Ckoj Globe publisher sees accelerated print ad revenue drop
OTTAWA 鈥?Public safety and justice workers exposed to graphic materials detailing horrific crimes are at risk of suffering psychological injuries and therefore need better protections, says a federal union.A report released Tuesday by the Union of Solicitor General Employees says more than three-quarters of public safety workers surve
stanley cup yed had experienced effects such as nightmares, insomnia, emotional or physical difficulties and marital problems.They included employees at prisons, RCMP detachments, courts and the Parole Board of Canada, doing jobs that routinely exposed them to violent cri
stanley cup minal histories, victim statements and stomach-turning evidence.I ;ve had some really, really horrible nightmares about some of the stuff that I ;ve seen in pictures ... and this is a small town so these are pictures of things that have happened to people that I know, a services assistant at an RCMP detachment told the researchers. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Stan Stapleton, the national union president and a former prison guard in Edmonton, compares the exposure to r
stanley cup epetitive strain injury from using a computer mouse.We all recognize and are able to deal with the physical problems, but when it becomes psychological, and mental health, we have not done so well, he said in an interview. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The toll that witnessing trauma takes on frontline workers Oruh Most actively traded companies on the TSX
The COVID-19 pandemic is placing Ontario already precarious school bus industry under additional strain, parents and advocates argued Wednesday amid mounting reports of masse
stanley kubek route cancellations and overcrowded vehicles.They said the growing list of problems, emerging just two days into the province return to school, come on top of a long-standing bus driver shortage across Ontario and are compounding a situation that was troubling long before the global outbreak.Debbie Montgomery, president of Unifor Local 4268 which represents bus drivers, said the full picture of driver retention and recruitment is still taking shape. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW But she said lack of clarity around safety protocols and access to personal protective equipment has contributed to the situation unfolding across the province.Now we ;re hearing that routes are just being cancelled. There nothing else they can do, Montgomery said in a telephone interview. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW They can ;t attract new people and they can ;t keep those they had. The vehicle migh
stanley cup becher t be there but the operator is not.Twelve bus routes were cancelled in both the Grey-Bru
stanley cup ce and Thunder Bay regions as of Wednesday. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW In Sudbury, Ont., the student services consortium announced Monday that 23 route
