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Sarah Polley has won her first Academy Award. The Canadian filmmaker, who hails from Toronto, Ont., was awarded the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar Sunday night for her movie, Women Talking. Read more: Oscars 2023 red carpet: The best and boldest fashion of the night As she accepted her award, she …
Read More »School bus driver was right to be fired for talking on phone behind the wheel, B.C. arbitrator rules
A bus driver who was caught briefly talking on her cellphone while driving children home in northern B.C. last fall was right to be fired, according to a labour arbitrator. The woman had worked part-time as a driver in the Chetwynd area for nearly two years and had a good record when she …
Read More »The Woman King, The Whale, Women Talking: Our top 10 most anticipated TIFF titles
The Toronto International Film Festival opens Thursday — its first fully in-person iteration since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. And while that means TIFF is as close to business-as-usual as it has been in years, there are a number of films and trends that stick out. Here, CBC News …
Read More »Canada’s jobs market is setting records. So why are people talking about a recession?
Canada’s unemployment rate has never been this low. Employers are adding jobs and hiring what few workers haven’t already been gobbled up. GDP growth in Canada is also better than any other G7 country. Yet the economic narrative in this country is dominated by doom and gloom. In fact, results from …
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