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Teachers vote for full strike By Karl yu The News BulleTiN
Nanaimo teachers and their colleagues across the province have given an overwhelming mandate to escalate job action in their dispute with the province. Eighty-six-per cent of teachers voted in favour of stepping up action. In a news release, Jim Iker, provincial union president, said a decision had not been made on whether to go to a full-scale strike or to increase rotating strike dates. Mike Ball, Nanaimo union local president, told the News Bulletin that there was no announcement as of press time but negotiations would be ongoing. “We’ll be calling for government to put pressure on and have bargaining as many hours as needed to get a deal before any escalation might take place,” Ball said. He said the union met Wednesday looking at its last proposal and seeing where adjustments can be made to try to get closer to a deal. See ‘NEGOTIATION’ /4
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Nanaimo North Town Centre ranks second-highest taxpayer By Tamara Cunningham The News BulleTiN
Nanaimo North Town Centre has shot up the ranks of the city’s top taxpayers, securing the No. 2 spot in 2013. The Nanaimo shopping centre became the second-highest paying property owner in the Harbour City last year, with $1.8 million in total taxes, according to the 2013 draft Annual Municipal Report. It’s a big change from the TOP FIVE TAXPAYERS last half-decade, IN NANAIMO which saw the WOODGROVE CENTRE – mall maintain a $4.4 million; sixth-place spot. Most of the NANAIMO NORTH TOWN other top 10 propCENTRE – $1.8 million; erties saw little or NANAIMO FOREST no movement. PRODuCTS – $1.44 Wo o d g ro v e million; Centre, for example, has been COuNTRY CluB CENTRE No. 1 since 2008, – $1.4 million; with $4.4 million in taxes paid FIRST CAPITAl CORP. – last year while $1.3 million. Nanaimo Forest Products was bumped down one spot to No. 3 in 2013 with total taxes of $1.44 million. According to Brenda Truong, spokeswoman for Shape Properties, an owner in Nanaimo North Town Centre, the increase in taxes is mainly because of the new 125,000-square foot Canadian Tire store, as well as new buildings like Tim Hortons and Umai Sushi.
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RCMP members in Stetsons and red serge file into St. Paul’s Anglican Church downtown after marching from Nanaimo RCMP detachment Tuesday. More than 100 Mounties, as well as firefighters, B.C. Corrections and other emergency services personnel joined first responders across Canada who attended memorial services for three RCMP members slain in Moncton, N.B., last week.
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