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Better paid sick leave might be coming to some provinces, but only after painful delay
Political circumstances and the pandemic’s harsh reality have finally forced the debate over paid sick leave in Ontario a step closer to a...
Victims of Ponzi scheme call for reopening of probe into offshore money transfers
Victims of a massive investment fraud that operated for years out of Montreal and siphoned more than $500 million offshore are calling on...
Ontario health unit partially closes 2 Amazon fulfilment centres to control COVID-19 outbreaks
Peel Public Health announced on Saturday that it has partially closed two Amazon fulfilment centres to control COVID-19 outbreaks in those workplaces. The...
‘More people are catching on’: Travellers using U.S.-Canada land border to avoid quarantine hotels
Greg Peacock walked across the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ont., and back into Canada with his three puppies in hand, pausing to...
Toronto, Peel to close businesses with 5 or more COVID-19 cases linked to the workplace
Toronto and Peel Region are issuing orders to force businesses with five or more cases of COVID-19 in the past two weeks to...
Woman with dementia locked into 10-year home-heating contract — with a $15K lien on her property
When Matt Fuchs needed money to hire a home-care worker for his 82-year-old mother, who has dementia, he figured getting a line of credit...
Dandies rebelled against social, gender and fashion norms for 200 years. Some say time is ripe for a revival
When I started my menswear blog about a decade ago, I wanted to name it “The Hogtown Dandy.” It combined one of the...
Courier giant DHL padded own pockets with ‘hidden fees,’ class action alleges
A Vancouver law firm is going to court against DHL, alleging the courier giant profited by misrepresenting some of the fees it charges...
Airline deal means taxpayers once again take a risk on corporate Canada
Once again taxpayers have stepped in to throw a multibillion-dollar lifeline to corporate Canada, but this time it looks as though Canadians may actually make...
School custodian refuses to download phone app that monitors location, says it got her fired
Michelle Dionne was excited about her new job, helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by doing extra cleaning in an elementary school...
‘If you’re sick, stay home’ is a non-starter for many Canadians
The debate around paid sick leave has grown louder and more urgent in the past several weeks as COVID-19 cases have continued to soar...
Is now the time to make global corporations pay their fair share?
As the procrastinators among us worry over our own tax forms, it may be a little galling to think about the shrinking share of taxes paid...
Ontario to impose stay-at-home order, closing non-essential retail, sources say
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is scheduled to hold a news conference at 2 p.m. ET. You’ll be able to watch it live in...
Shortage of N.B. health-care providers forces student to pay out of pocket to see gynecologist
Mhàiri Agnew has suffered from recurring abdominal pain for more than half of her life. When she first complained as a child, her longtime...
Toronto mom spent her severance pay on car insurance, but ended up uninsured
Yasmine Sharaf thought she had scored a great deal on car insurance. The 48-year-old Toronto mother of three needed a lucky break; she had been...
