Amendments to the Fishing Industry Collective Bargaining Act that will restore the right to strike and lockout for Newfoundland and Labrador’s fishing …
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DFO ordered to improve officer gear to counter threat from ‘criminals’ with firearms
A labour investigator has agreed with federal fishery officers that heavily armed criminals pose a threat to their lives and has ordered …
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Federal fisheries officers refusing duties because of violence on the water in N.S.
By Michael Tutton Federal fisheries officers in Nova Scotia say they’re refusing some enforcement duties because of threats to their safety, as they …
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About a dozen fishers interrupted a news conference with the country’s environment ministers in St. John’s on Wednesday to demand the federal …
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Newfoundland and Labrador fishers say commercial cod fishery should not reopen
Exactly 32 years after the federal government imposed a moratorium on Newfoundland and Labrador’s commercial cod fishery, harvesters in the province demanded …
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Workplace Safety & OHS
Rotten seafood smell might force school in eastern New Brunswick to shut its doors
A school in eastern New Brunswick is warning parents it might have to suddenly close if the rotten odour of a nearby …
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Nova Scotia Community College to launch Canada’s first fisheries simulator
Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Shelburne campus is set to introduce a groundbreaking fisheries simulator, the first in Canada equipped with navigation …