MacKenzie School Bus Drop Off Causing Confusion
Mountain View School Division says the new bus drop off area at MacKenzie Middle School is creating some confusion.
When the school bus's stop arm goes out, drivers know to stop and stay back, but Superintendent Donna Davidson says when the bus is in the drop off zone, you don't need to stop.
"In this case, the bus is not on the street. It's in a bus loading zone. There's a meridian dividing the bus loading zone from the street, so in those cases, the traffic does not have to stop."
Davidson also stresses that the bus drop off zone is not to be used by parents to pick up and drop off their kids.
Court Appearance For Fontaine's Accused Killer
A man accused of killing 15-year-old Tina Fontaine is scheduled
to appear in a Winnipeg court today.
to appear in a Winnipeg court today.
Fifty-three-year-old Raymond Cormier was arrested last week in
Vancouver and is charged with the second-degree murder of the teen,
whose body was found wrapped in a bag in the Red River on August
17th, 2014.
Parole board documents suggest Cormier has a long history of
violent crime fuelled by drug addiction.
The parole board revoked Cormier's statutory release in 2012
after he had served time for robbery and noted he was a high risk to
reoffend.
Security At Health Sciences Centre Reach New Deal
A tentative contract deal has been reached for security staff at
Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre.
Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre.
The agreement between the Manitoba Government and General
Employees' Union and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority still
needs to be ratified.
Union president Michelle Gawronsky says security employees are to
vote on the proposal today and tomorrow.
She says it will be back to the bargaining table if the deal
isn't approved. A strike date has been set for December 22nd.
Report Presented Today About Residential School System
Findings from a six-year investigation of Canada's residential
school system and the damage left behind will be presented in a
massive final report today in Ottawa.
school system and the damage left behind will be presented in a
massive final report today in Ottawa.
And with that 11 kg report, Justice Murray Sinclair will
formally end the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and
leave its 94 recommendations to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to
work with.
Sinclair released the recommendations in a damning preliminary
report in June -- and months later, Trudeau's Liberals won a
majority government, in part, on a pledge to reset Canada's
relationship with its indigenous peoples.
Trudeau will take part in today's ceremonial report release, and
has already committed to following up on at least one recommendation
-- to launch a national inquiry into the phenomenon of missing and
murdered aboriginal women.
Dollar Affecting Crop And Livestock Sectors
The lower Canadian dollar has had a major impact on the Canadian
crop and livestock sectors.
That's according to Farm Credit Canada economist Leigh Anderson.
Anderson says examples include a four per cent increase in
Ontario corn prices this year while US prices were down by 10 per
cent.
And while cattle and calf prices were up between 3 and 10 per
cent in the US this year, Canadian prices were up 20 per cent.
crop and livestock sectors.
That's according to Farm Credit Canada economist Leigh Anderson.
Anderson says examples include a four per cent increase in
Ontario corn prices this year while US prices were down by 10 per
cent.
And while cattle and calf prices were up between 3 and 10 per
cent in the US this year, Canadian prices were up 20 per cent.
