Ryan Straschnitzki was paralyzed from the chest down in the April 6th crash involving a semi-trailer and the Humboldt Broncos bus in Saskatchewan that killed 16 people and injured 13 others. CUPW members have been conducting rotating walkouts across the country as a special mediator tries to resolve the labour dispute. ——ALSO IN THE NEWS:— Matthew Vincent Raymond, accused of killing four people including two Fredericton police officers, is due back in court today. — Opponents of the Muskrat Falls hydro project in Newfoundland and Labrador will hold rally and civil disobedience on Parliament Hill. — The largest private donation ever to a public library in Canada will be unveiled by outgoing Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson.

Source: National Post October 29, 2018 08:15 UTC