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Their slogan is we deliver, but people are wondering where’s the mail. Workers at the Canada post brought a problem to our attention, mail is been held up because of staffing decision. Tim Weeks has the story.
While letter carriers were delivering the mail today, their Union was delivering a warning. It says Canada Post hasn’t been back filling workers become ill or take leave and Union says that means undelivered mail piles up.
“Non delivery has wrong unifications of the community of course. Cause people depends on GST cheques and family allowance cheques and various other correspondence and they depend on Canada post for that service.”
Canada post says it is a challenge dealing with the unplanned absent workers but the cooperation says if your cheque is in the mail, it will still get through.
“Definitely, if there are important mail items like that we’re getting them out. We’re taking you know the necessary matches to make sure that customer services is not jeopardize for important mail.”
However, the union said it has a growing list of ingrivence indicate that Canada post has not been covering rules adequately. They call it policy of non-delivery.
“Meeting customers expectation is nothing out of the ordinary for Canada post.”
Canada post says there’s no non-delivery policy, but official say with the growing use of email, the over all volume of mail has dropped and they’re trying to adjust the number of hours to work to match that but service they argue is been maintained.
“From where the items is coming from, that is either a 2,3 or 4 day delivery standard and we’re meeting those 96% of the time, either meeting or exceeding that number.”
The Union meanwhile says it’s been documenting several unstaff routs that and they say if the mail is been delayed it’s not just incontinence.
“Well in fact, Canada post Act states and its active legislation that if you intensively delay the mail, it maybe editable fines or resulting up to five years in prison.”
Canada post says if the customer don’t get the mail for a few days, it could be because nothing were sent to them.
2010年8月29日星期日
2010年8月22日星期日
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Smoke Health Hazard
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Well, where there’s a fire, there’s smoke and lots hazard. Drifting from British Columbia, halfway across the country, as Susana De silva reports. Those fire’s reign in BC raising health concerns through out the west.
These pictures were taking by a member of fire crews. He’s been all that first line for 22 days, providing first aid.
“Need go to bed, need get up and do it all over again. So you know, they’re amazing.”
With massive fires burning through the province. It’s going to take a lot more help to get them out. The government has announced more than 300 fire fighters are being brought in from Alberta and the North. Cruises were able to get back in the air today and the high winds have passed, leaving fire officials optimistic.
“It’s cooler outside, anyone in the area is definitely feeling that. I think temperature’s at time I were see was minus 2, in the past 24 hours. That’s good news for us.”
More than one thousand people have been ordered out of their homes. So far only 2 houses has been lost along with the handful of barns, but the smoke is affecting thousands more. In Calgary, Edmonton, as far east as Regina, smoke blinded the cities, leading the air quality advisories. Back in Lake Williams BC, only 8 kilometers from the huge fire, the smoke is also heavy.
“Well, pretty smoky.”
That smoke however isn’t stop children in William Lake from playing outside.
“This is being so smoky, you can’t even see that drive way.”
And concern is for those with lounge conditions or other illnesses. The hospital in Williams Lake closed most of its entrances to keep out the smoke and cancelled all elective procedures.
“I was going to get some blood work done.”
“What happened?”
“And they told me, wasn’t urgent. So to come back the next week, keep an eye on the weather.”
Fire official say with the cooler temperature and with no lighting in the forecast. They are optimistic, they can get better handle on the biggest fire threatening BC communities. But still there’s every little rain in the forecast, that’s truly what’s needed here now.
Well, where there’s a fire, there’s smoke and lots hazard. Drifting from British Columbia, halfway across the country, as Susana De silva reports. Those fire’s reign in BC raising health concerns through out the west.
These pictures were taking by a member of fire crews. He’s been all that first line for 22 days, providing first aid.
“Need go to bed, need get up and do it all over again. So you know, they’re amazing.”
With massive fires burning through the province. It’s going to take a lot more help to get them out. The government has announced more than 300 fire fighters are being brought in from Alberta and the North. Cruises were able to get back in the air today and the high winds have passed, leaving fire officials optimistic.
“It’s cooler outside, anyone in the area is definitely feeling that. I think temperature’s at time I were see was minus 2, in the past 24 hours. That’s good news for us.”
More than one thousand people have been ordered out of their homes. So far only 2 houses has been lost along with the handful of barns, but the smoke is affecting thousands more. In Calgary, Edmonton, as far east as Regina, smoke blinded the cities, leading the air quality advisories. Back in Lake Williams BC, only 8 kilometers from the huge fire, the smoke is also heavy.
“Well, pretty smoky.”
That smoke however isn’t stop children in William Lake from playing outside.
“This is being so smoky, you can’t even see that drive way.”
And concern is for those with lounge conditions or other illnesses. The hospital in Williams Lake closed most of its entrances to keep out the smoke and cancelled all elective procedures.
“I was going to get some blood work done.”
“What happened?”
“And they told me, wasn’t urgent. So to come back the next week, keep an eye on the weather.”
Fire official say with the cooler temperature and with no lighting in the forecast. They are optimistic, they can get better handle on the biggest fire threatening BC communities. But still there’s every little rain in the forecast, that’s truly what’s needed here now.
2010年8月15日星期日
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-New Housing Delays
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The winter Olympic may ahead months ago, but the social housing units that at the athletes village remain empty. As Tim Week reports, aviks say bureaucracy red tapes is keeping those who need a home out.
Rather than a chaotic scene of hassle and bustle, the athlete village is more like a ghost town. Giant birds are perched at the center, to the people who are flocking to these sweets. 252 units were satisied for with social housing half to be subsidized and half to be let out the market rental, there are all sitting empty. When critics say that people who need that housing now.
“Truly frustrating seeing was meant to be really a central piece of Olympic Legacy, not be treated in the way that it should be.”
The city social housing units are to be managed by a none profit group, but housing organization say they haven’t see any request for proposals. One of the reasons for that is the question mark of the rentals. For those sweets, one bedroom will cost $1600 a month, a two bedroom for $1900 a month, and a four bedroom are rent for almost $2400 a month. Those units are supposed to be offer to health care and public safety workers first. The city calls it a priority focus. But that priority focus is creating complications between the city of Vancouver and BC housing. And that is resulting delays.
“There needs to be a movement from both organizations. We can’t have bureaucracy’s pointing each other. Bureaucratic aren’t gonna answer anything.”
Another groups began to discussions with city 7 years ago concerning the Olympic social housing. Aviks say the original promise of 20% of the village units for low cost of housing will eventually went down to 5%, just by sometimes workers protest. So sweets are still empty, the city is current taking names for the market housing and created a waiting list for a subsidized housing. The city says the talks are on the way to the BC housing to resolve the delays.
The winter Olympic may ahead months ago, but the social housing units that at the athletes village remain empty. As Tim Week reports, aviks say bureaucracy red tapes is keeping those who need a home out.
Rather than a chaotic scene of hassle and bustle, the athlete village is more like a ghost town. Giant birds are perched at the center, to the people who are flocking to these sweets. 252 units were satisied for with social housing half to be subsidized and half to be let out the market rental, there are all sitting empty. When critics say that people who need that housing now.
“Truly frustrating seeing was meant to be really a central piece of Olympic Legacy, not be treated in the way that it should be.”
The city social housing units are to be managed by a none profit group, but housing organization say they haven’t see any request for proposals. One of the reasons for that is the question mark of the rentals. For those sweets, one bedroom will cost $1600 a month, a two bedroom for $1900 a month, and a four bedroom are rent for almost $2400 a month. Those units are supposed to be offer to health care and public safety workers first. The city calls it a priority focus. But that priority focus is creating complications between the city of Vancouver and BC housing. And that is resulting delays.
“There needs to be a movement from both organizations. We can’t have bureaucracy’s pointing each other. Bureaucratic aren’t gonna answer anything.”
Another groups began to discussions with city 7 years ago concerning the Olympic social housing. Aviks say the original promise of 20% of the village units for low cost of housing will eventually went down to 5%, just by sometimes workers protest. So sweets are still empty, the city is current taking names for the market housing and created a waiting list for a subsidized housing. The city says the talks are on the way to the BC housing to resolve the delays.
2010年8月6日星期五
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-1997 Pickton Incident
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Could lives have been saved if the polices has acted differently in the Robert Pickton case. That debate has bean again after the lifting of the publication ban late yesterday. The decision is allow us to review that information the jury did not hear. Information that somebody may find disturbing. Tim Weeks reports.
He’s convicted of killing 6 women, charge with murdering another 20 and police believe in total Robert Pickton may have killed 49 women. But one women has escaped him back in 1997. A protester has been taken to pickton’s farm, testified he handcrafted and tried to kill her. She’s lash picked, throw and broke free, stumbles towards the highway where she was picked up and taken to hospital. Pickton was charged with attempted murder, but the charge was later state.
“Do you know why this charge was state?”
“I can’t comment on that.”
Someone wonder what might have happened has the charge may have been pursuit.
“They could save many lives, many, many lives. This would been all over with a time ago, and I still have my sister here.”
Lillian beaudoin, sister of Diana Water one of the women pickton charge with killing. Pickton was also investigated in the killing of Jean Dell, the name give to the woman was found in Mission. And investigator was link saw marks on it to cuts on three other sketch on the pickton’s farm. Searchers later found Jane Dell’s raven heel bone at the farm, mix with piles of dirt, animal bones and remaining of other women. She would’ve been the 27th women pickton was charge with murdering, but the judge excluded the evidence link to pickton’s saw, police believe Jean Dell look like this. But who she is remains mystery. Well the trial is on, people could see pickton and Juries will show the odds of his home. His bed was leapt hand cut, there’s a horse on the wall. But soon video tape interview will be released what pickton tell police when asked about all the murder women that he plan to reach 50, but he got sloppy. Lillian Beaudoin thought all victim deserve of hearing a court, and none of the murder charge should be state.
“It is not fair for the families, and it is not fair for the victims.”
She says she wants the full public inquired, Primer Gordon Campbell says they’ll make a decision on that soon.
Could lives have been saved if the polices has acted differently in the Robert Pickton case. That debate has bean again after the lifting of the publication ban late yesterday. The decision is allow us to review that information the jury did not hear. Information that somebody may find disturbing. Tim Weeks reports.
He’s convicted of killing 6 women, charge with murdering another 20 and police believe in total Robert Pickton may have killed 49 women. But one women has escaped him back in 1997. A protester has been taken to pickton’s farm, testified he handcrafted and tried to kill her. She’s lash picked, throw and broke free, stumbles towards the highway where she was picked up and taken to hospital. Pickton was charged with attempted murder, but the charge was later state.
“Do you know why this charge was state?”
“I can’t comment on that.”
Someone wonder what might have happened has the charge may have been pursuit.
“They could save many lives, many, many lives. This would been all over with a time ago, and I still have my sister here.”
Lillian beaudoin, sister of Diana Water one of the women pickton charge with killing. Pickton was also investigated in the killing of Jean Dell, the name give to the woman was found in Mission. And investigator was link saw marks on it to cuts on three other sketch on the pickton’s farm. Searchers later found Jane Dell’s raven heel bone at the farm, mix with piles of dirt, animal bones and remaining of other women. She would’ve been the 27th women pickton was charge with murdering, but the judge excluded the evidence link to pickton’s saw, police believe Jean Dell look like this. But who she is remains mystery. Well the trial is on, people could see pickton and Juries will show the odds of his home. His bed was leapt hand cut, there’s a horse on the wall. But soon video tape interview will be released what pickton tell police when asked about all the murder women that he plan to reach 50, but he got sloppy. Lillian Beaudoin thought all victim deserve of hearing a court, and none of the murder charge should be state.
“It is not fair for the families, and it is not fair for the victims.”
She says she wants the full public inquired, Primer Gordon Campbell says they’ll make a decision on that soon.
2010年8月5日星期四
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Crash Victim Mourned
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Well tributes to a much loved airdrie high school teacher are growing fast, Skye Mcgowan died in a weekend crash in terrace BC. That crash is surrounded in confusion, and that’s left many people who knew Skye Mcgowan is specially upset. The CBC’s Mary Katherine has the story.
There’s a lot of heart behind this class project. It started with one piece of Bristol board.
“When I first come to this school as a new student, he was kind of the one who was always in the haul way, always highfiving and saying hi, making sure you really feel welcome.”
That friendly teacher was 44 year old Skye Mcgowan or Mgow as some students called him.
“You believed when no one else dead, love and remember always.”
Those words could’ve also been written by Jordan Schaffland himself.
“A lot of times I feel like giving up and a lot of times I feel like, you know, why am I still here and has to be an importance of me being here, or I wouldn’t be here. So having been told not to give up, not just from anybody, but from a teacher who care so much.”
The false news that Mcgowan’s wife was also killed in the accident, started humming around Facebook and spread to at least one major newspaper.
“Finding out that it was in the news, that was the wrong information, a part just from Facebook, really make a lot of people upset.”
Reports also say Mcgowan’s son was driving the car. Christa Harriman called mutual friends to find out what happened.
“They said, no he was alone, his kids are young, they won’t driving him. His wife is alive, she’s been contacted with the teacher from the school here.”
A school students here say won’t be the same without Skye Mcgowan.
Well tributes to a much loved airdrie high school teacher are growing fast, Skye Mcgowan died in a weekend crash in terrace BC. That crash is surrounded in confusion, and that’s left many people who knew Skye Mcgowan is specially upset. The CBC’s Mary Katherine has the story.
There’s a lot of heart behind this class project. It started with one piece of Bristol board.
“When I first come to this school as a new student, he was kind of the one who was always in the haul way, always highfiving and saying hi, making sure you really feel welcome.”
That friendly teacher was 44 year old Skye Mcgowan or Mgow as some students called him.
“You believed when no one else dead, love and remember always.”
Those words could’ve also been written by Jordan Schaffland himself.
“A lot of times I feel like giving up and a lot of times I feel like, you know, why am I still here and has to be an importance of me being here, or I wouldn’t be here. So having been told not to give up, not just from anybody, but from a teacher who care so much.”
The false news that Mcgowan’s wife was also killed in the accident, started humming around Facebook and spread to at least one major newspaper.
“Finding out that it was in the news, that was the wrong information, a part just from Facebook, really make a lot of people upset.”
Reports also say Mcgowan’s son was driving the car. Christa Harriman called mutual friends to find out what happened.
“They said, no he was alone, his kids are young, they won’t driving him. His wife is alive, she’s been contacted with the teacher from the school here.”
A school students here say won’t be the same without Skye Mcgowan.
2010年8月4日星期三
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-River Runs Black
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Things are going from bad to worse in British Columbia’s fire zone. It’s not just the growing number wild fires now around four hundreds, but get this, the water in rivers in southern BC is turning a murky black. Susana DA Silva’s site first hand. She joins us now from Lillooet.
Ina, many here in Lillooet say looks like something out of movie, a local river has turn black, likely cause by nearby forest fires and it caused a lot of concern. This is normally per steam blue water. So clean you can see every rock on the bottom.
“Oh, I’ve never seen a water like this before be in up here for 25 plus years.”
At 11 am, fisher man notice the water drastically changing color and pull there nets. Some noticing there were something wrong with the fish.
“Well, fish online and fish on net is struggling like crazy, but there are no struggle at all.”
This is an important tradition fishing area, for several unbridgenal communities.
“Well, my main concern is fire returned, it is possible be, but I like to verify myself.”
The worry is that today’s rain has cause toxic fire retarded and charge ground to run into the river. There are certainly a lot of that around, the jungle mountain fire covers more than 50 hundred hatra. Cruises are struggling to control it.
“Reach and confirm hot spot of black melting, all the area is about 50,000 feet inch off the main guard.”
But they aren’t easy to spot.
“Sometime you don’t even see the smoke occurred at that a time. There’ll be a little flys, flying around and that’s usually a sign of heat there. The bugs are hopping around the hot spots.”
Some relieve from arrived of the formal fire fighters from Alberta and Ontario. But now there’s another crisis to mending attention.
“There’s tons of fish, that’ll probably be, either been toxic poisoned or what I just don’t know.”
Fire officials are trying to confirm this is the result of run off from fires. The department of fish of ocean says, it is telling anyone to pull their nets from the water, the most people are, because they’re not willing to take any chances.
Things are going from bad to worse in British Columbia’s fire zone. It’s not just the growing number wild fires now around four hundreds, but get this, the water in rivers in southern BC is turning a murky black. Susana DA Silva’s site first hand. She joins us now from Lillooet.
Ina, many here in Lillooet say looks like something out of movie, a local river has turn black, likely cause by nearby forest fires and it caused a lot of concern. This is normally per steam blue water. So clean you can see every rock on the bottom.
“Oh, I’ve never seen a water like this before be in up here for 25 plus years.”
At 11 am, fisher man notice the water drastically changing color and pull there nets. Some noticing there were something wrong with the fish.
“Well, fish online and fish on net is struggling like crazy, but there are no struggle at all.”
This is an important tradition fishing area, for several unbridgenal communities.
“Well, my main concern is fire returned, it is possible be, but I like to verify myself.”
The worry is that today’s rain has cause toxic fire retarded and charge ground to run into the river. There are certainly a lot of that around, the jungle mountain fire covers more than 50 hundred hatra. Cruises are struggling to control it.
“Reach and confirm hot spot of black melting, all the area is about 50,000 feet inch off the main guard.”
But they aren’t easy to spot.
“Sometime you don’t even see the smoke occurred at that a time. There’ll be a little flys, flying around and that’s usually a sign of heat there. The bugs are hopping around the hot spots.”
Some relieve from arrived of the formal fire fighters from Alberta and Ontario. But now there’s another crisis to mending attention.
“There’s tons of fish, that’ll probably be, either been toxic poisoned or what I just don’t know.”
Fire officials are trying to confirm this is the result of run off from fires. The department of fish of ocean says, it is telling anyone to pull their nets from the water, the most people are, because they’re not willing to take any chances.
2010年8月3日星期二
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Pride Parade
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It began as a peaceful protest march now Vancouver’s pride parade has exploded into a huge event, drug people from all walks of the life. Debra Gobal reports.
“Happy parade, it’s for everybody.”
“Pride means to be proud of exactly who you are and not trying to fit in a cookie cut mode.”
If you didn’t like lighten displays of the gay life style, Vancouver probably not the place to be Sunday afternoon. But if you were a little boy with 2 dads, it was the perfect place.
“This is Daddy.”
“This is Richard.”
Devon Rameriz Ling knows what’s to live in an untraditional family.
“It’s OK with me, but probably not sometime.”
“You know he is just 7 year old kid, but he has two dads as a gay and you know it’s just much part of who he is as the part of us.”
“Today is very special day for the parade.”
Specially, because this is all about acceptance.
“Happy parade!”
“It doesn’t need to recognize everybody wants to celebrate different ways our life and our city. That’s what gives our city the vibrancy.”
Back when this parade started with more of march to pickup their right. Now is for celebration.
“The best part is just total acceptance for everybody.”
“Being this year is liberation.”
“Let the hard thing coming out, and to see all these people who are just here, don’t really care. Hanging out and celebrating, it’s good.”
And more than a half million people have come and to do just that.
“I hope they feel believe and learn that people are all the same and that you know about inclusivity and about human rights.”
“Of course, it’s a family thing, you know, why not?”
It doesn’t’ really matter what kind of family you come from. For one little boy that is the best part.
“It was awesome.”
It began as a peaceful protest march now Vancouver’s pride parade has exploded into a huge event, drug people from all walks of the life. Debra Gobal reports.
“Happy parade, it’s for everybody.”
“Pride means to be proud of exactly who you are and not trying to fit in a cookie cut mode.”
If you didn’t like lighten displays of the gay life style, Vancouver probably not the place to be Sunday afternoon. But if you were a little boy with 2 dads, it was the perfect place.
“This is Daddy.”
“This is Richard.”
Devon Rameriz Ling knows what’s to live in an untraditional family.
“It’s OK with me, but probably not sometime.”
“You know he is just 7 year old kid, but he has two dads as a gay and you know it’s just much part of who he is as the part of us.”
“Today is very special day for the parade.”
Specially, because this is all about acceptance.
“Happy parade!”
“It doesn’t need to recognize everybody wants to celebrate different ways our life and our city. That’s what gives our city the vibrancy.”
Back when this parade started with more of march to pickup their right. Now is for celebration.
“The best part is just total acceptance for everybody.”
“Being this year is liberation.”
“Let the hard thing coming out, and to see all these people who are just here, don’t really care. Hanging out and celebrating, it’s good.”
And more than a half million people have come and to do just that.
“I hope they feel believe and learn that people are all the same and that you know about inclusivity and about human rights.”
“Of course, it’s a family thing, you know, why not?”
It doesn’t’ really matter what kind of family you come from. For one little boy that is the best part.
“It was awesome.”
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