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California firefighters battled wind-fuelled wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area, destroying homes, clogging roadways as tens of thousands fled and straining resources as officials prepared for the situation to worsen early Wednesday. The flames from a fire that broke out Tuesday evening near a nature preserve in the …
Read More »Car crashes into living room of Ontario house, forcing homeowners out: OPP
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two Ontario homeowners are lucky to be walking away uninjured after a car crashed through the front of their house while they were in the room on Wednesday night. Grey Bruce OPP say they were called to the home on Sir Johns …
Read More »Warm weather forcing adaptations in Winnipeg’s winter tourism – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Unexpected warmer weather this winter has delayed the opening of Winnipeg’s iconic river trail, which forced winter tourism adaptations in the city. The Nestaweya River trail did not open until last Thursday making it the latest opening date ever. “We had a …
Read More »Mississauga man arrested for forcing 2 women into sex trade: police – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Mississauga man has been arrested and charged after allegedly forcing two women into the sex trade. According to Peel Regional Police, the man forcibly confined one of his victims and forced her to work in the sex trade, while procuring the …
Read More »‘Quiet quitting’ isn’t really quitting, but it is forcing employers to adapt
Clocking out at 5 p.m. on the dot, only doing your assigned daily tasks, limiting chats with colleagues and no working overtime. These are the distinctive features of “quiet quitting,” a term coined to describe how people are approaching their jobs and professional lives differently to manage burnout. Have a question or …
Read More »Transgender advocates call out WestJet for forcing passengers to identify as male or female
Transgender advocates across Canada are calling out national airline WestJet for not allowing people to choose X as a gender, instead of male or female, when booking flights. They say WestJet is violating their human rights. “It is a legal gender marker in our laws, it’s a violation of the Charter [of Rights …
Read More »Australia passes world’s first law forcing Facebook, Google to pay for news
In a first, the Parliament in Australia cleared the amendment in a law for making giants like Facebook and Google pay to media companies for their news content. What’s the new law? The Parliament on Thursday passed amendments to the popular News Media Bargaining Code as per the agreemen reached …
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