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Thursday, May 1, 2014 - Volume 17, Number 11
Foreign worker program under the microscope – investigation underway By DEVIN WILGER N-R Writer The federal government has suspended the use of the temporary foreign worker program for the food service industry, pending investigation into alleged abuses of the system by restaurants in the country. Yorkton-Melville MP Gary Breitkreuz says that for the time being the measure will be limited to the food services sector, and will be in place until an investigation into the abuses is complete. He says that if any businesses are found to have abused the system, especially in regards to recruiting local employees there will be very serious consequences. A recent case in the area has been making
headlines. A restaurant employer in Weyburn has been accused of replacing long-time local employees with temporary foreign workers, and Breitkreuz says while this did initially prompt the investigation, it also revealed that the abuses of the system appeared to be more widespread than initially thought. Breitkreuz says that is why a closer look is necessary to see what is happening within the food services industry and how the program needs to change to prevent any further abuses. “We’ve got to let the investigation take place and take it from there, at this point I wouldn’t be able to predict what’s going to happen.” Continued on Page 2.
Spring clean up By SHANNON DEVEAU N-R Writer
SCOTT WOODS’ Old Time Jubilee will be coming to Yorkton May 22, bringing with it memories of Don Messer’s Jubilee from 45 years ago. See a full story on Page 7.
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May 12 to the 17th is Spring Clean Up Week in the City of Yorkton. The annual program provides local residents the opportunity to clean up their properties and dispose of waste free of charge. The initiative encourages residents to help improve the image of the city says Environmental Services Director Michael Buchholzer and it’s been working well for the most part. “This program has been well received... with 1,200 participants in 2014,” says Buchholzer, adding landfill fees are waived during the week. There have a been a few issues however, causing the need for a few changes this year. “Unfortunately due to the overwhelming success it was difficult to monitor material entering the landfill, and possibly that was the cause of last year’s landfill fire.” A fire outbreak last year forced the closure of the landfill for two days and cost the city about $30,000. “To alleviate some of these problems we are modifying the program for this year and will reevaluate in 2015.”
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