Days after it was found to have underpaid more than 170 migrant workers, the Aquilini Group has sent employees a letter defending its employment record and compensation history at the company’s berry farm in Pitt Meadows, B.C. Last week, CBC News reported the billionaire Aquilini family was ordered to repay $133,632.56 in back wages, vacation pay and interest to

By Randy Rinaldo (Il Centro – Italian Cultural Centre, Vice-President and Italian Day Festival Society, Director) The installation on the much anticipated Little Italy crosswalks began this week, seven months after the surprise $160,000 donation by Fortis BC at the annual Il Centro Italian Cultural Centre Gala . Two crosswalks will be installed at Commercial

A branch of the B.C. government has found the billionaire Aquilini family — which own the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks — underpaid 174 migrant workers at their berry farm in Pitt Meadows last summer. The office of the Director of Employment Standards ordered the Aquilinis — reported to be in the top 30 of richest Canadian families — to repay $133,632.56 in back wages, vacation

E’ divorzio tra la Juventus e Massimiliano Allegri. Dopo cinque anni, altrettanti scudetti e undici trofei in totale, l’allenatore non siederà sulla panchina della Juventus nella prossima stagione: a renderlo noto il club bianconero. L’annuncio della separazione arriva dopo un lungo confronto, che sembrava destinato a proseguire anche oggi. A sorpresa, invece, l’addio al termine dell’allenamento dei

Firefighters in central British Columbia have made significant progress in containing a wildfire burning west of Prince George on Sunday, during the busiest weekend this year for the B.C. Wildfire Service. The service said it was notified of a wildfire burning near Fraser Lake and Lejac, along Highway 16, around 3 p.m. PT Saturday. The fire, estimated at 260 hectares

Canada’s labour market delivered a surprise Friday with its biggest one-month employment surge since 1976, when the government started collecting comparable data. The country added 106,500 net jobs in April, the bulk of which were full time, Statistics Canada said in its latest labour force survey. The unexpected increase helped drop the unemployment rate to

Red light cameras are no longer only watching for impatient drivers looking to shave a few seconds of their commute.  Starting this summer, the B.C. government plans to activate automated speed enforcement on the cameras at certain intersections around the province. The B.C. NDP studied the speed and crash data from 140 intersections currently equipped

Residents of north-central B.C. were advised to stay indoors for weeks at a time in 2018 as the air quality health index continuously hit 10+, or “very hazardous” levels. The smoke was so bad that both Prince George and neighbouring Quesnel were among the 10 most polluted cities in the world in August 2018, according to

Un Boeing 737 finisce fuori pista a Jacksonville, in Florida. I passeggeri e l’equipaggio, riferiscono le autorità citate dai media americani, sono tutti vivi nonostante l’aereo sia finito nel fiume limitrofo, il St.Johns River. Il velivolo proveniva da Guantanamo, a Cuba. Si trattava, riportano i media americani, di un charter militare con a bordo probabilmente

The City of Montreal has declared a state of emergency due to flooding potential and rising floodwaters throughout the island of Montreal. Montreal’s Mayor Valérie Plante made the announcement on Friday afternoon. As the island prepares to be hit with up to 60 mm of rain, city officials are advising residents what to do in case of a