by People's Voice Niagara Bureau
* Yet another patient at a Niagara Falls hospital died from the latest C-Difficile outbreak, with 16 more still infected there, and 19 in other Niagara hospitals. The deaths continue, after 38 died in previous outbreaks, while the administration responds with anything other than restoring services, staff, and beds which were cut earlier. Hospital workers and unions have warned that without the resources they need the root cause won’t be addressed.
* 8,000 Port Colborne residents whose land was poisoned by Inco have filed their case with the Supreme Court of Canada, after an Ontario court overturned their reparations because even though Inco is responsible it was within environmental laws.
* The Niagara Catholic District School Board is still refusing to recognize Gay-Straight Alliances and is trying to side-step the issue of homophobia by instead having “Respecting Differences” clubs, which dilute the issues of homophobia and patriarchy into bullying in general.
* Students occupied Brock University’s Schmon Tower lobby on Feb. 1 as part of a movement to reduce tuition fees.
* St. Catharines is considering reducing Sunday bus service because uploading services has not been done sufficiently to relieve the municipal budget.
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