IKEA lockout of Teamsters drawing international concern

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlR0pxZ7Hekjoqste0q4WQA_AyJ1BLo0BiS8SOkzr6vByuSOX9qDPBvwR4TS0FgLxva59ce1zIhaM9JpEZs0mIdmSrHmCljfivFcHd74VJ0UtPUdBpFq6SJOLa6fKU6j8VtZrpobR3qXs9/s1600/IKEA+teamsters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlR0pxZ7Hekjoqste0q4WQA_AyJ1BLo0BiS8SOkzr6vByuSOX9qDPBvwR4TS0FgLxva59ce1zIhaM9JpEZs0mIdmSrHmCljfivFcHd74VJ0UtPUdBpFq6SJOLa6fKU6j8VtZrpobR3qXs9/s320/IKEA+teamsters.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our locked-out Teamster sisters in front of<br />Richmond IKEA.</td></tr></tbody></table>The world is starting to watch <a href="http://www.ikeahurtsfamilies.org/" rel="nofollow">IKEA</a>'s 6-month lockout of 350 of our <a href="http://teamster.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamster</a> brothers and sisters in Richmond, British Columbia. The Swedish furniture retailer claims to be pro-family and pro-worker. But its brutal treatment of <a href="http://www.teamsters213.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamster Local 213</a> members is raising concerns about IKEA's attacks on workers at stores throughout the world.<br /><br />A new website, <a href="http://www.ikeahurtsfamilies.org/">www.ikeahurtsfamilies.org</a>, tells the story. On May 15, Teamsters rejected a company offer that included the imposition of a tiered wage structure. IKEA locked them out without pay to force them to accept pay and benefit cuts. Three weeks later, Canadian labor officials found IKEA guilty of using scab workers to keep the Richmond store open.<br /><br />The lockout dragged on, and on Nov. 7 an international fact-finding mission visited locked-out IKEA workers in Richmond. What they found concerned them deeply. The international labor leaders proclaimed the ongoing dispute was now under the gaze of the wider labor movement.  <a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/11/08/Global-Labour-Richmond-Ikea/" rel="nofollow">The Tyee</a> reported,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The increasingly-fractious, six month labour dispute at IKEA's big box store in Richmond may be on the verge of a dramatic escalation -- all the way to Europe.</blockquote>Today, the <a href="http://teamster.org/" rel="nofollow">International Brotherhood of Teamsters</a> announced the launch of the new website in a <a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1603821" rel="nofollow">statement</a>.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"The company I have grown up to love and admire has become one big corporate machine, at least in North America," said IKEA Richmond employee Julia Buczek. "It is upsetting to see that the original Swedish values that we have all looked up to and regarded in such a positive way are just going down the drain."</blockquote><a href="http://leftlaborreporter.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/supporters-of-locked-out-ikea-workers-to-rally-on-nov-23-2/" rel="nofollow">Left Labor Reporter</a> tells us the IKEA in Canada is busting the union -- and it isn't the only bad behavior by IKEA management.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The lockout, which has lasted longer than any other labor dispute with IKEA anywhere else in the world, the company’s take it or leave it attitude, and its efforts to coax union members to cross the picket line and return to work all suggest that IKEA in Richmond wants to be union free. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">In Turkey, after workers voted to form a union, IKEA went of its way not to recognize the workers’ union. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">In France, police are questioning two IKEA executives about illegally spying on IKEA workers and customers. According to rt.com, the former head of risk management at IKEA France has already been charged with bribing police to obtain “car registration numbers and names connected with a list of mobile phone numbers” of union members who work for IKEA in France.</blockquote>You can help locked-out IKEA Teamsters in several ways: <br /><ul><li>Visit www.ikeahurtsfamilies.org website.</li><li>Post a supportive comment on the IKEA workers' <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TeamstersLocal213?fref=ts" rel="nofollow">Facebook page</a>. </li><li>Attend a rally tomorrow. Here are the details: </li></ul><blockquote class="tr_bq">TO BRING PUBLIC AWARENESS TO IKEA’S TREATMENT OF WORKERS<br /><ul></ul>DATE:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SATURDAY November 23rd, 2013<br /><ul></ul>TIME: 1PM<br /><ul></ul>PLACE: Very close to the IKEA Coquitlam store,(1000 Lougheed Hwy).<br /><ul></ul>PLEASE BRING YOUR IKEA CATALOGUE TO THE RALLY!<br /><ul></ul>Contact Info: Anita Dawson 604-876-5213<br /><ul></ul>Or anita@teamsters213.org</blockquote><br />

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Our locked-out Teamster sisters in front ofRichmond IKEA.The world is starting to watch IKEA's 6-month lockout of 350 of our Teamster brothers and sisters in Richmond, British Columbia. The Swedish furniture retailer claims to be pro-family and pro-w…

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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR & DISASTER PRECURSORS: "I've Never Seen Anything Like This Before" - Almost A THOUSAND Dolphins Gather In A "Super Pod" Off The Coast Of Vancouver, Canada?!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 05, 2013 - CANADA </span></b>- A super-sized pod of nearly 1,000 dolphins was spotted Thursday in western Canada's Strait of Georgia.<br /><br />The dolphin pack was captured on video by passengers on board a BC Ferries vessel traveling from Galiano Island to Tsawwassen.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gx5QfEXIR8M/UnlcZzpKrdI/AAAAAAABNGI/eipFok3MPNg/s1600/dolphinssuperpod01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gx5QfEXIR8M/UnlcZzpKrdI/AAAAAAABNGI/eipFok3MPNg/s1600/dolphinssuperpod01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exciting ride: A ferry boat traveling Canada's Strait of Georgia witnessed a large group of<br />almost 1,000 dolphins last Thursday. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />'I've never seen anything like this before,' Rob Maguire, the man who filmed the dolphins, told Global News. 'The last time I saw an orca or dolphin was more than 15 years ago.' <br /><br />The species of dolphins filmed yesterday was determined to be the Pacific white-sided dolphin, according to Dr Lance Barrett-Lennard, head of whale and dolphin research at Vancouver Aquarium.<br /><br />This species of dolphin is known to travel in large pods of 50 to 200 and as big as 2,000 but Dr Barrett-Lennard called their appearance in the Strait as a 'rare and unique occurrence'.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sUL9WcVvY6g/UnlcwxHfkfI/AAAAAAABNGM/gj2Fq3C2cos/s1600/dolphinssuperpod02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sUL9WcVvY6g/UnlcwxHfkfI/AAAAAAABNGM/gj2Fq3C2cos/s1600/dolphinssuperpod02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once in a lifetime: The dolphin pod was spotted in Canada's Strait of Georgia and BC Ferries <br />workers on the boat said they haven't seen anything like it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Packs that big would normally be seen in coastal waters.<br /><br />Mr Maguire said he spoke with BC Ferries workers who said they'd never seen 'anything like this before'.<br /><br />After about three minutes, the dolphins disappeared out of sight and the experience changed the mood of the ride.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fv7n1bcemXk/Unlc-yPq5lI/AAAAAAABNGU/DYy1qEf5jNw/s1600/dolphinssuperpod03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fv7n1bcemXk/Unlc-yPq5lI/AAAAAAABNGU/DYy1qEf5jNw/s1600/dolphinssuperpod03.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Rare and unique occurrence': A dolphin expert told Global News it was strange to see<br />such a large back in Sound waters.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />'It was a pretty quiet ferry ride until the dolphins turned up because no one was really talking to one another,' Mr Maguire said. 'But afterwards everyone was abuzz, strangers were talking with strangers and getting to know one another.'<br /><br />Diane Williams was on the ferry and standing next to Mr Maguire when he took the video. She commented on the video when he posted it to YouTube.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: lime;"><b>WATCH:</b></span> Tourists' delight at dolphin super-pod sighting. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/v/YjYDFHQdiwc?showinfo=0&version=3" width="570"></iframe></div><br /><br />'Absolutely amazing,' she said. 'Moved me to tears. In 35 years of traveling to Mayne [Island] I have never seen such a sight before.' - <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487400/Video-shows-moment-ferry-boat-encounters-rare-gathering-1-000-dolphins.html"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Daily Mail</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /></div>

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November 05, 2013 - CANADA - A super-sized pod of nearly 1,000 dolphins was spotted Thursday in western Canada's Strait of Georgia.The dolphin pack was captured on video by passengers on board a BC Ferries vessel traveling from Galiano Island to Tsaw…

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USA & CANADA: Tickets For Day Of The Doctor Theatrical Screenings Go On Sale Today

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lTrKOu3xnDQ_5ueQVAnwogOrmsA3xyDODiF4DKBF6fyqJily5LVmdeLsJjWOKhWQvXn1twfui8BuRHDUxDgWrMvLOPFlOr1BWFiUK6fUFTqUh1Jb59cTjKIAxj0Glhs0FIpRkywqTRa_/s1600/USFlyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lTrKOu3xnDQ_5ueQVAnwogOrmsA3xyDODiF4DKBF6fyqJily5LVmdeLsJjWOKhWQvXn1twfui8BuRHDUxDgWrMvLOPFlOr1BWFiUK6fUFTqUh1Jb59cTjKIAxj0Glhs0FIpRkywqTRa_/s640/USFlyer.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tickets for the US and Canadian screenings of <i>Doctor Who: The Day Of The Doctor</i> go on sale today at 9am ET. The 75 minute special will be screened in RealD™ 3D in selected locations throughout North America</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h3><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">USA</span></b></h3><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BBC America, in association with AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc., and Regal Entertainment Group, present <i>The Day Of The Doctor</i> at the same time as it premieres on BBC America and across the globe. Tickets will go on sale on October 25, 2013 at 9am EST for screenings in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Washington DC, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta and Minneapolis. Tickets may be purchased at <a href="http://www.cinemark.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Cinemark.com</span></a>, <a href="http://www.regmovies.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">REGmovies.com</span></a> and <a href="http://www.fandango.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Fandango.com</span></a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.doctorwho.tv/watch-the-day-of-the-doctor/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Click here for an interactive map of cinema locations</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tickets are also available today for a second screening on Monday November 25 in 300 US cinemas. Purchase via participating theater box offices and online at <a href="http://www.fathomevents.com/#!doctor-who-the-day-of-the-doctor" target="_blank">Fathom Events</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><h3><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><b>CANADA</b></st1:country-region> </span></h3><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In Canada, BBC Worldwide have teamed up with Cineplex Entertainment’s Front Row Centre Events, to simulcast in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Victoria, and Winnipeg, at the same time the 75-minute special premieres on Space and across the globe. Tickets will go on sale October 25, 2013 at 9am ET, at <a href="http://www.cineplex.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Cineplex.com</span></a> and participating theatres.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cineplex will continue the celebration by giving fans across Canada a second chance to experience The Day of the Doctor in RealD™ 3D on Monday, November 25, in 60 screens. Tickets for the November 25 screenings will also go on sale October 25.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check the interactive map via the link above for participating cinemas</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The Day Of The Doctor </i>stars Matt Smith, David Tennant, Jenna Coleman, Billie Piper and John Hurt. The 75 minute special will be simulcast worldwide by TV broadcasters in over 75 countries on Saturday 23rd November. The broadcast will be in 2D with an additional 3D stream where available locally.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://david-tennant.com/2009/id205.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more on our website</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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Tickets for the US and Canadian screenings of Doctor Who: The Day Of The Doctor go on sale today at 9am ET. The 75 minute special will be screened in RealD™ 3D in selected locations throughout North AmericaUSABBC America, in association with AMC Ente…

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CANADA: The Day Of The Doctor Theatrical Screening Details

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Jt3c831pysjy9TJM113L0ip7FsoGuaxIr5rMLBL42aWGOvQqAFdnS50AnYQ8keNeCKwOGk-RViLm9EkhhB2NpvepZK79jPuFDHhOBeMO8-YEKgiTSJuOtCZ4kFw9fPQkVBSBfYua6_Md/s1600/DotD2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Jt3c831pysjy9TJM113L0ip7FsoGuaxIr5rMLBL42aWGOvQqAFdnS50AnYQ8keNeCKwOGk-RViLm9EkhhB2NpvepZK79jPuFDHhOBeMO8-YEKgiTSJuOtCZ4kFw9fPQkVBSBfYua6_Md/s640/DotD2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>, BBC Worldwide have teamed up with Cineplex Entertainment’s Front Row Centre Events, to simulcast <i>The Day Of the Doctor </i>in RealD™ 3D at the same time the 75-minute special premieres on Space and across the globe.<i> </i>Screenings will take place in <st1:city w:st="on">Toronto</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Montreal</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Calgary</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Edmonton</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Victoria</st1:state>, and <st1:place w:st="on">Winnipeg</st1:place>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cineplex will continue the celebration by giving fans across Canada a second chance to experience The Day of the Doctor in RealD™ 3D on Monday, November 25, in 60 screens. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tickets for both simulcasts will go on sale October 25, 2013, at <a href="http://www.cineplex.com/">Cineplex.com</a> and participating theatres. Cineplex advise fans to check the site at 9am ET to see if and when their local screen is participating<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Head over to the BBC Doctor Who <a href="http://www.doctorwho.tv/watch-the-day-of-the-doctor/" target="_blank">Where To Watch The Day of the Doctor map</a> to find chains participating in the November 23 screenings.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The Day Of The Doctor</i> features Matt Smith, David Tennant and Jenna Coleman with Billie Piper and John Hurt and will also be simulcast by TV broadcasters worldwide on Saturday 23rd November</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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In Canada, BBC Worldwide have teamed up with Cineplex Entertainment’s Front Row Centre Events, to simulcast The Day Of the Doctor in RealD™ 3D at the same time the 75-minute special premieres on Space and across the globe. Screenings will take place …

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CANADA: Watch David Tennant In Dragons: Defenders Of Berk Tonight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVA_QOkXRixE5WBz3c00gG0FJQboWZTPgcSmsBzwaTcSZLHJSTeP68rjF5HGwkDopDXlCBp7wwuN8lAm181oBWb8L7pbuBV9j5O9nYJTCTyVvPQfJMVBYhiJ_d5NP5fvbKaUDJ6JS5aF3/s1600/Spitelout2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVA_QOkXRixE5WBz3c00gG0FJQboWZTPgcSmsBzwaTcSZLHJSTeP68rjF5HGwkDopDXlCBp7wwuN8lAm181oBWb8L7pbuBV9j5O9nYJTCTyVvPQfJMVBYhiJ_d5NP5fvbKaUDJ6JS5aF3/s1600/Spitelout2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonight viewers in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> can watch David Tennant reprise his role as Spitelout in the new Dreamworks Dragons TV series <i>Dragons: Defenders Of Berk</i>. The brand new episode, <i>Race To Fireworm Island</i>, premieres on Teletoon this evening at 7.00pm ET/PT.<br /><br /><b>Synopsis</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dragons: Defenders Of Berk</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 5: Race To <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Fireworm</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Island</st1:placetype></st1:place></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Snotlout is concerned when his dragon's flame goes out and the kids have to figure out how to reignite it before it's too late.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />The episode is repeated at 4.30am ET/PT and again on Saturday 26^th October at 9.30am ET/ PT</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Defenders Of Berk</i> is the second season in the Dreamworks Dragons TV series, a spin off from the film <i>How To Train Your Dragon</i> (2010). The first season, <i>Riders Of Berk</i> aired last year. The series follows the further adventures of young Viking Hiccup, his dragon Toothless and the other inhabitants of Berk and the surrounding islands. David Tennant appeared briefly as Spitelout, the father of Hiccup's rival Snotlout, in the film and again in the first season episode Thawfest. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A second <i>How To Train Your Dragon</i> movie is scheduled for 2014.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dreamworks Dragons is based on the <i>How To Train Your Dragon</i> series of books by Cressida Cowell.</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div>

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Tonight viewers in Canada can watch David Tennant reprise his role as Spitelout in the new Dreamworks Dragons TV series Dragons: Defenders Of Berk. The brand new episode, Race To Fireworm Island, premieres on Teletoon this evening at 7.00pm ET/PT.Syn…

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CANADA: Watch David Tennant In Dragons: Defenders Of Berk Next Week

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRjFqm8Agtm2ZDGEe9OQKYF-pVy34dTXI54e-Qpq5XzKRQ38whf84NzMj4bm7kAlzKIVwDYMXKFPLZnkillAXn5BOZ66LcoK9E9UkU-lu1e7pwaD4a2wi7ZAJGt-DKvwg4NqlkSz_imKN/s1600/Spitelout3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRjFqm8Agtm2ZDGEe9OQKYF-pVy34dTXI54e-Qpq5XzKRQ38whf84NzMj4bm7kAlzKIVwDYMXKFPLZnkillAXn5BOZ66LcoK9E9UkU-lu1e7pwaD4a2wi7ZAJGt-DKvwg4NqlkSz_imKN/s1600/Spitelout3.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Canadian viewers will be able to watch David Tennant's return to the Isle of Berk when he makes a guest appearance in <i>Dragons: Defenders Of Berk</i> next week. David reprises the role of Spitelout Jorgenson in the new episode <i>Race To Fireworm Island</i> which premieres on Teletoon on Wednesday 23rd October at 7.00pm ET/PT. It is repeated at 4.30am ET/PT early on Thursday morning and at 9.30am ET/PT on Saturday 26th October.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Synopsis<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dragons: Defenders Of Berk<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 5: <i>Race To <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Fireworm</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Island</st1:placetype></st1:place></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Snotlout is concerned when his dragon's flame goes out and the kids have to figure out how to reignite it before it's too late.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Defenders Of Berk</i> is the second season in the Dreamworks Dragons TV series, a spin off from the film <i>How To Train Your Dragon</i> (2010). The first season, <i>Riders Of Berk</i> aired last year. The series follows the further adventures of young Viking Hiccup, his dragon Toothless and the other inhabitants of Berk and the surrounding islands. David Tennant appeared briefly in the film as Spitelout, the father of Hiccup's rival Snotlout and again in the first season episode <i>Thawfest</i>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A second <i>How To Train Your Dragon</i> movie is scheduled for 2014. Dreamworks Dragons is based on the <i>How To Train Your Dragon</i> series of books by Cressida Cowell.</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div>

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Canadian viewers will be able to watch David Tennant's return to the Isle of Berk when he makes a guest appearance in Dragons: Defenders Of Berk next week. David reprises the role of Spitelout Jorgenson in the new episode Race To Fireworm Island whic…

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CANADA: Space To Broadcast Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4QQtr-9ssQWsA_gCqEBTPiKiMGwYKJWMXNpnThFNIvFRTvK5LcfRlsJBcXs-XxQkr3LOJ9ADXN5eiXaZxqM8W_kCBCkGhyFINWiDFDRLQhpZjxyklA40JcyuBEFlSEjMcBGXbhzTu7E/s1600/DT-Revisited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4QQtr-9ssQWsA_gCqEBTPiKiMGwYKJWMXNpnThFNIvFRTvK5LcfRlsJBcXs-XxQkr3LOJ9ADXN5eiXaZxqM8W_kCBCkGhyFINWiDFDRLQhpZjxyklA40JcyuBEFlSEjMcBGXbhzTu7E/s640/DT-Revisited.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Space in Canada will broadcast the BBC America series of specials <i>Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited</i> from next weekend. The specials, which each focus on a different incarnation of the Doctor, include clips and exclusive interviews with actors and creatives involved with the show. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Space say:</span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Leading up to the 50th festivities, Space is going back in time to pay tribute to every incarnation of the Time Lord with the new weekly broadcast event DOCTOR WHO REVISITED. Beginning Saturday, Oct. 12 through Nov. 17, the retrospective docu-series looks back at adventures in time and space with each one of the 11 Doctors. DOCTOR WHO REVISITED features an illustrious collection of contributors including Executive Producer Steven Moffat, John “Captain Jack” Barrowman, David Tennant, Executive Producer Caroline Skinner, and genre demigod Neil Gaiman. Each one-hour special is immediately followed by two classic episodes of DOCTOR WHO chosen by the featured Doctor of the evening. From the original time-traveller William Hartnell, to scarf-sporting Tom Baker, to the TARDIS’ current bowtie-rocking occupant, Matt Smith, DOCTOR WHO REVISITED kicks off Saturday, Oct. 12 at 10 p.m. ET, before settling into its regular Saturdays and Sundays at 9 p.m. ET timeslot beginning Saturday, Oct.19.<br /><br />In the first instalment, “The First Doctor,” viewers are introduced to the iconic sci-fi series that continues to resonate 50 years later, examining in detail this “citizen of the universe”, to find out what makes the Doctor so unique. The episode takes a look at his time machine the TARDIS, introduces his companions, and confronts his most famous foes, the Daleks. Interviews with key cast and crew along with classic clips highlight the very first Doctor's (William Hartnell) key moments and iconic lines.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Watch Doctor Who Revisited - The First Doctor at 10pm ET on October 12th</b><br /><br />DOCTOR WHO REVISTED will be available online <a href="http://www.space.ca/"><span style="color: blue;">on the Space website</span></a> after broadcast.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant featured as a contributor to the shows about the first five Doctors and will shortly be the subject of his own special when the Tenth Doctor episode premieres on BBC America later this month. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />

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Space in Canada will broadcast the BBC America series of specials Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited from next weekend. The specials, which each focus on a different incarnation of the Doctor, include clips and exclusive interviews with actors and cre…

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Memo to Ontario: Collective bargaining benefits employers

Our brothers and sisters in Ontario are fending off a corporate-backed effort to pass a No Rights At Work law. Their version of a <strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;"><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/10/bombshell-kochs-sold-oil-equipment-to.html" style="color: #336699;">Benedict Arnold</a></strike> Koch brothers' <strike>stink</strike> think tank put out a study claiming No Rights At Work would boost manufacturing and create jobs.<br /><br />Andrew Jackson, a York University professor, wrote a terrific rebuttal in the <a href="http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/right-to-work-laws-are-no-solution-to-manufacturing-job-woes/article14086461/?service=mobile" rel="nofollow">Globe and Mail.</a> He cites a slew of studies that demonstrate: <br /><ul><li><a href="http://cms.bsu.edu/-/media/WWW/DepartmentalContent/MillerCollegeofBusiness/BBR/Publications/RightToWork/RightToWork.pdf" rel="nofollow">No significant link between anti-union laws and manufacturing employmen</a>t trends (by state) in the United States.</li><li>North Carolina, which has the lowest rate of unionization in the U.S., lost a third of its manufacturing jobs in the past 10 years. </li><li>Massachusetts and New Hampshire, which have significant high-tech industries, have unionization rates well above the American average and significant high-tech industries.</li><li>A <a href="http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821350805">World Bank study</a> found no relationship between the rate of unionization and national economic or employment performance.</li><li>Unions reduce inequality. </li><li>Unions result in higher productivity and lower turnover. </li></ul>Read the whole thing <a href="http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/right-to-work-laws-are-no-solution-to-manufacturing-job-woes/article14086461/?service=mobile" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />

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Our brothers and sisters in Ontario are fending off a corporate-backed effort to pass a No Rights At Work law. Their version of a Benedict Arnold Koch brothers' stink think tank put out a study claiming No Rights At Work would boost manufacturing and…

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