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Annual awards recognizing the work and contributions of local labour representatives went out at Sault Ste. Marie and District Labour Council’s monthly meeting, on May 27. Cody Alexander, president of USW Local 9548, received the annual Health and Safety Award. Former city councillor Joe Krmpotich nominated Alexander in recognition of his focus on keeping himself and his fellow workers safe in the workplace. “Cody has held the safety line for his fellow workers, with his employer, to ensure that the workers go home in the same condition that they arrived at work in,” said Krmpotich in his nomination form.
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Tears without action doesn’t cut it for Mike Da Prat.
The president of United Steelworkers Local 2251 wants to ensure workers are safe on the job.
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Da Prat joined nearly a dozen labour and political leaders to mark National Day of Mourning at an online service Thursday.
An average of 200 Ontario residents have died on the job each year over the last decade, said Sault Ste. Marie and District Labour Council president Michel McCleave-Kennedy.
“We have to prevent this event from becoming similar to that in the United States over gun control – lots of sorrow, lots of commitment, however no action,” said Da Prat.
February 3, 2021 By Tom Tolen / news@whmi.com
Two employees of Brighton Area Schools have been recognized for their efforts during a COVID-19 incident that left an entire kindergarten class at Spencer Elementary School in quarantine, including their regular classroom teacher.
Kris Valade and Cody Alexander - who filled in on a momentâs notice â were chosen as âShining Starsâ by the Brighton Area Schoolsâ Board of Education at its meeting last week. According to Spencer Principal Bill Renner, the class â one of four kindergarten classes and a junior âKâ class at the school â was placed in quarantine last November when there were a couple of positive tests for the coronavirus. That left the class and its principal quarantined in their homes for two days. Kris Valade is a teacher in the Brighton Virtual Academy program and Alexander is a district literacy coach. Since Renner knew both teachers from previou
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The Winnipeg Police Service is thanking their counterparts in Surrey for their help locating a pair of homicide suspects.
A Canada-wide search is being proven successful, as suspects are facing charges in the July 21 homicide of Cody Alexander Sleigh.
In July, the Winnipeg Police Service responded to an early-morning shooting on the 1000 block of Main Street. Police found Sleigh, the 31-year-old victim on the street, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds at approximately 5:45 a.m. The man was then transported to the hospital in critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries two days later.
The WPS says Sleigh was from British Columbia.