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Furey launches petition to reduce bike lanes

RWN Staff

Toronto mayoralty candidate Anthony Furey has launched a petition on his campaign website to slow the installation of new bike lanes in Toronto, and in some cases reverse them.

Toronto Mayoral candidate Anthony Furey said as Mayor he will halt Toronto’s “outrageous” pledge to create new dedicated bike lanes throughout the city and will remove the University Avenue dedicated lanes.
“The current approach to bike lanes in Toronto is outrageous — it has just gone too far,” says Furey.

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Ontario Line construction on Queen Street begins May 1; work is expected to take 4 years

Rita Smith

Starting Monday, May 1, no vehicular traffic will be allowed on Queen Street in the heart of downtown Toronto.

There will only be pedestrian access to Queen Street, from Bay Street to Yonge Street and Yonge Street to Victoria Street, for an estimated four and half years. This diversion is to accelerate Metrolinx’s construction of an Ontario Line connection to TTC Queen Station.

“Richmond, Adelaide, King and Dundas are going to be packed for next four and a half years,” says 36-year veteran Taxi driver Jafar Mirsalari. “Drivers will need to go further north, or way down south, to avoid it.”

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Rental bike, hacked and abandoned on the street in the UK. Photo: Twitter
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Is bike rental system actually working? UK city asks

RWN Staff

Westminster City Council is calling for dockless bike companies to crack down on hackers, in a media release published April 13th in the United Kingdom. Similar complaints have been made about rental bikes and scooters in U.S. cities.

Videos circulating across social media demonstrate how to bypass the dockless bike software and use bikes for free.

Concerns have been raised that riders using hacked bikes are untraceable, meaning the users can potentially dump bikes on the pavement without facing punishment and could even be involved in antisocial behaviour.

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Purolator is 91 per cent owned by Canada Post. Photo: RWN
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COVID shot no longer necessary as Purolator calls suspended employees back to work

Rita Smith

Purolator Canada has “suspended” its COVID-19 shot requirement effective May 1st.

In November, 2022, Purolator demanded workers who had been suspended the previous January file an “attestation letter” regarding their COVID shot status. Some workers filed the letter, and others did not. Employees suspended without pay protested, maintaining they were “healthy and ready to work.” At least one of the employees who helped organize protests events was terminated.

An April 13th email titled “Message from Ken Johnston” headlined “Purolator suspends COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all employees” was sent to all employees in Canada and notes that it does not apply to employees in the U.S.

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Purolator employees who refused to share their medical information with the corporation (90 per cent owned by Canada Post) were sent home without pay, and many were then fired. Photo: RWN
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Ontario claims it never mandated COVID shots while Canada quietly backs down on boosters

Rita Smith

Now starts the COVID gaslighting: hold onto your sanity, citizens. Governments want you to understand that everything you believed they were telling you about COVID shots and mandates for the past three years is wrong. You heard it wrong. You understood it wrong. You are misremembering things.

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Purolator firing workers over outdated COVID policies

Rita Smith

“The only thing the Purolator’s COVID policy existed to do was to stop the spread of COVID-19,” says Vincent Favreau. “Purolator now knows the shot did not, and does not stop transmission of the virus. While other employers are bringing employees back and in some cases providing back-pay, Purolator is firing people,” says Favreau, who was sent home without pay on January 10, 2022. He received a letter severing his employment on November 26th.

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Purolator employees who refused to share their medical information with the corporation (90 per cent owned by Canada Post) were sent home without pay, and many were then fired. Photo: RWN
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“We are healthy and ready to work” protesting employees tell Purolator in Quebec

Rita Smith

Healthy Purolator employees, sent home last January because they declined to disclose their COVID shot status, protest in Quebec on November 16th, saying they are healthy and ready to work. Photo: Vince Favreau Purolator employees who were sent home without

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Confusion reigns as Purolator letter demands staff “attest” to COVID shot status by November 16

Rita Smith

Purolator employees who have declined to reveal their medical status to the corporation are now confused as to what they are actually being asked to do in a recent letter.

The November 7th letter signed by Darrell Hayashi opens by noting that employees must attest to being “vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.”

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