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The City of Merritt in B.C.’s Interior is launching a four-day work week pilot program in the hope of attracting, recruiting and retaining municipal workers. The one-year trial, approved by council on Tuesday, will see city hall closed on Mondays, with staff working longer hours on the remaining four days of the …
Read More »Ontario has promised to put immigrant nurses to work faster. That change is long overdue
This column is an opinion piece by Yamaan Alsumadi, a nursing student in Thunder Bay, Ont. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. I’m a fourth-year nursing student studying at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., and I’m in a classroom filled with people who are …
Read More »What you need to know about Monday’s day of mourning in B.C. and how it will work
B.C. has designated Monday as a day of mourning to mark the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s declaration of a federal holiday to mourn the Queen on the day of her state funeral in the United Kingdom. B.C. Premier John Horgan says he extended the federal holiday to include provincial public-sector …
Read More »Forget quiet quitting: the latest work trend is 2 or more jobs — without any bosses knowing
Like many Canadians, a woman we’ll call Mary was looking for a little extra income during the pandemic, to offset the rising cost of living. But instead of turning to the traditional options of working some overtime, freelancing a little or starting up an unrelated side hustle, she and her …
Read More »City punts $41M worth of paving work to next year
Millions of dollars worth of road resurfacing projects set to begin across Toronto this month have been delayed and experts warn putting off the work will cost the city more in the long run. Staff issued three tenders for local resurfacing work this spring, received bids from six companies, and then …
Read More »Council candidates work to address voter apathy
As campaigning in Toronto’s municipal election begins to pick up, some candidates are working to address voter apathy and civic disengagement they worry could impact participation in the fall vote. The city’s list of registered candidates was finalized last week with 31 people running for mayor and 164 council candidates. …
Read More »Meet the B.C. man who swims to work
Some people walk to work, some take the bus or a train and a few might even take a ferry. Many drive to work, often in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Brent Hobbs of Kelowna, B.C., swims. He makes his way along the shore of Okanagan Lake to work twice a week, about 1.8 kilometres. He …
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 »Crowd-sourced detective work narrows window for disappearance of Winston Churchill portrait
Thanks to a sleuthing public, the Château Laurier has announced that a famed portrait of Winston Churchill appears to have been taken off the hotel’s walls this past winter, during a span of a week and a half over the holidays. After news of the theft broke on Monday, people started sending the hotel …
Read More »Newfoundland forest fires are ‘turning a corner’ as crews work to contain perimeter, premier says
Crews are continuing to fight hot spots of smoke and flames in the Paradise Lake area and the Bay d’Espoir Highway in central Newfoundland on Friday. (Darrell Roberts/CBC) Special air quality statements have lifted in areas affected by forest fires in central Newfoundland, as Premier Andrew Furey says the province is …
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