{"id":87151,"date":"2023-08-04T11:16:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T15:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=87151"},"modified":"2023-08-31T10:46:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:46:55","slug":"in-the-news-falling-cannabis-prices-grocery-workers-strike-and-a-global-search-for-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/08\/in-the-news-falling-cannabis-prices-grocery-workers-strike-and-a-global-search-for-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE NEWS: Falling cannabis prices, grocery workers strike and a global search for rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the falling price of legal cannabis, ongoing labour action taking place across Canada, a search for rock samples, a year living with seniors and the donation of rare travel books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ontario is lowering its markups on pot, as cannabis companies struggle to stay afloat:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Operations Research Michael Armstrong spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-cannabis-pricing-wholesale-retail-1.6921175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/steph-vivier-w-michael-armstrong-associate-prof-of-operations-research-1.20074734?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and seven CBC radio stations across Ontario about the reasons for a drop in the price of legal cannabis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recent string of rejected agreements show Canadian workers are fighting to catch up, experts say:<\/strong> Professors from Brock\u2019s Department of Labour Studies completed more than a dozen radio, television and print interviews about a strike by workers at Metro stores as well as additional labour action taking place across the country. Highlights included Professor Larry Savage speaking with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-recent-string-of-rejected-agreements-show-canadian-workers-are\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Globe and Mail<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/windsor.ctvnews.ca\/we-re-looking-for-a-fair-deal-information-picket-held-by-chartwell-leamington-employees-1.6504531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV Windsor<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/the-big-issue-is-money-pickets-remain-at-27-metro-stores-as-3-700-workers\/article_4af0bf60-287d-5c91-be3a-574399bad915.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Star<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/metro-workers-latest-to-strike-as-canada-sees-a-wave-of-job-actions-1.6499801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV News<\/a>; Associate Professor Simon Black speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio\/1-39-metro-morning\/clip\/16000948-why-striking-metro-workers-part-larger-movement-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro Morning<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9867957\/summer-strikes-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global News<\/a>; and Associate Professor Alison Braley-Rattai on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/2251083331938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC\u2019s The National<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/steph-vivier-w-alison-braley-rattai-associate-prof-of-labour-studies-at-brock-u-1.20078142?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/psac-union-parliament-hill-contract-deal-talks-1.6925603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC Ottawa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock professor joins Mars sample return mission, collecting ancient rocks on Earth:<\/strong> Professor of Earth Sciences Mariek Schmidt spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/brock-professor-joins-mars-sample-return-mission-collecting-ancient-rocks-on-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHCH<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/mariek-schmidt-brock-university-professor-of-earth-sciences-collecting-ancient-rocks-on-earth-1.20077014?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5cLEzoPzgBaPggBQlLnZIk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHML 900<\/a> about a project she is involved in to define a set of rock samples on Earth that are comparable to rock samples that will be collected on Mars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock University student who lived with seniors for a year emerges with new outlook:<\/strong> Master of Applied Gerontology student Ella Laygo spoke to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/life\/brock-university-student-who-lived-with-seniors-for-a-year-emerges-with-new-outlook\/article_fd67e327-6b18-5403-9c1b-32af33bec039.html?li_source=base&amp;li_medium=life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Catharines Standard<\/a> about her participation in a program that saw her spend a year living alongside seniors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock University&#8217;s Archives and Special Collections now home to rare collection of travel book series:<\/strong> Brock\u2019s Head of Archives and Special Collections David Sharron spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niagarathisweek.com\/news\/brock-universitys-archives-and-special-collections-now-home-to-rare-collection-of-travel-book-series\/article_8fa3b931-9b0e-5b47-8289-53898ecc6896.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niagara This Week<\/a> about a collection of rare travel books donated to the University by longtime supporters of Brock David Murray and Elizabeth Surtees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the falling price of legal cannabis, ongoing labour action taking place across Canada, a search for rock samples, a year living with seniors and the donation of rare travel books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":87153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,7,188,55,6,41,38],"tags":[7114,5682,3059,7488,607,348,522,594,3335,4358,852,4395,3856],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87151"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87592,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87151\/revisions\/87592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}