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POSTAL WORKERS TO VOTE ON OFFER

OTTAWA — Unionized Canada Post workers will get a chance to vote directly on the employers’ offer for a new collective agreement starting on Monday.

The Canadian Industrial Relations Board will run the vote July 21 to Aug. 1.

Canada Post has been at an impasse with the union representing roughly 55,000 postal service workers for months.

Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu last month asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to step in and put the Crown corporation’s latest offer to a vote from workers themselves.

That deal would see wage hikes for postal workers as well as changes aimed at rolling out seven-day-a-week delivery — a move Canada Post argues is critical for its struggling business.

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has urged members to vote no on the proposal and has instituted a national ban on overtime while it pushes for a better deal.

PICASSO BACK ON DISPLAY

MONTREAL — The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts says a Pablo Picasso painting that was vandalized last month by climate activists is back on display.

An environmental activist with Last Generation Canada smeared washable paint on the 1901 painting “The Hetaera” on June 19.

One man was arrested and charged with mischief.

The museum says the work was covered by protective glass but the gilding on the frame was damaged and needed to be restored.

The painting is part of the Berthe Weill, Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-garde exhibit.

It will remain on display in Montreal until Sept. 7.

B.C. COAST IS CLEAR FOR TSUNAMI

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s emergency information agency says there is no tsunami threat to the province after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake rattled Alaska’s panhandle.

The all-clear for B.C.’s coast came after the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning for parts of southern Alaska and the peninsula.

It says a tsunami has been confirmed for the area and impacts are expected.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck off the peninsula’s coast near Sand Point, Alaska, at 1:37 p.m.

It’s unclear if anyone in British Columbia felt the quake.

» The Canadian Press

The centre issued the warning in Alaska for more than 1,100 kilometres of coastline and while most of the area is lightly populated, the warning covers the community of Kodiak, with a population of about 5,200 people.

» The Canadian Press