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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Manitoba government has introduced a law that would lower the age of a child to attend school and remove barriers to students enrolling in schools in the area where they live, Early Childhood Learning Minister Nello Altomare announced on Wednesday. “We …
Read More »Sask raises minimum age to buy tobacco and vape products starting February – Regina
Descrease article font size Increase article font size As of Feb. 1, 19 years of age is the new requirement to buy certain tobacco and vaporizer products in Saskatchewan. The government of Saskatchewan passed proposed legislation to align the requirements to purchase tobacco with alcohol in October. It was finalized …
Read More »Ontario lowering age for regular breast cancer screenings to 40
TORONTO — Ontario is lowering the age for regular, publicly funded breast cancer screenings from 50 to 40, which Health Minister Sylvia Jones says will help with early detection. Jones is set to make the announcement later today and says the expansion will mean an additional 130,000 mammograms are completed …
Read More »‘He just loved music’: Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Guthro dies at age 62
Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Guthro has died at the age of 62 following a battle with cancer. J.P Cormier, a fellow Cape Breton artist and close friend of the late Guthro, said he heard of his death Wednesday morning after receiving a call from Guthro’s family. “We knew this was coming, …
Read More »Jimmy Buffet, ‘Margaritaville’ singer, dies at age 76 – National
Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song Margaritaville —and turned that celebration of loafing into a billion-dollar empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions — has died. He was 76. “Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his …
Read More »Ontario lowers minimum age for lifeguarding to 15
Ontario has lowered the minimum age requirement to become a lifeguard to 15 years old, saying the change is aimed at addressing a staffing shortage across the province. The minimum age requirement was previously 16, and the province said the change aligns with updated requirements from the Lifesaving Society’s certification course. …
Read More »B.C. broadcasting icon, Red Robinson, dies at the age of 86
Descrease article font size Increase article font size B.C. broadcasting icon, Red Robinson, has passed away at the age of 86. Robinson’s daughters, Kellie and Sherrie, shared the news on their father’s Facebook page Saturday night. They said their father passed away on Saturday morning at 8:15 a.m. after a …
Read More »Retirement age protests in France shed light on new retirement realities: Canadian experts – National
Protests erupted in France this week against plans to raise the retirement age, with experts saying that people don’t want to defer their retirement any longer. While the nationwide strikes have been unique to the situation in France, some experts say the events still underscore the fact that retirement as a general concept …
Read More »CAA Manitoba recommends checking car battery age as cold weather sets in – Winnipeg
1:57 CAA recommends checking car battery health now Clicking ignitions, struggling engines, popping hoods – familiar winter sounds as the cold weather takes a toll on vehicles, sounds CAA Manitoba employee Tiberio Pereira hears when he gets to work. He says most of the service requests he’s receiving these days …
Read More »She mostly hid her age at U of T. Now this 18-year-old has a master’s degree
When most girls approach their 18th birthdays, they may have an upcoming high school graduation on their minds, but Isabel Jewell was anticipating a very different ceremony — her master’s convocation. Jewell and her older sister Sophia both graduated this week with master’s degrees in Slavic languages and literatures from the University of Toronto. …
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