Under the rules, employers can pay skilled workers from outside the country as much as 15 per cent less than the wages paid locally.It is estimated that there are about 3,700 temporary foreign workers in Manitoba.

Foreign wage rates irk Manitoba unions
CBC News Posted: Apr 27, 2012 3:26 PM CT Last Updated: Apr 27, 2012 4:03 PM CT

Labour unions in Manitoba are upset with new federal rules allowing companies to pay temporary foreign workers less than rates set for local workers.

Under the rules, employers can pay skilled workers from outside the country as much as 15 per cent less than the wages paid locally.

The Manitoba Federation of Labour said that will put pressure on workers in the province to accept lower wages.

Kevin Rebeck heads the Manitoba Federation of Labour.

“Either the workers who are doing the jobs here accept less or they’re given the threat that well we can bring in people from elsewhere, and they’ll take less so you can take less,” Rebeck said.

It is estimated that there are about 3,700 temporary foreign workers in Manitoba.

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Toronto tutor charged with sexual assault
Published On Fri, 27 Apr 2012
Tim Alamenciak
Staff Reporter

A Toronto man working as a tutor in Vaughan is facing charges of sexual assault.

Police launched the investigation in mid-April after a 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in her home in Vaughan.

Shalendra Gosai, 37, of Toronto, faces one charge of sexual assault and one charge of sexual exploitation.

Gosai works as a tutor in the Greater Toronto Area and is employed as a lunchroom supervisor at several public schools in Toronto.

Investigators are concerned there may be additional victims.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 1-866-876-5423 extension 7441 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS)

Grade 6 students Sheena Yadao, as Mother Nature, and Benjamin George, as a businessman, helped put on a play about the environment at St. Henry Catholic School. Mother Nature says he hasn’t done enough to help the environment. “Nothing’s ever enough for you. I'm sick of your whining!” replies the businessman. KATIE DAUBS/TORONTO STAR

Toronto school gets serious about garbage
Published On Fri, 27 Apr 2012

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Katie Daubs
Staff Reporter

On a recent Wednesday, a group of students at St. Henry Catholic School had a problem.

They were sweeping up the detritus of the day, and had nowhere to deposit their pile — a popped balloon, a broken pencil, and an orange peel.

Wednesdays are wasteless at the school near Highway 404 and Steeles Ave. Students and staff bring lunch in reusable containers, choose foods without packaging, and the garbage cans are tucked out of sight.