B.C. nurses allege employer threats and intimidation due to job action

Striking nurses are reporting “widespread employer intimidation” as job action ramps up. “Nursing managers have started to threaten nurses, saying, ‘If you don’t clean a stretcher or if you don’t pick up something or stock something — these sorts of extra duties — then we’re going to report you to the College,’” B.C. Nurses’ Union […]

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Teck Trail receives $400M from new critical minerals fund

The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources announced a $400-million investment in Teck Trail Operations to enhance its critical minerals processing capacity. The Honourable Tim Hodgson met with Teck workers, staff and local and provincial representatives at a ceremony at Teck Trail on Tuesday, July 7, where he launched the Canada Critical Minerals Accelerator (CCMA),

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B.C. man among 37 charged in major U.S. crackdown on Indian crime syndicates

Thirty-seven people have been charged in the United States in connection with a U.S. federal investigation into Indian crime groups that are known to engage in racketeering, targeted killings, shootings, extortion and drug trafficking across international borders. The investigation, called “Operation Hard Ball,” has led to 24 arrests of individuals connected to three Indian-based transnational

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