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Subsidized newspaper chain fined $10,000 for migrant worker violations

A B.C. newspaper chain that received federal subsidies has been slapped with a $10,000 fine for violating migrant labour rules, the labour department confirmed.

Blacklock’s Reporter says Discourse Community Publishing Ltd., which runs weeklies and news sites including The Discourse, Sun Peaks Independent News, IndigiNews, The Wren Kamloops and The Revelstoke Mountaineer, was fined September 12 under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program.

(Incognito)

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