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  • BusinessCBC

    Remediation workers in Faro, Yukon join United Steelworkers Union

    A group of Parsons Inc employees in Faro, Yukon have joined the United Steelworkers Union (USW.)Parsons Inc has been contracted to do the remediation work at the Faro Mine site, once the largest open pit lead-zinc mine. The remediation project is slated to span over the next 20 years and exceed $2 billion.Stan Whittaker is a plant operator for the project.He said he was the employee representative who raised the idea to join the USW. He said the decision was made to join after employees started

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  • US PoliticsReuters

    Justice Clarence Thomas returns to US Supreme Court after absence

    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench on Tuesday, a day after he missed arguments in two cases with no explanation offered by the court. Thomas, 75, is the oldest and longest-serving member of the court and is part of its 6-3 conservative majority. Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday noted that Thomas would not appear on the bench for the arguments but gave no reason for the absence.

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  • NewsThe Weather Network

    How Omega blocks and Rex blocks can affect Canada's weather

    These impactful patterns have strange names with memorable weather for folks caught beneath these stagnant twists in the jet stream

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  • EntertainmentThe Weather Network

    More April snow spreads into Alberta, and the wind chill returns

    Snow, and a wind chill -- welcome to April in Alberta. Brace for slower commute times through Wednesday as conditions change quickly across the province

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  • NewsThe Weather Network

    Toronto’s cherry blossoms will peak by next week. How long will they be around?

    Visitors are reminded not to pull branches or shake the trees

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  • BusinessCBC

    Union alleges N.W.T. government wants right to use private agencies to fill all health-care positions

    In an update on negotiations over a new collective agreement for public servants, the Union of Northern Workers (UNW) accused the Northwest Territories government of opening the possibility of contracting out all health-care positions.The allegations from the union came in a news release posted on the UNW website in late March and was first reported by Cabin Radio. The territorial government and the UNW are in the process of negotiating through a mediator to reach a new collective agreement for

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  • NewsReuters

    US will use sanctions to disrupt Iran's 'malign' activity, Yellen says

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday said Iran's attack on Israel last weekend and its financing of militant groups in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq threatened stability in the Middle East and could cause economic spillovers. Yellen began remarks prepared for a news conference by addressing what she called an unprecedented attack on Israel by Iran and its proxies, saying Treasury would use its sanctions authority and work with allies to "continue disrupting the Iranian regime’s malig

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