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Telus narrows field to three Canadian funds in $1.2-billion bidding war for cell towers
The Globe and Mail
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July 16, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Telus aims to complete the sale of a 49-per-cent stake in its 3,000-tower network by the end of the year.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press Telus Corp. T-T has narrowed the list of buyers for a stake in its cellphone-tower...
Unionized Canada Post workers to vote on deal starting July 21
Moose Jaw Today
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July 16, 2025
OTTAWA — Unionized Canada Post workers will get a chance to vote directly on the employers' offer for a new collective agreement starting on Monday. The Canadian Industrial Relations Board will run the vote between July 21 to August 1. OTTAWA —...
Immigrant Pay Gap Linked to Job Access
Bioengineer.org
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July 16, 2025
Immigrant–Native Pay Disparities Unveiled by Multinational Administrative Data Analysis A groundbreaking multinational study leveraging linked employer–employee administrative records has illuminated persistent pay gaps between immigrants and...
How Canada is responding to the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs
Brandon Sun
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July 16, 2025
OTTAWA – U.S. President Donald Trump introduced 25 per cent tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum on March 12, and doubled the levies to 50 per cent in early June. The Canadian government has responded with a number of measures. Initial...
Import tariffs protect Canadian steel but workers still need wage supports
Rabble.ca
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July 16, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced measures to support Canada’s steel industry on Wednesday. The main feature of these measures are the expanded tariff rate quotas which will be imposed on steel coming in from other countries. Starting on August...
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer: Canada-U.S. free trade is dead
The Hub
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July 16, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent comments that an eventual Canada-U.S. trade deal will likely involve some ongoing U.S. tariffs are more than an exercise in issues management. They were an admission: the era of continental free trade as we’ve...
Recent Updates to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000
JD Supra - California
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July 16, 2025
The New Long-Term Illness Leave As of June 19, 2025, the Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) was amended to include a new protected leave: Long-Term Illness Leave. This new Long-Term Illness Leave creates essentially an indefinite leave...
ESports in Canadian Universities: A new path for scholarships and careers
All Nigeria Soccer
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July 16, 2025
Late-night skating and house LAN parties are no longer the limit of the world of esports. In Canada, universities are turning the digital hobby into real opportunities, from scholarships and specialized programs to full-time jobs in the industry....
Supports announced by federal government to support Canadian steel sector
Manufacturing Automation
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July 16, 2025
July 16, 2025, Canada — Canada’s federal government is implementing several measures to support the country’s steel sector. A key initiative announced was a strengthening of the tariff rate quotas (TRQs), which will allow a certain amount of steel...
Government of Canada proposes new tariff rate for steel
Rock to Road
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July 16, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney promises to strengthen the Canadian steel industry and ‘crack-down,’ on foreign steel entering the Canadian market today. The announcement was made in a steel plant located in Hamilton, Ont. Steel products from non-free...
Immigrant–native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs
Nature
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Data and measures Linked employer–employee administrative records and meta-analytic data We used recent linked employer–employee administrative records (administrative records that link individual employees directly to their employers and...
2 Fort Myers men killed in Colorado plane crash: What we know
Naples Daily News - Florida
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Both men were experienced pilots, one holding commercial pilot privileges and the other employed as a commercial airline pilot. The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of the crash. Two Fort Myers men killed in a June plane crash in Colorado...
Alex Darling Named Canada White Video Coach for 2025 U17 World Challenge
BVM Sports
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July 16, 2025
Hockey Canada announced today that Peterborough Petes Video Coach and Assistant to the GM Alex Darling has officially been named as the Video Coach for Canada White for the upcoming 2025 U17 World Challenge in Truro, NS. “It’s truly an honour to...
One man’s opinion: Ending a bad dye job
Reporter Newspapers - Georgia
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July 16, 2025
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How Canada’s oil sands transformed into one of North America’s lowest-cost energy producers
Global News
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July 16, 2025
Giant shovels, driverless trucks and a dog-like robot have all helped Canada’s oil sands companies including Imperial Oil and Suncor become some of North America’s lowest-cost oil producers, driving down overheads even as the worst inflation in a...
How 100 Nigerians Lost N500m Chasing Canadian, Australian Visas – Police
Prompt News Online
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July 16, 2025
No fewer than 100 Nigerians have lost over N500 million to fraudsters while chasing Canadian and Australian work visas. The Police Command in Lagos State said four suspects have been detained in connection with the large-scale visa scam. CSP...
Schlossman: The 2026 recruiting class is still wide open in Canada
InForum - North Dakota
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July 16, 2025
GRAND FORKS — We're now six weeks from the start of the fall semester at UND and the Fighting Hawks have still yet to finalize the 2025-26 roster. They've got two forward spots to fill and they're expected to do so in the coming weeks. Then, UND...
Chow says city staff ‘failed’ in handling of record Toronto snowstorm
CP24
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July 16, 2025
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says city staff “failed in their job” during this year’s record-breaking snowstorm, pointing to broken plows, ignored 311 calls, and misleading public updates as neighbourhoods remained buried in snow for weeks. Chow’s...
Georgia-Pacific investing $140m into Canadian OSB mill
HBS Dealer
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This investment comes as Englehart OSB celebrates its fifteenth anniversary as a Georgia-Pacific facility. The first board was produced at the mill in 1983. "Georgia-Pacific is focused on the future and committed to exceeding the needs of our...
Sports snapshot: Jr A Lakers take 2-0 series lead, local talent joins Team Canada
PTBO Today
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July 16, 2025
Photo Supplied by Peterborough Petes Here is your local sports report for Wednesday, July 16, brought to you by White’s Wearparts. Serving and supplying all of Ontario with high quality, cost efficient parts for any OEM machine. The Jr A Lakers...