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TORONTO — Ontario’s labour minister is aiming to solve an excrement predicament. Monte McNaughton is set to announce Wednesday that he is proposing to amend rules about bathrooms on construction sites to make them cleaner, safer and provide some for women only. Story continues below advertisement A Ministry of Labour …
Read More »Manitoba plans to require councillors, trustees to take leave to run provincially – Winnipeg
Municipal councillors and school board trustees in Manitoba may soon face new rules if they want to make the jump to provincial politics. A bill now before the legislature would require them to take unpaid leaves of absence to run for provincial office. Right now, municipal councillors must resign their …
Read More »Winnipeg man who says home care failed his dying wife plans to speak at Manitoba Legislature – Winnipeg
An empty bedroom now sits at the end of the hall where Eric de Schepper’s wife spent her final days. “Being in this room here is, is actually quite comfortable. It feels like there is still some essence of Katherine here,” de Schepper said Monday. Katherine Ellis died of pancreatic …
Read More »Top Chef Canada’s first Black winner plans to shake up the industry with Caribbean fine dining
For Tre Sanderson, cooking Caribbean food is not only baked in to his DNA, it’s his pride and joy. “Growing up in a household full of flavour, you know, my mom would always cook amazing, classic Caribbean dishes,” the 28-year-old told Global News one afternoon. “That love of food and …
Read More »Salesforce plans to cut staff by 10 per cent in latest tech layoffs – National
Salesforce Inc. said on Wednesday it would lay off about 10 per cent of its employees and close some offices, becoming the latest tech firm to undertake cost cuts amid an economic slowdown. The company expects the move to lead to about US$1.4 billion to US$2.1 billion in charges, of …
Read More »Plans afoot to raise wrecked ship that may have left B.C. with millions in gold aboard
Nearly 150 years after it left Victoria, B.C., for a final doomed voyage, preparations are being made to raise the wreck of the SS Pacific. The 225-foot paddlewheeler went down off the coast of Washington state on the rainy night of Nov. 4, 1875, en route from Victoria to San …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi expected to reveal future plans as early as today
With the Republicans guaranteed to retake control of the U.S. House of Representatives, the future of current Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful Democrat in Congress for a generation, will be known as early as today Speculation had already mounted that Pelosi, 82, might announce her departure if Democrats were …
Read More »Green leadership candidates tout plans to revitalize party in debate
Candidates running to become the next leader of the federal Green Party attempted to convince members that they are the best option to revitalize the party after a tumultuous few years marked by internal conflict and infighting. The first half of the Wednesday evening debate — which was held over Zoom — allowed …
Read More »Winnipeg’s next mayor loves jazz, hates putting up Christmas lights and plans to raise your taxes
Winnipeg’s next mayor is a former pastor who is known by some of his closest friends and family as a genuine, patient man — who also got very familiar with the penalty box while playing junior hockey as a teen. Scott Kitching has known Scott Gilllingham, who was elected as Winnipeg’s …
Read More »Many in Markham don’t speak English. So candidates are pitching plans in Cantonese, Mandarin
When candidate Ritch Lau is out knocking on doors, he starts by saying “hi” in all the languages he knows — English, Mandarin and Cantonese, his mother tongue. Lau is running for municipal council in Markham, where nearly 17 per cent of residents predominantly speak Cantonese at home; for Mandarin, it’s just over 12 per cent. He feels his approach especially …
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