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Possible job action postponed
This teen is loaded with talent
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Semiahmoo Secondary’s Michael Hungerschafer is a teen of many talents. One of the top high school weightlifters in B.C., he is also an accomplished artist and actor who still finds time to dabble in the culinary arts. Story on page 41. (Photo: Kevin Hill)
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Robotics team off to worlds
Who said dance is boring?
Enver Creek Secondary school’s robotics club looks to engineer big win.
Surrey event celebrates the beautiful art of dance on April 29.
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‘This man genuinely cares about his community and pours his entire retirement life into all of his projects.’ 4
WHITE ROCK — A possible strike by White Rock city workers has been put on hold following several meetings set up by the city last minute. Scheduled for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the meetings were set up after the union announced its intention to serve 72-hour strike notice last week after the essential services had been decided upon. Mike Guraliuk, president of the city workers’ union, said the city approached the union before they could serve their 72hour notice. “So everything is on hold, which could be a good thing,” he said. In February, the city’s union workers voted 94 per cent in favour of striking after being without an agreement since the end of 2011. Both sides have been negotiating for the past year, to no avail. If strike notice is served, many of the city’s services, included waste removal will be affected. The only services that would be deemed “essential” and unaffected are policing and fire services. Guraliuk added he hadn’t heard any concerns from residents yet, but the union was sending mass mailouts this week to inform residents about the potential job action and how it might affect them. “The last thing that we want to do is to disrupt lives and businesses. Taking job action is our last resort,” reads an excerpt from the letter. “We don’t want to disrupt services, but until we see concrete progress, we feel we have little choice,” said Guraliuk.
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