Digital devices and work/life balance Who hasn’t checked their work related emails from home? Who hasn’t done some work-related research or other web-connected “off-duty” work? The federal government, as part of an eventual new labour code is now considering creation… »
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Labour Day holiday in Canada under NAFTA shadow
This Labour Day holiday is a lot more loaded with the threatening tone of the North American Free Trade Negotiations (NAFTA) hanging over many workers, particularly those in the auto sector. The attempt to renew and modernise the trilateral trade… »
No Canadians left as U.S. Open enters second and final week
So much for the contingent of Canadian tennis players at the 2018 U.S. Open, the final grand slam event of the tennis season. When the tournament began a week ago today, five men and one woman were in the main… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Trade talks: no deal, talks resume Wednesday
Trade talks ended in Washington D. C, this afternoon with no deal, despite President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on cars made in Canada. Canada ships 1.4 million cars to the United States each year. Efforts to update and… »
Cannabis roadside test will face legal challenges, says lawyer
As the recreational use of cannabis will be legalized in October 2018, the Canadian government has just approved a test to ensure people are not driving under the influence of the drug. But there are problems with the Drager Drug… »
Canadian province sues drug companies over opioids
The west coast province of British Columbia has seen a particularly high toll in deaths from opioid overdoses., over 1,400 alone last year Canada as whole recorded approximately 4,000 opioid related drug deaths. In a first in Canada, British Columbia… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Limits on dairy product consumption should be relaxed: study
Eating dairy products has been thought to increase the risk of death because of their high levels of fat, but analysis of several studies contradicts some of that. This research conducted at the Medical University of Lodz in Poland found… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Forest fires in British Columbia worst ever this summer
Forest fires raging in the west cost province of British Columbia have now surpassed the damage done last year, making this the worst summer on record. The 2018 wildfire season officially became the province’s worst on August 29th, with 13,000… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Trade talks: “extremely intense negotiations” underway in Washington
Trade talks in Washington, are being eagerly watched by many in Canada. The attempt to renew and revamp the twenty-five year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) affects varying sectors across the country. “No deal will be better than a… »
Cannabis overdose cases increasing
More people are going to Canadian hospital emergency rooms because of cannabis-related poisoning, according to the Canadian Institute of Health Information. CBC News obtained information that these cases almost tripled between 2013 and 2018 in the province of Ontario, and… »
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