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IT is a day that those who were there will never forget, yet one that those who werent will always remember. On January 2, 1971, 66 Rangers fans were killed in the Ibrox Disaster. Now, 50 years on, it is time to commemorate Absent Friends once again. Over four days next week, these pages will recall stories from those that survived and pay tribute to those that died. Reliving the tale will be painful and emotional for many, but it will perhaps offer insight and understanding to a generati...

Unions see opportunity as new generation of organizers emerge amid pandemic by Anita Balakrishnan, The Canadian Press Posted Dec 23, 2020 2:00 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 23, 2020 at 2:14 pm EDT While “unprecedented” has been the go-to term to describe the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the wave of labour upheaval currently moving across the country is the latest turn in a familiar cycle. Times of crisis have always been linked to labour unrest, says Dimitry Anastakis, who teaches bus...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Anita Balakrishnan, The Canadian Press Posted: While "unprecedented" has been the go-to term to describe the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the wave of labour upheaval currently moving across the country is the latest turn in a familiar cycle. Workers leave the General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ont. on the final day of production on Wednesday, December 18, 2019. One of the...

By Hamish MacPherson Back in the Day Evidence showed that the steel handrails that were seen as an essential safety element in guiding people downstairs also served to jam people together IT is always difficult to know whether or not to write about history when it is relatively recent and while there are still many people around who have been affected by, and continue to suffer the effects of, a catastrophic event. Such is the case wit...