The Human Rights Commission marking today as the International Day of Tolerance.
The commission says its seen an increase in complaints, that people with mental heath issues are being discriminated at work.
Randy Dickinson, chairperson of the Human Rights Commission tells CHSJ
News, 55 per cent of the annual complaints reported to the commission
are around discrimination based on disability.
"Unfortunately, there are still many individuals and situations where
people are blatantly discriminated against, in terms of being denied an
opportunity for employment or people making racist comments," says
Dickinson.
He says that although we've made a lot of progress, there's room for improvement.
In Saint John, protesters gathering outside of MP Rodney Weston's office opposing the Harper government's inaction on climate change.
The protest being organized by locals that make up various environmental and indigenous community groups.
Andrew
Graham is a member of local chapter of the Council of Canadians. He
tells CHSJ news, the group is tired of misguided direction in the
government.
Graham says the government is being led by industry.
He adds, "We'd like to have more leadership because climate change is
not just coming, it's here."
All four lanes of the causeway will be blocked off starting at 3 for the
parade line-up. The Courtney Bay causeway will re-open right after the
parade.
The parade route will be the same as last year. The Parade will leave
the Causeway, to Union St., a left onto Sydney St., right on King's
Square North, left on Charlotte St., down King St, to St. Patrick, to
Main St., right on Lansdowne Ave., and right at Wellesley Blvd. All of
these streets will be closed during the parade.
Citizens are asked not to park on King Street starting at 5 pm. Cars
parked anywhere along the parade route after 5:30 will be towed.
Everyone is asked to be mindful of all signage along the parade route.
Three men who were charged in the Cochran's Country Market armed robbery back in July, have received their sentences.
In Saint John Provincial Court, Stephen Corey Richard was sentenced to a
total of six and a half years in prison for an armed robbery, forcible
confinement and having a face disguised with intent to commit an
indictable offence. Keith Oliver Dixon also being sentenced
for the same offences, and will serve six years in prison.
On November 8th, Blake Andrew Smith was sentenced to eight years in prison for armed robbery, forcible confinement and having a face disguised
with intent to commit an indictable offence.
All three men have
lifetime bans for owning or possessing firearms.They also had to give
DNA samples for the DNA Data Bank. The court ordered the firearms used
during the robbery be destroyed, and that the money seized be returned
to Cochran's Country Market.
City police responding to a hit and run early this morning at 2:30 am, on Main and Chesley.
Police
later found the driver at the Reversing Falls. The person hit was not
injured, and neither was the driver. The driver was impaired, and will
appear in court on charges of impaired driving.
