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Anada Post: Post and Pipeline Project

anada post: Both sides said late Monday that they would continue to negotiate with the help of a special mediator into Tuesday, according to Brandon Sun. Canada Post has been bargaining with its employees for more than nine months, but both sides were far apart as of late last week on key issues including pension changes and pay scales.———NEB CANCELS OPENING DAY OF ENERGY EAST HEARINGSProtesters forced the cancellation on Monday of the first day of hearings in Montreal into Trans Canada Energy East Pipeline project with police making three arrests. Trudeau has called the weeklong trip an opportunity to do a bit of a "reset" of a relationship that he said was hot and cold under the previous Harper government.———CANADA POST, CUPW AGREE TO NEW EXTENSIONCanada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have agreed to extend mediation by another 24 hours. The National Energy Board said it was also postponing today session because of what it called a "violent disruption." The board said it would release details today on how it will proceed with the Montreal hearings.———SECOND PROGRESS REPORT ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN MILITARY TO BE RELEASEDChief of Defence Staff will release the second progress report addressing sexual misconduct in the Canadian military. Jonathan Vance said the new sexual misconduct response centre fielded more than 100 complaints of sexual assault or harassment since it opened in September, resulting in eight DETENTION FACES LEGAL CHALLENGEA Jamaican man gets a rare chance today to ask a Superior Court in Toronto to look at whether his ongoing immigration detention is justified. When its first progress report was released in February in February, Gen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.