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With COVID-19 dominating all aspects of life for most of 2020,
including the workplace, it is hard to imagine that Ontario courts
and tribunals had time to deal with any other legal issues. It is
surprising, then, that this year saw so many important decisions in
employment and labour law, most of which were not at all related to
the pandemic or its effects on the workplace. What follows is a
two-part series on the five top employment and labour law cases of
2020 (and one honourable mention), all of which greatly shaped the
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Government funding of $11.6m was awarded to the Timaru District Council s Theatre Royal upgrade and Heritage precinct project. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, was in Timaru to confirm the Government support for the $23m project which ‘met the criteria of the Government’s ‘shovel-ready’ programme, in that it was ready to proceed and would create jobs. ‘‘The design and construction of the theatre upgrade and new (museum) facility is estimated to directly employ 155-210 people.’’ A planned $7.5m redevelopment of Alpine Energy Stadium received the biggest handout from the Timaru District Council’s stimulus fund. The Fraser Park Community Trust, which runs the facility, received $900,000 of the $1.85m available as the council culled 20 funding applications back to 10 successful projects.
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Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon, pictured in Timaru on July 8, 2020, 12 days before his resignation over allegations of sending an indecent image.
A scandal involving former Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon was a dominating feature of July’s news writes Doug Sail, as we continue our series looking back on the year that was. Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon resigned in disgrace in July after it was revealed he had sent an indecent image to a young woman. The 37-year-old National Party MP, elected to Parliament in 2017, announced in a press release on July 20 that he would not be contesting the 2020 General Election, citing a need to maintain his health and wellbeing.
Peter Grace writes about Otago academic Jim Flynn after his death
13 Dec, 2020 09:29 PM
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University of Otago Emeritus Prof Jim Flynn, pictured in 2016, has died. Photo / Gerard O Brien
University of Otago Emeritus Prof Jim Flynn, pictured in 2016, has died. Photo / Gerard O Brien
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By: Peter Grace
Professor Jim Flynn, who has died, had a zelig-like relationship with the 20th century and was an important figure in the history of the University of Otago, the politics department
in particular.
I was lucky enough to know him and want to tell you some true, and some maybe not-quite-factual, stories about this remarkable man, who we will all miss.