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Fight intensifies over player compensation in Canada’s major junior hockey leagues
(Rick Westhead, www.tsn.ca – Jun 07, 2018 / Photo :The Canadian Press) Former Quebec Major Junior Hockey League player Brandon Hynes has testified that the Victoriaville Tigres didn’t provide him…
Gabriel Nadeau fights for QMJHL players rights
Le co-porte-parole de Québec solidaire, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, est décidément très coriace lorsqu’un sujet lui tient à cœur… (MARIE-RENÉE GRONDIN, www.journaldequebec.com – Jun 05, 2018 / Photo : Radio-Canada) Il en…
NHLPA player agent talks about his exchange with Gilles Croteau about players claims of sexual abuse
LHJMQ : UNE VIEILLE HISTOIRE D’AGRESSION SEXUELLE ET UNE RÉACTION INAPPROPRIÉE DU PRÉSIDENT (Kevin Malenfant, www.danslescoulisses.com – Jun 05, 2018 / Photo : ND) Gilles Lupien est peut-être un nom…
WAIPU appears in Quebec city to fight for QMJHL players rights for wages and education
(www.assnat.qc.ca – Labour and Economy Audition – WAIPU North America – 29/05/2018) http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/video-audio/archives-parlementaires/travaux-commissions/AudioVideo-76857.html
Bafouer les droits des joueurs de la LHJMQ n’est pas une solution honorable
(MARTIN LECLERC, ici.radio-canada.ca – May 17, 2018 / Photo : Radio-Canada) BILLET – Dans une société évoluée comme la nôtre, modifier une loi dans le but spécifique d’abroger un droit…
WAIPU sends its prayers to the families and all who have been affected in this tragedy accident
Death toll increases to 15 after Humboldt Broncos bus crash leaves country in grief, shock (THE GLOBE AND MAIL, 7 April 2018) Grief-stricken families, players and coaches shared stunned eulogies…
WAIPU exposes major flaws in CHL
(Rick Westhead, www.tsn.ca – Mar. 2, 2018 / Pic:Tyler Maxwell and James McEwan , WHL/Getty Images) WHL to examine allegations by former players of scholastic fraud, refusal of medical treatment.…
Alberta Court rules in favor of WHL players in Class Action to go forward
(Walter v Western Hockey League, 2017 ABQB 382 (CanLII) – Nov. 29, 2017) Justice Hall certified all of the causes of action pleaded by the plaintiffs, including (1) breach of…
CHL players win major Court Ruling that paves the way for players to get minimum wage back pay
(By RICK WESTHEAD, www.tsn.ca, Apr. 27, 2017 – Picture: Tara Walton/Toronto Star via Getty Images) (Updated with statement from the OHL at 4:44pm et) Former Ontario Hockey League players who…
Star investigation: Documents contradict CHL stance on junior players amid lawsuit
(By ROBERT CRIBB, Investigative Reporter – thestar.com – Mon., Oct. 31, 2014 – Picture: CHRIS SO / TORONTO STAR) Junior hockey player employment records, league contracts, U.S. immigration documents and…
