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Read More »Montreal’s summer pedestrian streets are a hit. So why don’t we keep them going?
There are a lot of things Janice LaGiorgia loves about having a pedestrian street. During the pandemic, when she was feeling at her lowest, she said she’d leave her Verdun apartment and head toward Wellington St. “I would go out and I would walk and it made me feel so much …
Read More »Brier Island fisherman had a few bones to pick this summer — 150 to be precise
Jess Tudor of Brier Island in Digby County, N.S., has collected whale bones for years, but he took bone hunting to a new level over the summer. The proof is laid out in his driveway overlooking the Bay of Fundy: 150 bones from a dead juvenile humpback whale he first spotted in the water in early …
Read More »Cannonballs and grilled-cheese sandwiches: Ontario summer camp helps Ukrainian kids keep war at bay
Photos by Carly Thomas After Russia invaded Ukraine in February, a group in Ontario’s Northumberland County helped 31 families who fled the war settle in the area, about 120 kilometres east of Toronto. Now, some of the children who came to the county are about to start a new school year in a new …
Read More »Summer bonus program prompting airport screening staff to work while sick, unions say
A union representing airport screening officers in Alberta says some of its members have shown up to work feeling sick in order to access a summer attendance bonus program being studied by a House of Commons committee. “It’s a reward to circumvent doing what’s right,” said Richard Brown, president of Teamsters Canada …
Read More »Toronto senior diagnosed with rare disorder after COVID vaccine last summer still waiting for compensation
Fernando Caballero misses the way he used to be: happy-go-lucky, the life of the party and the protector of his family. The 67-year-old was active and enjoyed rollerblading in the summer, ice skating in the winter and dancing all year round. But now, he uses a cane or walker to get …
Read More »Despite turbulent airline travel this summer, widespread hiring continues for flight attendants
For many Canadians travelling by air this summer, navigating chaotic airports, airline cancellations and delays is daunting, but for flight attendants, it’s their everyday working reality. Part of their job these days is hearing all about those issues from passengers. “They’re on the plane with the passengers, so it’s a captive …
Read More »Summer of labour unrest expected as inflation soars and contracts run out
Canada could face a summer of strikes and other labour disruptions as workers demand cost-of-living increases and better conditions than those seen throughout the past two years of the pandemic, say union officials and other observers. Hundreds of thousands of health and education workers are among those whose unions and employers …
Read More »Air Canada to make ‘meaningful reductions’ to summer flight schedule
Air Canada will cut dozens of daily flights this summer as the airline grapples with a series of challenges amid soaring demand for travel. The changes would see Air Canada reduce its schedule by 77 round trips — or 154 flights — on average, each day during the months of July and August. …
Read More »Canada’s Summer McIntosh, 15, wins 2nd gold medal at world aquatics
Summer McIntosh of Kelowna, B.C., capped a sensational week of swimming on Saturday, becoming the first Canadian with two victories and four medals at a single world championship. The 15-year-old lowered her junior record time to four minutes 32.04 seconds in the women’s 400-metre individual medley on Saturday in Budapest, Hungary. Earlier …
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