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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Food Banks Canada says Canada’s employment insurance no longer serves the broader and shifting workforce as …
Read More »Liberals are pitching a brand new police agency for financial crimes. How would that work?
The Liberal government is looking to set up a new federal law enforcement agency dedicated to financial crimes, a dramatic undertaking to shake up how money laundering and fraud are investigated in Canada. “Canada has just, what feels like all of a sudden, established a new federal police agency,” said …
Read More »This Japanese town cancelled its cherry blossom festival to stop overtourism. It didn’t work
It took a decade of noise, trash and at least one tourist defecating on a resident’s lawn for the town of Fujiyoshida to declare a crisis. This small city at the base of Japan’s Mt. Fuji made international headlines earlier this year when it cancelled its annual cherry blossom festival …
Read More »How would a U.S. military blockade of Iran's ports work?
CBC’s David Common explains what’s expected around the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. military said it would move to block ships travelling to or from Iran’s ports. News Source link
Read More »Carney leans on private money, alternative approaches in nature strategy. Will it work?
Canada has only four years left to reach its ambitious goals to protect 30 per cent of its lands and oceans by 2030. That’s about double what’s protected right now, which means the government is trying to speed up the work. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new nature strategy, released on …
Read More »Strike aftermath leaves many Alberta teachers isolated, looking for new work
Loneliness, a sense of isolation and that no one has her back — that’s what has Jesica Torres searching for a new teaching position outside of Alberta. After going on strike to fight for better classroom conditions, she expected to feel support from the public. “After the strike, I thought: …
Read More »Minister says there’s ‘a lot more work to do’ with India after Canadian official says it’s no longer a threat
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says there’s still a lot of work to do on the …
Read More »Heart, work and desperation: What an underdog Canadian team needs to do to win Olympic gold
Follow Winter Olympic SportsPersonalize Your Feed The Canadians came into the Olympic tournament billed as underdogs. They’d lost six straight games to the Americans dating back to last year’s world championship, including a Rivalry Series sweep that didn’t feel particularly close. It hasn’t been a perfect Olympic tournament for Canada. …
Read More »Frantic work continues in Cortina with Olympic competition starting Wednesday
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Follow Winter Olympic SportsPersonalize Your Feed While the Olympic slopes on the Tofane gleam under the …
Read More »GM Canada layoffs hit Oshawa plant, putting up to 1,200 autoworkers out of work Friday
The day Oshawa, Ont., autoworkers have dreaded for months has arrived, as GM Canada is poised to cut a shift at the city’s plant, costing over a thousand workers their jobs. Up to 1,200 workers throughout the auto supply chain are expected to complete their final shift on Friday as …
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