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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Canada Post cuts delivery service MAYOR CAROL Leclerc says the announcement of Canada Post’s cost-saving end to door-to-door delivery as of next year came as a surprise when its officials requested a private meeting at the recent Federation of Canadian Municipalities convention in Edmonton. “I had no idea that this
was coming,” said Leclerc, who in April had signed a letter on behalf of city council asking Canada Post to send a representative to a council meeting to explain the impacts. The letter sprang from a request by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers which is trying to preserve
approximately 8,000 jobs across the country that are scheduled to be phased out as workers retire. But at the meeting with Canada Post officials at the Edmonton convention, the topic was not arranging a local representative to come present in Terrace, it was instead the announcement that
service would be ending. Leclerc also said that council supported the postal union position and was expecting more discussion. But Canada Post officials made it clear the union CUPW wasn’t about to derail their cost-saving plans, according to the mayor. “I was expecting them to
give their side of the story about the CUPW letter. So that’s why I was quite surprised, I had my head in a different area.” But Leclerc said she thinks the changes are necessary for a company that has gone from being the number one conveyor of letters to a predominantly parcel
service. “I am pleased that nobody is losing a job over it. I think it will bring neighbours together. I understand the need to modernize. I appreciate that Canada Post is ensuring feedback is available, that they are doing a survey.”
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Lawsuit expands
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■■ Dozzi sees double gold TERRACE LONG-DISTANCE runner Tyler Dozzi, shown here pulling away from his main competitor to cross the finish line in first place, is the first Caledonia student to earn two gold medals at a provincial championship track and field meet. How did he do it? See page B9
Priest bids adieu A mainstay at the local Roman Catholic Church leaves for Rupert \COMMUNITY B1
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MORE DEFENDANTS have been added to a suit filed by a local man against the RCMP and one of its officers after he suffered a brain injury following an arrest made three years ago. But this time the addition of Mills Memorial Hospital, a local physician and a nurse came after a B.C. Supreme Court application made by the RCMP. In effect, while Robert Wright is suing the RCMP and Const. Brian Heideman for head injuries he said were the result of excessive force and for negligence in the way he was treated, the RCMP are now saying the medical staff on duty when Wright was brought to the hospital for treatment three times after being arrested in April 2012 are themselves negligent. “The crown defendants submit that [Wright’s] brain hemorrhage was caused or contributed to by the actions of the proposed third parties, Dr. [Christiaan] de Wit, nurse Jane Doe and [Mills Memorial Hospital], for failing to properly assess, diagnose and treat the plaintiff for his head injury,” reads a Supreme Court application first made by the RCMP last month and granted two weeks ago.
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Sweat and steel Northwest Weightlifting Competition draws strongest of region \SPORTS B9