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Tue, 18 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Employers look for new ways to recruit as aging workers contribute to ongoing labour shortage
Companies in many sectors across Canada are reworking their hiring practices as they face high post-lockdown demand for services and a tight labour market.

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
For one year, I desperately chased sleep. Once I stopped trying, it found me
Saniya Warwaruk tried — and abandoned — pills, potions and breathing exercises in her year-long battle with insomnia. Finally, she realized her own anxiety about not sleeping was fuelling the flam...

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Emergencies Act inquiry to hear from outgoing Ottawa mayor today
The public inquiry looking into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act in response to last winter’s convoy protests will hear from departing Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson today. ...

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:52:49 EDT
Loblaw's decision to freeze prices on all No Name items until January labelled a 'PR strategy'
Canada's biggest grocer is freezing prices on all its No Name products until next year as double-digit food inflation sends grocery bills spiralling.

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:04:01 EDT
2 children dead, man arrested in Laval, Que.
Police in Laval, Que., say a 46-year-old man has been arrested after two children — a 13-year-old girl and and an 11-year-old boy — died in the city's Sainte-Dorothée district Monday evening. ...

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:41:35 EDT
What 2 new studies reveal about long COVID in Canada
Two new large-scale reports, one published by Statistics Canada and the other in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, are giving a clearer picture of the long-term impacts of COVID-19 infections ...

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:25:06 EDT
State of emergency declared on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast because of drought
A state of local emergency declared on the Sunshine Coast because of drought includes an order for breweries, water bottlers and non-medical cannabis growers to shut down water use starting at 11:5...

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 21:22:49 EDT
Ottawa to help Saskatchewan First Nations establish community-led policing
Grand Chief Brian Hardlotte of the Prince Albert Grand Council joined federal and provincial public safety ministers on Monday to sign an agreement to prioritize community safety and possibly explore ...

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 18:18:01 EDT
Governor General strips Inuk Johnny Issaluk of Order of Canada
Josephine Laframboise, a spokesperson for the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, said the advisory council for the Order of Canada found reason to remove Issaluk.

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Residents and community leaders say poverty and homelessness on the rise in Sask.
Monday is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Inflation and rising costs of living are affecting everyone, but especially the more vulnerable in our society.

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:44:48 EDT
This Ontario woman couldn't find Diwali greeting cards. So she started a company to make her own
A lack of South Asian greeting cards in the GTA has prompted one Brampton woman to start her own line of holiday cards for people from those communities. 

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:44:36 EDT
'Very paternalistic': National chief voices concerns with proposed reconciliation council
Testifying before the House of Commons Indigenous affairs committee, the head of the AFN called elements of the proposed national council for reconciliation "very concerning."

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:01:25 EDT
Emergencies Act inquiry to hear from outgoing Ottawa mayor today

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:00:00 EDT
Sudbury, Ont., woman surprised coffee shop rejected her 36-year-old $5 bill
A Sudbury, Ont., woman was surprised when staff at a coffee shop in the city refused to accept her payment with an old $5 bill.

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
The rapid, dramatic windfall for provincial governments
Most provincial governments are in a much better financial position than they were earlier this year, but experts warn the windfall will be short-lived as the economy begins to slow and interest rates...

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 12:52:12 EDT
Daniel Nestor on International Tennis Hall of Fame ballot for 2023
Canadian tennis great Daniel Nestor on Monday was named to the ballot for the 2023 class of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 06:00:00 EDT
First Winnipeg shelter for Muslim women and children opens, hopes to offer a sense of belonging
Winnipeg's first shelter for Muslim women and children opened its doors last week, with the hope that it will create a sense of safety and belonging for those in need.

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Canada's ERs are under intense pressure — and winter is coming
With rising COVID-19 cases and staff shortages, hospital emergency departments are jammed up in much of the country even before the traditional flu season begins, raising concerns about the winter mon...

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Parents of sick baby speak out against Windsor, Ont., hospital's policy limiting NICU visitors
The parents of a sick newborn want more family access to month-old Olivia Gagnon, who's in Windsor Regional Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. However, the hospital says its rule allowing two es...

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:00:00 EDT
Empty park and ride dubbed useless $8M 'cement playground'
Ottawa's Chapel Hill South park and ride opened in October 2019. Three years later, residents in nearby communities call it a "white elephant" and a waste of their tax dollars.



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