Town officials in The Pas in northern Manitoba are offering Tolko Industries a $2.5-million tax break over three years if the company will delay the closure of its paper mill.
Police Charge Winnipeg Man in Alleged CancerCare Scam
A Winnipeg man has been charged with fraud for allegedly pretending to collect money for a local charity.
Police got a number of calls about a man going around asking for money for CancerCare Manitoba in August.
Police allege eight people were scammed, and the money was never received by CancerCare.
Jane Kidd-Hantscher, director of marketing for the charity, says they never canvas door-to-door and were very upset to learn potential donors had been duped out of their money.
Kidd-Hantscher says they worry such actions can affect the charity's reputation.
Cory John Oger, 38, faces eight counts of fraud.
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Safe Work Finds "Chilling" Results in Interviewing Young Workers
A new Safe Work Manitoba campaign is highlighting why some young workers may be willing to put job performance over safety.
Safe Work Manitoba did interviews with 40 job seekers and secretly recorded them. They then told participants and asked permission to use the footage as part of their campaign.
One man admitted to the interviewer he had three nails go through his foot on one job, but he just put some saline water on it and bandaged it, never telling anyone on the job he was hurt.
Jamie Hall of Safe Work Manitoba says the results of the project were chilling. He says a lot of young workers are willing to take risks to get a bigger paycheque.
He says about 5,000 young workers between the ages of 15 and 24 get hurt on the job each year, and he hopes this campaign helps reduce the number of injuries.