A Veterans’ care home is dropping unionized workers in favor of cheaper contract employees. George Derby Centre Executive Director Janice Mitchell says that won't result in worse care. "We work very closely with our families and they mean a lot to us. It's like with any change, it can be really difficult: the unknown. What I do know is that … [Read more...]
City switches gears to ‘trespass’ injunction
November 17, 2011 by
The City of Vancouver changed its game plan yesterday and now wants the Occupy encampment outside the Vancouver Art Gallery removed for “trespassing.” Ben Parkin, a city lawyer, told B.C. Supreme Court Justice Anne MacKenzie Vancouver is now seeking a court injunction on the grounds that the occupation is in breach of the city’s land regulation … [Read more...]
