Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
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Education said key in overcoming health-care worker opposition to COVID-19 vaccine
TORONTO - A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots. While most of thos...
Jan 07, 2021
B.C.'s top doctor limits staff increases at five industrial worksites
VICTORIA - Thousands of workers who would normally return to their jobs at industrial projects in northern British Columbia after the holiday break are spending more time at home in an effort to ease ...
Jan 04, 2021
Girl Scouts call on cookie bakers to address child labour
The Girl Scouts of the USA said Wednesday that child labour has no place in its iconic cookies and called on the two companies that bake them to act quickly to address any potential abuses linked to t...
Dec 30, 2020
Addressing mental-health issues linked to pandemic looming issue in 2021, Bains says
OTTAWA - Canada's industry minister says the country faces mounting mental health concerns that the government will have to address in 2021. Navdeep Bains says he has heard more stories about the ment...
Dec 29, 2020
Ontario government facing criticism after COVID-19 shots slowed over holidays
The Ontario government has come under fire from critics after COVID-19 immunizations ramped down over the holidays. The Ministry of Health said in a statement Monday that hospitals administering the v...
Dec 28, 2020
National daycare system will need funding to lower fees, expand spaces, Hussen says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of the government's push on child care says bringing down fees parents pay is a key ingredient in the Liberals' design for a national system. Social Development...
Dec 28, 2020
2021: Alberta eyes post-COVID economic rebound but faces big budget questions
EDMONTON - Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says the goal in 2021 is to get vaccines out and put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror, then work to fix a battered and beleaguered economy...
Dec 27, 2020
Pandemic pushed up timeline for long-sought EI review, Qualtrough says
OTTAWA - Canada's employment minister says plans to revamp the employment insurance system have been put on a faster path thanks to COVID-19. The pandemic has exposed shortcomings in EI, including tha...
Dec 24, 2020
Dawn of Biden era offers new opportunities, old challenges for Canada-U.S. relations
WASHINGTON, D.C. - If Donald Trump has anything in common with Canada, it might be this: a shared craving for the attention of the American people that at times can border on the pathological. Both co...
Dec 23, 2020
As vulnerable youth face CERB clawbacks, Trudeau says Liberals looking over options
OTTAWA - Marie Christian recalls the confusion that reigned as the young people she works with tried to navigate government aid at the onset of the pandemic. The program director for Voices: Manitoba'...
Dec 17, 2020
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8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...