The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) says the charges against its national executive vice president have been dropped.
Public Service Alliance of Canada regional executive vice-president Alex Silas was arrested at a picket on Star Top Road Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Alex Silas was facing five charges, including mischief, causing a disturbance by impeding, intimidation by blocking or obstructing the roadway, and counsel an uncommitted indictable offence.
"These shameful intimidation tactics were used to discourage and instill fear in our members," said, the PSAC's National President. "We have a legal right to strike, and this union will continue to defend it. The Crown’s decision today is a victory for workers. I am pleased that Alex can put this behind him as we both plan for the future of this union."
Civilian military workers in Ottawa, Kingston and Petawawa returned to work on April 19 after agreeing to a new contract, ending a nearly 100-day strike at the eastern Ontario military bases. John Tzannis says he is lucky he wasn’t more seriously injured after a 14-year-old driver rear-ended him on Highway 401 in Mississauga, sending his work van spinning into a concrete barrier early Friday morning.Eight-year-old Alex Mandl had a Montreal vacation he will not soon forget when he was bitten by something swimming below the inflatable Aquazilla at Montreal's Jean Dore Beach.
Four men from Barrie will have to pay thousands in fines and hang up their reels after being caught illegally fishing in Bowmanville.A number of lanes on a busy Winnipeg roadway are closed Friday as emergency crews respond to a serious motor vehicle collision.Rail cars carrying hazardous material derailed and burst into flames Friday in a remote area of North Dakota, but officials said no one was hurt and the threat to those living nearby appeared to be minimal.
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