Category : Times Colonist

Three Times Colonist reporters finalists for Jack Webster Awards

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Source: timescolonist.com Three Times Colonist reporters are finalists for two Jack Webster Awards, which recognize excellence in B.C. journalism. Katie DeRosa is nominated in the feature/enterprise reporting category for a story about a man living in a shed. The story highlighted the revolving door of the criminal justice system. Louise Dickson and Lindsay Kines are vying for the legal journalism award …

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Guild Ratifies New Four Year Collective Agreement

Written on Sep, 29, 2015 by in , | Leave a comment

Dear Members:  The Guild has ratified the new four year collective agreement after meetings were held at 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. today. Unifor, which represents our Compositors and Pressmen, and CWA-SCA  Mailers also ratified the new contract last week. Thank you for the great turnout by our members. Regards, Deb England Bill Cleverley Grant Wittkamp Deborah Service-Brewster Chris Carolan

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NEGOTIATION UPDATE

Written on Jun, 23, 2015 by in , , | Leave a comment

Talks between the Company and the Victoria Joint Council of Newspapers have broken off, as the Joint Councils latest offer was rejected by the company.  Severance pay, health benefits and wages remain outstanding. No further meetings are scheduled. Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions.

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Members ratify new contract at Times Colonist

Written on Oct, 11, 2012 by in , , , , , | Leave a comment

Here are the voting results from the  Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions: TNG-CWA Guild              96% in favour of tentative agreement. TNG-CWA Mailers          92% in favour of tentative agreement. CEP Compositors             86% in favour of tentative agreement. CEP Pressmen                   73% in favour …

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Joint Council and Company Reach 4-Year Tentative Agreement

Written on Oct, 05, 2012 by in , , , , | Leave a comment

  A Tentative Agreement has been reached between the Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions and the Times Colonist. The Joint Council and Company agreed on a four year contract which will expire on January 2, 2015. There were no concessions. Term: 2011       0% 2012       0% December 1, 2012 $250.00 signing bonus January 2 2013 …

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NEGOTIATION UPDATE

Written on Jun, 06, 2012 by in , , , | Leave a comment

NEGOTIATIONS WITH GLACIER MEDIA COMMENCE JUNE 29 Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions Negotiations between the Victoria Times Colonist and the Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions will commence on Friday, June 29, 2012.  The CEP (Compositors, Platemakers and Pressmen) will be the first of the Unions to meet the company to discuss their “peculiar” issues. Further meetings will be scheduled …

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Times Colonist wins top reporting award

Written on Oct, 27, 2011 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source: timescolonist.com The Times Colonist has won the 2011 Jack Webster Award for best news reporting of the year. Times Colonist reporter Katie DeRosa took home the prize in the best news reporting category for print for her series “Policing the police.” Read entire story here

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CBC Radio interviews of Times Colonist sale

Written on Oct, 20, 2011 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source: cbc.ca/ontheisland/    iTunes Podcast @ CBC Hawking papers. The Victoria Times Colonist and many other island papers have been sold. We’ll hear about their new owner, Glacier Media.   CBC Radio interview with Andrew MacLeod of The Tyee [audio:http://vving.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cbc-times-colonist.mp3|titles=Andrew MacLeod interview]   CBC Radio interview with Chris Carolan, President of the Victoria-Vancouver Island Newspaper Guild [audio:http://vving.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/chris-carolan-interview.mp3|titles=Chris Carolan interview]   No …

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Let’s hope sale of Victoria Times Colonist means better days ahead for local jobs, journalism

Written on Oct, 19, 2011 by in , , , , | Leave a comment

NEWS RELEASE – CWA|SCA CANADA   October 19, 2011 / OTTAWA — CWA|SCA Canada, the union that represents workers at the Victoria Times Colonist, is cautiously optimistic about the sale of the paper to Glacier Media. For years, Postmedia has been cutting jobs and sacrificing quality across the chain to service a huge debt load. Glacier appears to be in …

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Postmedia’s Vancouver Island Newspapers Sold

Written on Oct, 19, 2011 by in , , , | Leave a comment

Source: youtube.com/user/ctvvi – http://www.ctvvancouverisland.ca

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