Month: April 2024

Better protections for wild pollinator populations in Canada could result in major financial gains for farmers while increasing food security across the nation, according to a new B.C.-based study.

British Columbia’s premier says a training and education centre for wildfire fighters will be established in response to recommendations by a task force that looked into last year’s catastrophic wildfires.

Plainclothes police officers in Victoria arrested a 65-year-old man last week after he allegedly exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl on a transit bus.

A Brampton boxing gym owner is facing more than four dozen charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted multiple youths over the course of two decades.

Whether you have been to a hospital recently, or read about healthcare in the news, you likely understand the current staffing levels. Never before have hospitals been called upon to consistently provide so much care for so many patients and their families. “The Brant Community Healthcare System Volunteer Association supplements our physicians and staff at […]

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by Ticketmaster and Live Nation, which face class-action lawsuits in multiple provinces for allegedly profiting from third-party ticket reselling.

The announcement comes after rising passenger volumes and surging car traffic last summer prompted a wave of frustration among travellers trying to make their planes on time.

Supporting an industry-wide effort to bring new talent into the Canadian property and casualty industry, the Insurance Institute of Canada today introduced its ‘Accelerated Competence Series,’ a program of five new learning modules for industry hires. “The Accelerated Competence Series…The post Institute launches new phase of industry-wide recruitment initiative appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

We love a good in-house, family-style “staff meal”. Last month, we caught wind of a variation on this theme: a staff meal exchange between two restaurants, Maenam and AnnaLena.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Manitoba and other provinces are free to propose alternatives to the federal price on carbon, but must have a “price signal” of their own.