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PWHPA Dream Gap Tour returns to Toronto

January 8, 2020 – 3:00 PM

 

The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) Dream Gap Tour will return to Toronto January 11-12, 2020 with a six-game tournament.

“Unifor has been a strong supporter of the PWHPA since its inception,” said Jerry Dias, National President. “Our union fully supports the goal of a sustainable professional women’s league that girls and women players can aspire to.”

This weekend’s tournament will be the fourth official PWHPA event. Unifor was the title sponsor of the first Dream Gap Tour tournament, which took place in Toronto back in September 2019. Since then the tour has held tournaments in Hudson, New Hampshire and Chicago with an upcoming tournament scheduled to take place in Philadelphia next month.

The Women’s Hockey Showcase, sponsored by Secret deodorant, will bring six teams comprised of 120 athletes from across North America for two days of action packed hockey. Four of the games will be held at Toronto’s Herb Carnegie Arena, with three on Saturday January 11 and one the morning of Sunday January 12.  A fifth game will be played Sunday morning in Vaughan at the Al Palladini Centre and the final game will take place Sunday afternoon at Ryerson’s Mattamy Athletic Centre in downtown Toronto.

The event will showcase the best players in the world including Marie-Philip Poulin, Natalie Spooner, Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne and many more.

The mission of PWHPA Dream Gap Tour is to draw attention to the continued lack of opportunity and support for professional female hockey players in North America.

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The end of spam calls? CRTC call-blocking rules come into force

Published Thursday, December 19, 2019 8:50AM EST

Canadians should expect fewer spam phone calls as the CRTC deadline to implement call-blocking systems comes into force Dec. 19, 2019. (Pexels/Adrianna Calvo)

 

TORONTO — Canadians should expect fewer spam phone calls as the deadline to implement call-blocking systems comes into force Thursday.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission set a target of Dec. 19, 2019, for communications service providers to have taken steps to apply call-blocking to their networks.

Calls from numbers that exceed 15 digits, or numbers that can’t be dialed (“spoofed” numbers such as 000-000-0000), should no longer reach Canadian phones if the system is effective.

 

Read the article here…

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Pledge to Boycott Co-op

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Pledge to Boycott Co-op

When Unifor members are inside, working, the Co-op Refinery makes $3 million/day.

But Co-op locked out its highly skilled and experienced workforce because we said no to concessions. While trying to pressure us into accepting an attack on our pensions, Co-op is putting plant and public safety at risk by operating with a smaller group of underqualified replacement workers, all to keep up its cruel attack on Unifor members.

Help show your love to Co-op Refinery workers, and tell Co-op to respect us with a fair deal.

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Unifor supports food banks during holiday season

Unifor is contributing to food banks nationwide to aid children and adults facing hunger in communities across Canada.

“Unifor members are an integral part of their local communities and as a union we want to do our part to help eradicate hunger and ensure that everyone has enough to eat this holiday season,” said National President Jerry Dias.

With people struggling to get by due to underemployment, stagnant wages and the rising cost of living, many turn to local food banks for extra support. As Canada’s largest private sector union, Unifor responds annually to the crisis facing thousands of Canadian families.

This year 48 food banks will receive a total of $135,000.00 jointly provided by the Unifor Social Justice Fund, Unifor National and Unifor Regional Councils.

“Our union is pleased to support the important work of food bank organizations in helping those most in need,” said Unifor International Director Mohamad Alsadi.

According to the Campaign 2000 2018 National Report Card, one in six children in Canada are food insecure. The report also shows that poverty disproportionately discriminates against children in families that are lone female-led, racialized, newcomers, Indigenous or affected by disabilities.

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