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A California-based HR tech company says it will acquire a Vancouver-based bookkeeping service that abruptly halted operations last week. Bench Accounting announced its sudden closure on Friday, putting hundreds of staff out of work and forcing clients to seek alternatives just days from the end of the year. Employer.com says in …
Read More »These Ontario residents sparked an unlikely friendship and they owe it all to a green bench
Cecile Wilkinson always wanted grandchildren. This past June, she finally got her wish — though it didn’t happen as you might expect. Wilkinson was sitting on a green bench at the library branch in Tecumseh, Ont., when a young teenage boy sat down beside her. The 83-year-old lives at The Village of …
Read More »Vancouver resident says hospital discharging patients onto street bench – BC
A resident who lives near Vancouver General Hospital says he regularly witnesses hospital staff and security discharging patients onto a street bench. “They rush them to this bench, and they are left there to fend for themselves sometimes in not much more than a hospital gown,” Remi Caudron said. “Just yesterday, …
Read More »Honoring a beautiful life: Memorial bench unveiled for Jordyn Reimer – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A memorial bench was unveiled on a bike trail near the Transcona Bioreserve in Winnipeg to honour the beautiful life of Jordyn Reimer, who was taken away from her family a year ago when her car was hit by a drunk driver. …
Read More »Centre Ice Conservatives are warming the bench for now
Speaking to a gathering of self-described “Centre Ice Conservatives” in Edmonton on Thursday, former British Columbia premier Christy Clark offered a tidy explanation for why the people in the room had come together. “When you look across the country, what we see are political leaders rushing to the fringes. Political …
Read More »Flowers, painted rocks stolen from memorial bench for B.C. teen actor who died 2 years ago
Each week, Marlyse Williams cleans and looks after a bench in Port Coquitlam, B.C., that honours her late son, actor Logan Williams, who died two years ago of a fentanyl overdose at the age of 16. The Pitt River Trail bench was adorned with photos of Logan, flowers, succulents and hand-painted rocks. …
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