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The unionization push at the chain of papers known as the Southern California News Group includes marquee publications like the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Daily Breeze and the Riverside Press-Enterprise. Together, they reach millions of monthly readers and over 450,000 Sunday print subscribers, according to a statement from the union organizers.
Organizers at the newly formed SCNG Guild said that the push to unionize comes in response to continued budget and staffing cuts by the chain’s parent company, Alden Global Capital’s MediaNews Group.
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The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit has confirmed a second person has died as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak at Skyline Lancelot Apartments.
The health unit reported Tuesday that the individual tested positive for COVID-19 and had a preliminary positive result for a variant of concern.
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The individual, who the health unit has not identified, is the second COVID-19 related death in Nipissing District.
Last week, 75-year-old retired Ontario Provincial Police officer, Doug Arthur, who was a resident of Lancelot Apartments, died as a result of the outbreak.
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Andrea Maville says the last time she spoke with her father on Sunday was to tell him how much she loved him and to let him know “I bought mom flowers on your behalf for Valentine’s Day.
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“He always bought mom flowers,” Maville says, her voice starting to break. “He loved her so much.”
Maville’s father, Doug Arthur, died Tuesday from COVID-19. He is the first victim from Nipissing and the second in the region.