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Desperate employers dangle signing bonuses to lure in workers
Security systems firm Fitch Security Integration had to lay off employees at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Now the company is facing...
How Canadian tourism sustains Cuba’s army and one-party state
Standing on a street corner in Montreal, Reinaldo Rodriguez has a message for Canadians. “Canadian tourists are feeding the Cuban regime,” he told...
Business travel isn’t expected to return to pre-pandemic levels anytime soon
Kacey Siskind recently took her first business trip to the U.S. since the pandemic began. The vice-president of business development at Honk Mobile, a parking...
Millions meant for residential school survivors spent on Catholic Church lawyers, administration: documents
The Roman Catholic Church spent millions of dollars that were supposed to go to residential school survivors on lawyers, administration, a private fundraising...
Supply bottlenecks leave U.S. Fed watching for persistent inflation
By American standards, Canadian inflation looks pretty tame. But the picture painted by U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell suggests we should expect price rises...
Cord Blood Bank of Canada owner claims in lawsuit all samples destroyed 3 years ago, but hasn’t told clients
A Toronto company that was paid to store potentially life-saving stem cells from the children of roughly 3,000 clients across Canada is now...
Long waits for Toronto-area nursing homes geared to cultural groups reflect need for more of them, report says
Lily Wong was admitted to the Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto at age 88, several years after she had a...
B.C. man accused of stealing $200K in 2019 CRA phone scam has fled Canada, court documents say
A former resident of B.C.’s Lower Mainland allegedly fled Canada after posting a $10,000 release bond following his arrest by immigration officials investigating a...
WestJet drops out of talks with government on pandemic aid
Calgary-based WestJet said today that after months of negotiations, it has officially ended talks with the federal government on a financial aid package to...
Stock markets fall, oil prices plummet as COVID-19 fears rise again
The Toronto Stock Exchange had its worst day in months on Monday as rising COVID-19 infections around the world gave investors a sobering...
The Unsaid Truth About What Happened To Barry Weiss After Storage Wars
Fan-favorite Barry Weiss disappeared from the spotlight in 2015 after his short-lived spin-off “Storage Wars: Barry Strikes Back” ended. Since he isn’t active...
How ‘choice’ in child care might play out in the coming federal election
In one respect, the summer of 2021 is a lot like the fall of 2005: with the possibility of an election looming, a minority Liberal...
Controversial Calgary mayoral candidate’s latest criminal trial to begin
A Calgary mayoral candidate — recently described as “dangerous and out-of-control” by a judge — will go to trial Monday, accused of causing a disturbance. Kevin J. Johnston...
Memorial University to double tuition to $6K a year, ending 22-year freeze
Memorial University president Vianne Timmons announced an unprecedented tuition hike on Friday for future students of Newfoundland and Labrador’s only university. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)...
Former generals join fight to bring endangered Afghan interpreters to Canada
Three distinguished, former task force commanders from Canada’s war in Afghanistan have written an urgent appeal to the immigration minister to restart a...
