidentified hiker is believed to have been a Caucasian male — aged 18 to 29 years — who likely died between July 1st, 1971 and the spring of 1978. (The Canadian Press)
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(Monument-Damaged)
A monument to workers who died building the Rideau Canal will be recast and replaced, after it was damaged this week.
Ottawa and District Labour Council president Sean McKenney says the Celtic cross monument was found broken into four pieces on Monday.
McKenney says it appears the monument was damaged accidentally, as a result of carelessness rather than vandalism.
The monument was unveiled in 2004 and honours the one thousand workers who died building the canal between 1826 and 1832 and their families. (CTV Ottawa)
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(Workplace-Injury-Fine)
A company has been fined 70-thousand dollars after a young worker was critically injured on the job two years ago.
Con-Cast Pipe pleaded guilty under the Occupational Health and Safety Act last week to failing as an employer to take every precaution reasonable for the protection of a worker.
The worker was hurt when a nearly 500 kilogram steel pallet fell on him and pinned his leg to the ground.
The Labour Ministry says the company was convicted under the same section of the safety act in 2010 and was fined 55-thousand dollars. (The Canadian Press)
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(BOOKS-MUSIC-Tragically-Hip)
A new biography on the Tragically Hip and band frontman Gord Downie will be published in 2018.
“The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip” is slated for release next April.
E-C-W Press says the biography also promises to explore Downie’s role in reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
The Kingston band embarked on a cross-Canada tour last year in support of their “Man Machine Poem” album after Downie announced he had incurable brain cancer. (The Canadian Press)
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(Ontario Update by The Canadian Press)
(The Canadian Press)
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