Train Derails in Eastern Manitoba
A train has derailed near Hadashville, Manitoba, after colliding with a gravel truck.
The crash took place yesterday at a controlled crossing about 100 kilometres east of Winnipeg.
The driver of the gravel truck and two train operators were taken to hospital with minor injuries but were treated and released.
The train is owned by the City of Winnipeg's water and waste department, and did not spill any fuel and was not carrying dangerous material.
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Business Leaders Brainstorm on Indigenous Inclusion
Business leaders from across the country gathered in Winnipeg to discuss how to strengthen Canada's workforce by making it more inclusive to the indigenous community.
Yesterday's event allowed companies to network and share ideas about how to achieve self-sufficiency in the aboriginal community by bringing job opportunities directly to indigenous job seekers.
Christie Spencer with Amik.ca, an aboriginal jobs referral website, says there needs to be a collaborative effort to make sure that if there any misunderstandings or additional supports that are required, that they're in place.
Spencer says some people coming from remote communities have culture shock when they come to a bigger city to work. She says it is important to find ways to help those individuals adapt to an urban center.
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Doctors Consider HIV Rates in Saskatchewan an Emergency
A group of Saskatchewan doctors have called for the province's high rates of HIV to be declared a public health emergency.
Thirty physicians who treat people living with HIV in the province released a public letter to the Saskatchewan government yesterday asking the epidemic be recognized and for action to be taken.
Dr. Ryan Meili said if it is recognized as an infectious disease, there should be no barriers to people getting treatment.
Currently, Saskatchewan has the highest rates of HIV in Canada.
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Pay Problems Continue for 67,000 Federal Employees
The government has tapped Auditor General Michael Ferguson to look into how the federal payroll system turned into a fiasco that saw 82,000 public servants paid too much, too little, or not at all.
Public Services Minister Judy Foote says Ferguson will conduct an audit of the problem-plagued July transition to the Phoenix pay system to find out what went wrong and how to avoid another such incident.
For now, Foote is blaming the previous Conservative government, which initiated the move to Phoenix, for cutting 700 payroll staff and skimping on training.
She says more than 67,000 public servants are still experiencing pay problems.
