Quebec seals tentative pacts with four unions in common front
Quebec reports tentative working condition deals with four unions in the common front representing about 420,000 public sector workers. Salaries and benefits talks continue, with a potential unlimited general strike planned for 2024 if no deal is reached. Two major unions outside the front have yet to reach agreements, leaving many schools affected.
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Quebec
Syndicat Des Professionnelles Et Professionnels de
FTQ
CSN
APTS
CSQ
Federation Des Professionnelles Et Professionnels de L’education du Quebec
Jacques Landry
Common Front
Office of Treasury Board
Sonia LeBel
Quebec to Enforce School Cellphone Ban Next Week
Quebec Education Department announces a Dec 31 start for a province wide policy banning cellphones in classrooms for public elementary and secondary schools with teachers allowed to permit device use for defined pedagogical purposes. Some boards already restrict phone use while advocates push for a full ban.
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Drainville
Etienne Bergeron
Warwick
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Bergeron
Education Department
Centre de Services Scolaire de Montreal
Toronto
Joel Westheimer
University of Ottawa
Toronto Board
Unesco
France
China
U.K
Italy
Overdose prevention effort on Christmas Day in Vancouver
Trey Helten and the Vancouver Overdose Prevention Society treated a man who had overdosed on Christmas Day in the Downtown Eastside. Paramedics and fire crews arrived as staff provided Naloxone and oxygen. the man survived and was taken to hospital.
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Trey Helten
Helten
Helton
Twitter
Overdose Prevention Society
Eastside
East Hastings Street
Hastings Street
Twaites
Vancouver Fire Rescue Ser
Geoff Clark
Man dies in Christmas tent fire at Canada Place
Vancouver Fire Rescue Services found a man deceased and partly on fire in a tent beneath the Vancouver Convention Centre area near Pan Pacific hotel. Crews extinguished the blaze. no others injured. Cause and victim identity remain unavailable. Temperatures ranged from minus 1.1 C on Christmas Eve to five to seven degrees on Christmas Day.
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Canada Place
Canada
Vancouver Convention Centre
Pan Pacific
Geoff Clark
Clark
Environment Canada
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