Rail contracts loom as 85,000 rail workers face expiry
Montreal report notes contracts for 85,000 railway workers expire at midnight. Negotiations span 52 union groups with conciliation urged by eight shopcraft unions amid talks on wages benefits and pensions. Firms delay major monetary concessions while non monetary gains advance.
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First fetal surgery in Canada performed at St. Boniface
Doctors at St. Boniface hospital conducted Canada's first fetal surgery and the earliest on a fetus five months before birth. The premature baby Matthew Shuya, born five weeks early, had a bladder catheter implanted after a routine test detected a blockage. Further surgery is planned to remove the catheter.
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Trial adjourned in Olson child killings case
Vancouver BC Supreme Court adjourned the trial of Clifford Olson, charged with slayings of 16 children, to January 11. Judge Allan McEachern cited satisfactory reasons and barred further publication of details.
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