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Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
Forget 9 to 5. These experts say the time has come for the results-only work environment
A management strategy known as the results-only work environment (ROWE) has seen a surge in interest during the COVID-19 pandemic, says one of the architects of the system.

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
The CBC's Eli Glasner picks the 21 best films of 2021
It was a year when theatres reopened, long delayed franchises returned and movies big and small welcomed fans back in the dark. The CBC's Eli Glasner runs down the best films of 2021.

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
Federal government deposited nearly $26 million in the wrong bank accounts last year
The federal government deposited nearly $26 million into the wrong bank accounts last year — and more than $10 million of it may be gone for good. The misdirected deposits can cause hardship for Can...

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
Teen athletes relieved to return to sport but wary of more pandemic shutdowns
Since March 2020, teen athletes have been juggling pandemic schooling with sports shutdowns and patchy returns. Seven Canadian student athletes share what they've been going through.

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:00:41 EST
These refugees are desperate to get to Canada. But for some, the wait is almost 4 years long, and growing
Some queer refugees from Afghanistan and Syria face immediate risks to their lives, but resettlement organizations and experts say the Canadian government is not being transparent with its processes. ...

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
Military member waits almost a decade for defence department to process grievance
Canadian military commanders are often accused of showing indifference toward complaints from junior members — especially misconduct complaints. Now, the defence department's ombudsman reports t...

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:33:12 EST
B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway to reopen Monday to commercial traffic and inter-city buses
The Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) is set to reopen to commercial traffic and inter-city buses on Dec. 20, a month after it was significantly damaged by floods and mudslides. Officials have still not...

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 15:35:39 EST
2 Atlantic provinces commit to open borders, but 1 tightens up amid COVID-19 wave
Premiers for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick said this weekend they will keep borders open, but Newfoundland and Labrador is bringing in a five-day isolation period for any travellers.

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 22:21:01 EST
Some elective surgeries in Winnipeg to be postponed as COVID-19 cases rise
Starting Monday, some scheduled elective procedures in Winnipeg will be postponed to ensure life-saving surgical cases are prioritized, Shared Health says, as COVID-19 infections rise in Manitoba. ...

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 18:31:10 EST
Where provinces and territories stand on travel restrictions as Omicron concerns rise
When it comes to travel within Canada, provinces and territories may have their own set of restrictions and quarantine rules that people must follow in addition to federal guidelines.

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 13:00:00 EST
For evacuees forced out of their homes in B.C., Christmas will look very different this year
More than 1,000 people in British Columbia will be spending the Christmas holidays out of their homes this year, after being displaced from catastrophic flooding and fires in 2021, according to the pr...

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
Former, current ministers refuse to disclose documents in residential school case against Catholic Church
In the fall of 2015, someone in the federal government decided to drop a multimillion-dollar residential school compensation case against Catholic Church groups. Advocates decry what they call a 'cons...

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 11:00:00 EST
Trudeau says it's not just governments who can fight Quebec secularism law
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says citizens, not just governments, have a role to play in ensuring that fundamental rights are defended after a Muslim teacher in Quebec was removed from her teaching p...

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
Dreading holiday COVID-19 conversations? Help is out there
It's the time of year when many of us are looking forward to social outings or family gatherings, but divisions over COVID-19 vaccinations make planning and conversations around those events more cha...

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 09:34:48 EST
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Dec. 19
Large parts of Canada are starting to hunker down again as a fifth wave of COVID-19 appears to be building, with thousands of new cases being reported across the country.

Sun, 19 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
Quebec vaccine clinic uses virtual reality to distract kids from fear of COVID-19 shots
Along with a therapy dog, colourful balloons and a huge inflatable slide, nervous children at one vaccine clinic in Quebec also have the option of putting on a virtual reality headset to play a game w...

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 07:00:00 EST
Yukon father opens up about losing daughter to opioid overdose
Gary Bailie of Whitehorse lost his daughter Stacity, 27, to a fentanyl overdose in October. He's sharing her story as a reminder that there are people behind the statistics.

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 08:55:58 EST
Coronavirus: What happened in Canada and around the world on Dec. 18
As COVID-19 infections soar across the country, restrictions are being reintroduced in a desperate effort to try to slow the rampant spread of the Omicron variant.

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
Indigenous women make up almost half the female prison population, ombudsman says
Indigenous women now account for almost half of the female inmate population in federally run prisons, says a new report from Canada's correctional investigator.

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 04:00:00 EST
Nunavut's former deputy chief public health officer spills details on Iqaluit's water crisis
Nunavut’s former deputy chief public health officer Dr. Anne Huang says she flagged concerns to the City of Iqaluit about whether tests at the city’s water facilities were done properly in early O...



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