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Winnipeg Free Press Manitoba Federation of Labour president Kevin Rebeck: "The Pallister Conservatives are taking Manitoba in the wrong direction." ORGANIZED labour criticized the provincial government after it revealed the text of two of its “mystery bills,” which will require fewer apprentices for public projects and give more control of apprenticeships to the minister. ORGANIZED labour criticized the provincial government after it revealed the text of two of its "mystery bills," which wi...

Winnipeg Free Press Mother who lost son to jobsite neglect returns to advocacy over altered rules for apprentices Last Modified: 11:47 AM CST Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 | Updates MIKAELA MACKENZIE/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Cindy Skanderberg, whose son Michael died by electrocution in the workplace in 1999, is decrying the province’s revised rules for supervision of trades apprentices. After successfully lobbying for safer workplaces in the wake of the 1999...

But the legislative change didnt restrict the ability of the apprenticeship qualifications board to set supervision ratios. Michael had taken a 10-month course with Keewatin Community College in The Pas and was working as a labourer, not an apprentice, when he was killed, Skanderberg said. The young man helped put a name and face to workplace tragedy in Manitoba. His parents went to schools, and attended legislative committees and labour marches. They felt a sense of victory in 2006, when the ...

Share this article Share this article OTTAWA, ON, Feb. 1, 2021 /CNW/ - The COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on remote communities that depend on small air carriers for essential goods, services, and for access in and out of the community. As the pandemic continues to evolve, the Government of Canada is working with partners, including provincial and territorial governments, Indigenous partners, and the air industry to address the unique needs of these communities. Today, the Mi...

Advocates representing those learning a trade are worried workers could be killed or injured on the ...

  WINNIPEG -- The tattoo and body art industry in Manitoba is calling on the government to not forget them when Code Red restrictions are lifted. In a news release, The Manitoba Body Art Association (MBAA) said it feels like its business owners might once again be left behind by Manitoba. "In Minnesota, tattoo studies and salons were a part of the initial lockdown. Since their reopening in June, everything has gone smoothly. On November 20, their government implemented another shut down bu...

Winnipeg Free Press MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Ray Giguere owner of Argys Collectables, one of many small Manitoba businesses that either slip through the cracks in qualifying for funding or dont receive it all, even after they have qualified. Listening to the same tune again and again isnt new to Ray Giguere, but not when it comes from the provincial government, and not when it relates to his struggling business during a global pandemic. Listening to the same tune again and again isnt new...

Extension of code red restrictions worries Manitobas jobs minister The Manitoba government says it cant commit to extending its bridge grant funding program to businesses if the current code red restrictions are extended on Friday. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jan 07, 2021 2:21 PM CT | Last Updated: January 7 Customers walk through an empty hallway and past closed retailers, as they leave a cellphone store at Polo Park shopping centre on Boxing Day.(Austin Grabish/CBC)

Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Lett | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 Cabinet shuffles are intriguing, but frustrating, stories to cover. Intriguing because shuffles provide a brief and often salacious glimpse into the inter-personal dynamics in a governing party. Frustrating because the truth behind the shuffle is almost never discussed by the first minister who is in charge of moving cabinet ministers around. That was certainly...

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has announced his new cabinet to start 2021. Eight members of cabinet are mai...