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Man charged with sexual assault after women answer Kijiji job ads for massage therapist – Toronto

Toronto Police say a man has been charged after posting ads online for a massage therapist and allegedly sexually assaulting two women who answered them and attended a spa. Police said between September 2016 and December 2022, two separate women responded to job postings on Kijiji for a massage attendant …

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Canada needs homes built but doesn’t have workers to do it. Are robots the answer? – National

  This is part three of a four-part series examining how automation will change Canadians’ lives, for better or worse. Homebuilders and policymakers have been grappling for years with a problem that comes, fundamentally, down to arithmetic: the number of homes Canada must build keeps growing, and the number of …

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Is installing blue lights the answer to deterring drug use in public bathrooms?

The owner-operator of a Tim Hortons in Woodstock, Ont., says installing blue lights in its washrooms has decreased the number of drug overdoses in the coffee shop. Some businesses have installed blue lights in their public washrooms in an effort to curb intravenous drug use there, working on the concept the lights reduce vein visibility. But …

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Just what is an essential service, anyway? BCGEU strike highlights history of made-in-B.C. answer to debate

When union members threw up picket lines outside B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch sites earlier this month, British Columbians may have wondered why the flow of alcohol and cannabis was considered essential during the pandemic — but not in the context of a looming strike. The answer lies in the very concept of …

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Are turnstiles the answer to Calgary’s transit woes? Cities that took the plunge tell us what they know

St. Louis just committed to spending $52 million US to install gates or turnstiles at its transit stations, and many Calgarians point to Vancouver as a success story because it restricted access to its stations in 2016. Cities across the world have taken this step, and now Calgary’s city council is …

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Get mad at the right things. Why enforcement can’t be the only answer for CTrain security

Fifteen years ago, taking the CTrain downtown was cramped and uncomfortable, but as a student, it got me from A to B.  Taking the train today is more like my old shifts at the Drop-in Centre — frequent emotional outbursts from people under the influence and emergency personnel attending to …

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