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Unifor found in contempt, fined $100K
Unifor is going to have to dig deep into its wallet after a Regina Court of Queen's Bench judge ruled the union was in contempt of court. On Dec. 18, Justice Janet McMurtry issued an interim order tel...
Jan 22, 2020 (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
After 14 arrests Monday, Unifor picketers erect fence at refinery Tuesday
The labour dispute at the Co-op refinery kicked up another notch Tuesday morning when Unifor members erected a fence barrier at the refinery's Gate 7. The barrier appeared formidable, with three layer...
Jan 21, 2020 Unifor national president Jerry Dias spoke the morning after he was arrested on the refinery picket lines by Regina police on Jan. 21, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Unifor barricades Co-op facilities as part of escalation
Unifor claimed Friday that it had turned the tables on Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL). The union put up blockades - mostly comprising parked vehicles or fencing - at the Co-op Refinery Complex ...
Jan 10, 2020 Before dawn on Jan. 10, Unifor workers from the Co-op Refinery in Regina had the cardlock fenced off at Fleet Street and Turvey Road. The perimeter extended around Federated Co-op's office as well. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Co-op spokesperson says company may seek contempt of court order
A spokesperson for Federated Co-operatives Limited says a court injunction that limits picketing in front of the Co-op refinery in Regina is clear and leaves little room for interpretation. Speaking o...
Jan 06, 2020
Prisoner escapes custody at La Ronge courthouse
La Ronge RCMP are on the lookout for a man who escaped from custody prior to his Monday court appearance. John Riley Sanderson, 32, was set to appear in provincial court to face several weapons and dr...
Jan 02, 2020 RCMP say John Riley Sanderson, 32, escaped custody in La Ronge on Jan. 2, 2020. (La Ronge RCMP)
CTF frustrated by reduction in carbon tax rebates
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation isn't impressed with the federal government's decision to reduce the carbon tax rebate for Saskatchewan residents. Todd MacKay, the federation's prairie director, sai...
Dec 22, 2019
41-year-old man dies after getting trapped in grain mixer
A 41-year-old man has died in a workplace incident in the RM of Corman Park. On Friday night at about 11:40 p.m., Warman RCMP responded to the report of a man trapped in a grain mixer. Emergency crews...
Dec 21, 2019 (File photo/650 CKOM)
Justice limits delays at Co-op refinery picket line
A Queen's Bench justice has ordered that picketers at the Co-op refinery can't delay people waiting to get into or out of the facility for more than five minutes. On Tuesday, Federated Co-operatives L...
Dec 18, 2019
‘It’s time to give back to George’: GoFundMe set up for Riders legend
George Reed gave his all on the field for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Now a Regina man is looking to help the CFL legend after Reed's time on the field has left him with mobility issues well into re...
Dec 18, 2019 (GoFundMe)
Unifor launches ‘brand-wide boycott’ on Co-op as refinery labour dispute heats up
As the labour dispute over pensions at Regina's Co-op refinery heats up, the union that represents roughly 730 of the plant's workers is announcing a boycott campaign against the company. "If Co-op wa...
Dec 15, 2019
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