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Teck gets okay to continue drug, alcohol testing SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
The United Steelworkers Local 9346 has been denied a temporary order to stop Teck from performing ran-
Arbitrator denies Steelworkers’ request to halt random testing of Elk Valley employees
dom drug and alcohol tests on workers at the Elk Valley mines. In a May 9 decision, arbitrator Colin Taylor
found that Teck could continue to carry out drug and alcohol tests on its employees while a grievance goes through
arbitration. “I have concluded that drug and alcohol testing are more amenable to being compensat-
ed in damages, whereas the risk of industrial accident carries greater potential for irreparable harm,” Taylor said in the
decision. Teck introduced random drug and alcohol testing last December, saying at the time: “We take our obligation to provide the safest possible workplace for our employees very seriously and, as such, we strongly believe that taking measures to eliminate drug and alcohol abuse that can affect safety is an important way we can achieve
our vision of everyone going home safe and healthy every day,” said Nic Milligan, Manager of Community and Aboriginal Affairs at Teck’s coal operations. For several years, Teck has conducted drug and alcohol tests on new employees entering the workplace, and post-incident tests where it believes drugs or alcohol may be a factor.
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Sign bylaw debated again Controversial initiative next due before Council June 24 ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
PHOTO BY DAN MILLS AND HIS AMAZING MODERN TECHNOLOGY!
Saturday, May 11, was a glorious day for a Fun Run, and more than 200 turned out to run and walk five kilometre and 10 kilometre distances, in support of the BC ALS Society. Participants in the annual Spring Honda Fun Run included Team Townsman/Bulletin, who came in second in the corporate team category. Huzzah! See more on the Fun Run, Page 4. Above, back row, left to right: Stephanie Bennett, Karrie Hall, Karen Johnston, Trevor Crawley, Marion Quennell, Sally MacDonald. Front row, left to right: Dan MIlls, Arne Petryshen, Jenny Leiman. In front: Tim Fix.
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A crowd of at least 25 business owners and residents concerned about the city’s draft sign bylaw came to a special meeting Wednesday afternoon at City Hall to find out more about changes and the direction of the bylaw. The sign bylaw most likely won’t come back to council until the June 24 meeting as staff would not have the updated draft ready before then. One reason for that was that council instructed staff to look into various new options, such as the possibility of
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licencing movable signs. CAO Wayne Staudt explained that staff could also bring it back as a draft for more consultation if council wishes as the purpose of the meeting was to was seek direction from council. Staff spent some time talking about the need for engineering standards on new signs being built. The city’s building inspector is not comfortable doing the inspections and so an engineer would have to be brought in to inspect the larger signs as they are designed and built.
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