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Kings get some revenge on Siskins with 7-5 win Wednesday.................. »22 THE OBSERVER | Saturday, November 22, 2008
Young songwriter to release first album
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Sign of the season Car-VErsUs-PICkUP Woolwich firefighters tend to a car after a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Oriole Parkway and Arthur Street in Elmira nov. 18. Although both vehicles were badly damaged, no one was injured. PHOTOS | MArc MiquEl HElSEn One of the drivers was charged with ‘turn not in safety.’
No extended hours for elmira post office Canada Post rejects proposal submitted by employees in response to Shoppers Drug Mart bid with contractors, Elmira post- the office to remain open an al workers asked for longer additional two hours each hours in the evening, noting night. The company, howSuccessful in its bid to keep residents have complained ever, has decided against the postal services out of the about finding the doors closed move. “We’re not considering that newly opened Shoppers Drug when they return home from Mart in Elmira, the local post work. Currently, the Elmira at this point in time,” said office has been rebuffed in at- branch is open from 8 a.m. to Tom Dalby, manager of comtempts to extend hours of op- 5:15 p.m. Monday through Fri- munications for Canada Post, Huron-Rideau region. eration at the Arthur Street day. The employees’ plan, pitched “It’s not going to happen; we location. As part of their campaign to Canada Post through the don’t feel that it’s required.” banner ad - observer_final:Layout 1 11/17/08 1:10 PM PagePushing 1 Union of Postal for extended sertoIAkeep services at the exist- Canadian ing facility rather than going Workers (CUPW) called for vices, CUPW representatives
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submitted their proposal earlier in the fall, arguing that it would help meet the demands of the community. “I’m being told by the [employees] at that retail outlet that their sales have been climbing quite dramatically in the last couple years,” said John Wastell, president of CUPW Local 560 in Kitchener, which represents the Elmira facility. Workers at the post office in-
sist that the extended hours are crucial for those residents who during the day work in the city and who, as a result, often find the post office closed by the time they get back into town. For his part, Dalby suggested that these customers can fulfill their needs via other retail outlets. “There’s lots of service in the general area from our retail See POSTAL page »12
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