Read the fine waste print
WINNIPEG businesses should read the fine print when they sign or review contracts for waste removal, the Competition Bureau says.
The bureau notified Winnipeg businesses Friday that a voluntary agreement between three major waste removal companies has been dissolved now that one of the parties is refusing to honour the negotiated terms. In 2003, Canadian Waste Services, BFI Canada and Johnson Waste Management agreed to cap the length of contracts at three years and allow waste removal companies to match offers received by customers under contract from competitors after the bureau launched an investigation into the contracting practices of the "Big Three."
"If you are doing business with the big three, pay attention to those clauses. They should know what they sign and it's up to them to decide what is best for them," said Jean-Pierre Bornaif, of the Competition Bureau. The Bureau is also suggesting that businesses pay careful consideration to the "process and notice period for cancelling a contract," with waste removal companies and the "damages imposed for cancelling the contract before the end of its term."
Major grow op busted
POLICE discovered a huge grow operation in Royalwood on Thursday night. Using a search warrant on a home in the area of Westwater Drive and Shorehill Drive, police found a multistage marijuana grow operation with more than 1,000 plants and $25,000 worth of grow-operation equipment. Police estimate the street value of the operation to be more than $1.13 million.
The Winnipeg Police Service Green Team and Tactical Support Unit took part in the raid at around 11 p.m. There was no information provided Friday on any arrests.
Flood damage being fixed
THE Gray Academy of Jewish Education hopes to have all its classrooms open in September, after extensive flood damage struck the Tuxedo school late in June.
Some walls and floors have had to be replaced after a pipe used to service science labs on the fourth floor burst, head of school Rory Paul said recently.
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