Strike Ends.. Grocers Follow Co-op's Lead.. Katz Exec In Election Law Trouble

May 1, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Strike Over, Guards To Return To Work EDMONTON - A massive illegal strike of jail guards that was sparked by the suspension of two workers and spread to correctional facilities across Alberta came to an end Tuesday night.  Continue reading... Calgary Courthouse Evacuated After Suspicious Package Found Katz Exec Rebuked For $25,000 Donation To Tories Pork Gestational Crates: Safeway, Walmart, Sobey's, Loblaw, Co-op To Eliminate Controversial Farming Pens Hilarious Craigslist Ad Sells 'Ugly As F***' Truck Breaks Bill For Bus Change, Becomes Millionaire LOOK: This Baby Ox Will Make Your Heart Melt Strike Over, Guards To Return To Work Breaks Bill For Bus Change, Becomes Millionaire Hilarious Craigslist Ad Sells 'Ugly As F***' Truck First Major Canadian Grocer To Make This Landmark Move LOOK: 'Don't Be That Guy' Ads So Popular And Provocative They're Back ALLAN GREGG Attack Ads Damage Our Democracy If you say "politician A is a crook" often enough, it is only a matter of time before the public comes to believe that all politicians are crooks. That is what is happening now and these are the seeds that defenders of negative advertising are sowing. Politics is not about bludgeoning your opponent until they cannot stand. Continue reading... TAD MILMINE A Teen's Suicide Sparked My Will to Fight Bullying from the Heart In 2011, I was introduced to an amazing young man named Jamie Hubley after reading a headline about his death, "Ottawa teen takes his own life because of severe bullying." When I was done reading, I was frozen in my bed and thought about the connections between my story and Jamie's. I decided to create my own project called "Bullying Ends Here." I had no clue how big this initiative would become. Continue reading... KATE CONVISSOR My Run-In With the Mexican Police While in Mexico, I was told "There's a tricky turn on Mex 1 just as you're getting into Tijuana. Be ready to make a quick left, almost an about-face, to get to the border crossing. If you miss it, you'll be heading into Tijuana." And: "If a Mexican cop pulls you over, just hand him 20 dollars. It'll save you a lot of grief." Roger that. Continue reading... GREGORY CLARK End of an Era: The Demise of PC Alberta I'm not the first and surely won't be the last to predict the end of 40+ years of PC rule in Alberta. Their obituary has been written at least twice before; in 1993 when Ralph Klein rescued the PCs in the "miracle on the prairies" and most recently last year when Wildrose drowned in a lake of fire to allow Alison Redford to continue Alberta's Progressive Conservative dynasty. Continue reading... KATHY BUCKWORTH Every Day Is Mother's Day (Unfortunately) It seems to me that Mother's Day is pretty much every day in the work world, and not in a good way. Hear me out. At home, moms are privileged to receive the time honoured traditional offering of burnt toast and cold coffee from our own junior employees, intended to save mom the trouble of doing this herself. Of course the dichotomy is that more often than not, this causes mom more work. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.