Downtown Vancouver bar owners and managers are rejoicing after an end to the protracted NHL lockout. And it could also mean the creation of a few more jobs in Vancouver. Shark Club Manager Tim Murphy says his West Georgia Street location is adding ten full time positions. "We certainly are going to be on a quick little hiring spree here now with … [Read more...]
NHL lockout conclusion a financial relief for downtown Vancouver businesses
January 6, 2013 by
The executive director of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association says the end of the NHL lockout should be a big money relief. Charles Gauthier says Vancouver Canucks hockey games brought in about one-million bucks per game for the downtown core-- and while that money disappeared as a result of the labour dispute, he's confident it … [Read more...]
NHL lockout ends with tentative deal reached
January 6, 2013 by
The NHL and Players' Association reached a tentative agreement early Sunday morning to end the 113-day lockout just under the wire. But it took a marathon 16-hour negotiating session with a federal mediator to get to the agreement. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the details still need to be worked out, but the basic framework is there. The … [Read more...]
Canucks fishing, climbing mountains as NHL lockout drags on
September 26, 2012 by
While hockey fans wait for any movement to end the so far 11-day-old NHL lockout, one of the most popular Vancouver Canucks is killing time fishing and chatting with the morning crew at CKNW’s brother station, CFOX. Host Jeff O’Neil: "Morning, Mr. Bieksa, I understand you're fishing. Are you fishing right now?" Kevin Bieksa: "I'm … [Read more...]
Junior hockey teams could benefit from NHL lockout
September 16, 2012 by
It's official -- for the fourth time in 20 years, the National Hockey League has locked out its players. And it's not just hockey fans that are feeling the impact. But also small businesses -- restaurants, bars set to potentially lose millions of dollars across the province. But CKNW's Dave Pratt says there could also be some big local winners -- … [Read more...]
Tough talk as NHL lockout looms
August 23, 2012 by
With a lockout looming the President of the BC Federation of Labour has come out swinging against NHL team owners. As always Jim Sinclair comes down on the side of employees - in this case the hockey players - and doesn't mince words when talking about NHL owners... "it is the employers that are threatening to lock them out just as they did the … [Read more...]
Lockout possible for teachers: employer
October 1, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Pay cuts and a lockout are a possibility for striking B.C. teachers, whose union could also be forced to pay their benefits, says a spokeswoman for the association that negotiates teachers' contracts for the government.Melanie Joy, chairwoman for the B.C. Public School Employers' Association, said Saturday that those options are … [Read more...]
