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Ex-Canadian Pilot Charged in Alleged Plane Hijacking Over Climate Doomsday Mission
[your]NEWS
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July 17, 2025
Suspect claimed to be a divine messenger warning of Arctic methane-triggered extinction, prompting emergency jet response. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom A 39-year-old former commercial pilot has been charged with hijacking a plane in Canada after...
Vote on Canada Post labor contract begins Monday as losses mount
FreightWaves
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July 17, 2025
The government of Canada on Monday will begin voting for 53,000 Canada Post employees, against the wishes of their union’s leadership, on whether to ratify the state-owned company’s final contract offer. An affirmative result would end 19 months...
B.C. Premier David Eby shakes up cabinet with a focus on economy, jobs
The Globe and Mail
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July 17, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:B.C. Premier David Eby says his new cabinet will work growing the economy, seizing investment opportunities and strengthening public services.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press British Columbia’s cabinet has been reworked in...
Why employees hesitate to disclose mental health concerns – and what employers can do about it
The Conversation
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July 17, 2025
About one in four employees has a diagnosable mental health condition, and up to 65 per cent say mental health concerns interfere with their ability to work. The economic toll is staggering. In the United States alone, mental health concerns cost...
CLEAResult Canada Named the Official Energy Efficiency Consulting Partner of the Toronto Blue Jays
The AI Journal
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July 17, 2025
A national leader in energy efficiency joins forces with a national icon to champion sustainability at Rogers Centre and beyond TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today CLEAResult Canada, the nation’s leading provider of energy efficiency and sustainability...
Canada's best employers were revealed and this is why they are top companies to work for
Narcity
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July 16, 2025
The best employers in Canada for 2025 were just revealed in a new ranking. A lot of well-known companies — including Microsoft, Lululemon, Apple, Costco, and Air Canada — made the list as top places to work in this country. Forbes released its...
The ‘ghost benefits’ gap: How employers can ensure their offerings are used, understood by employees
Benefits Canada
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July 17, 2025
“If a benefit is hard to access or employees don’t believe it’s really available to them, they’re not going to use it,” said Dr. Parbudyal Singh, professor of human resource management at York University, in an emailed statement to Benefits...
Canada weighs limiting lumber exports to solve US trade dispute, BC premier Says
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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Canadian officials are open to considering limits on how much softwood lumber can be exported to the U.S. to try to resolve some of the trade friction between the countries, according to the leader of British Columbia. “We think there is actually...
Canada's new budget is in the works and you can vote on how the feds spend your tax money
Narcity
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July 16, 2025
If you've got opinions on how the federal government should handle your tax dollars over the next few years, now's your chance to speak up — and you can give your input in a few simple clicks. Consultations are officially open for Canada's Budget...
B.C. Premier David Eby reshuffles cabinet to boost economy and jobs
Winnipeg Free Press
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July 17, 2025
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s cabinet has been reworked in what Premier David Eby says is a strategic shift in order to focus on jobs and the economy. Former housing minister Ravi Kahlon takes over as minister responsible for jobs from Diana...
Local leaders speak out as Kerry to close Ontario plant
Food in Canada
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July 17, 2025
July 17, 2025 By Brian Williams, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, London Free Press A food processing plant in Woodstock, Ont., is set to close its doors later this year. Officials with Kerry, a multinational with interests in food, beverage,...
Three Link Solutions hires Andrew Pettit as Canada leader
Consultancy.org
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July 17, 2025
Three Link Solutions, a Dallas-based consulting and staffing firm specializing in Workday software, has hired Andrew Pettit leader of its Canada market. He is based in Toronto. In his new role, Pettit will focus on driving strategic growth and...
Grieg Seafood sells operations in Canada and northern Norway
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 17, 2025
NL Grieg Seafood has sold its operations in Canada and northern Norway to Cermaq — a global salmon farming company based out of Oslo. Sale includes Newfoundland assets Grieg Seafood has sold its operations in Canada and northern Norway to Cermaq —...
Canada Post workers to vote on union's final offer starting July 21
CJLS - Massachusetts
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Two Canada Post letter mail deposit boxes. Image: Randy Thoms/Acadia Broadcasting More than 53,000 Canada Post workers will vote on the final offer from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) starting July 21. According to a news release,...
Steelworkers applaud Ottawa’s move to safeguard local jobs
650 CKOM
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July 17, 2025
A new federal steel policy is being hailed as a big win for Canadian workers, and it could have direct implications for job security here in Saskatchewan. Following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement of stricter import quotas and new “Buy...
Closure of Cornwall furniture manufacturer to cost 300 jobs
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 17, 2025
The impending closure of a Cornwall, Ont., furniture manufacturer will leave 300 people without jobs, as the city's mayor warns the layoffs are an early sign of the turmoil that threatened U.S. tariffs could inflict on the local economy. After 55...
Canada keen to boost sustainable trade, investment in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Post
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Canada has expressed keen interest in expanding sustainable trade and investment ties with Bangladesh, as part of its commitment to fostering inclusive growth across the Indo-Pacific region. Weldon Epp, Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) for the...
Canadian mining union denounces U.S. copper tariff
Canadian Mining Journal
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July 16, 2025
A prominent union representing workers in the mining sector is denouncing a 50 % U.S. tariff on imported copper that will take effect on Aug. 1, 2025. Marty Warren, national director of the United Steelworkers union (UCW), said: “This is yet...
Why the Canadiens signed Joe Veleno: Context, role, positional need and speed
The Athletic
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July 17, 2025
Throughout his NHL career, new Montreal Canadiens centre Joe Veleno’s numbers have not lied. Veleno has had pedestrian counting stats ever since being taken with the No. 30 pick in the 2018 NHL Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, and his underlying...
Business Reuters US weekly jobless claims fall; job growth appears steady in July
Yahoo News
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, pointing to steady job growth in July, though some laid off workers are experiencing long spells of unemployment because of a moderation in...