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Workers at General Mills, one of the largest food manufacturing companies in the world, have started an indefinite strike for a fair pay rise and secure work. Jim McIlroy reports.

View Comments Interior construction to repurpose the former Eddy Elementary School in St. Clair could begin as soon as this fall with plans for portions of the vacant building to become senior housing, offices and more. St. Clair planning commissioners approved a special zoning use for the property, 301 N. Ninth St., on Wednesday under the city’s adaptive reuse ordinance. It’s the first of several approvals needed for the project. Officials said it is part of a larger three-phase develop...

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“They cut corners every day, every day,” said Justin Gee, vice-president of First Nations Engineering Services Ltd. Gee said he encountered these recurring problems while overseeing the work of a construction firm, Kingdom Construction Limited (KCL), during the building of a water treatment plant 10 years ago in Wasauksing First Nation, along the eastern shore of Georgian Bay, about 250 kilometres north of Toronto. “You have to be on them every step of the way,” said Gee, who was the co...

>> theres the potential for that. and theres calls of many quarters for the democratic party to move forward, and impeach. despite what julia just said. >> is that part of why nancy pelosi is taking her stance? >> theres a political risk. absolu absolutely, that would play out if that was to be the case. she is making the case and has made the case, that the ultimate way to impeach donald trump, is to run a strong candidate against donald trump, and to beat him at the ballot box. the impeachment...

And abolish fisa. its a great way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. >> shannon: but the blue puddle, you say that maintains maintains -- >> he gives them the right to hold investigations just like republicans did after they got the house back in 2010 and they started investigations of the obama administration. i agree that if they run on impeachment and abolish i.c.e., they will suffer. but i dont see individual candidates out there, outside of washington talking about those two things....