Tunnel and bridge linking Windsor and Detroit are adding more staff because of the eclipse. The Blue Water Bridge says it’s ‘strictly prohibited’ to slow or stop your vehicle and try to snap a pic of the eclipse while approaching or on the crossing. Officials say it’s ‘strictly prohibited’ to …
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Deaf academics say a lack of ASL interpreters specialized in STEM is holding them back
Deaf professors and researchers working in STEM want more opportunities for ASL interpreters to develop their language skills in specialized fields, allowing for better collaboration between colleagues. Association representing interpreters in Canada says the profession is facing an overall shortage. Read audio transcript Without the right interpreter, following along in …
Read More »Couple fights to rid Toronto home of heritage status
A mixed-race couple in an affluent midtown Toronto neighbourhood is asking the city to remove the heritage designation from their century home for an unusual reason: The original owner was, they claim, racist. Original owner Stapleton Pitt Caldecott was opposed to immigration, historian says/ A couple in an affluent midtown …
Read More »Lightspeed Commerce cutting 280 jobs, as it aims for profitable growth
Lightspeed’s share price has barely budged since 2019, and that’s one of the reasons its founder says the company had to make ‘some hard decisions’, including cutting 280 jobs. Cuts represent about 10% of Lightspeed’s staff-related operating spending. Lightspeed Commerce is cutting about 280 jobs, less than two months after …
Read More »Indigo agrees to go private after sale to holding company owned by chief executive’s spouse
Indigo Books & Music Inc. has agreed to be taken private after agreeing to a sweetened offer from a holding company connected to its largest shareholder. Board’s independent committee unanimously recommended accepting the offer. Indigo Books & Music Inc. has agreed to be taken private after agreeing to a sweetened …
Read More »Elevated Aurora Festival 2024 comes to Clark
The Aurora Music Festival, one of the most-anticipated concerts in the Philippines, is finally taking place on April 6 and 7 in Clark Global City, Pampanga.” Presented by FWD Life Insurance and EPIC Events, Aurora Music Festival 2024 is on its third and finest installation, featuring a spectacular lineup of …
Read More »5 key questions hanging over Friday’s expected guilty plea in deadly Eastway Tank explosion
The families of some of the workers killed in Ottawa’s deadliest workplace incident in decades say the penalty meted out on Friday should include jail time. Families want jail time as part of penalty for deadly 2022 workplace blast. Phil Bertrand was working nearby on Merivale Road on the day …
Read More »Cancer can’t keep this Brampton teen from his hockey dream
Brampton’s Eli Craig says nothing can keep him from his dream of playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs — not even radiation and chemotherapy for a rare form of cancer. Eli Craig, 13, plays for Brampton 45s U14 and has a rare form of cancer. Eli Craig says nothing can …
Read More »Canada’s wildfires blamed for rise in global loss of tree cover
Progress made when it comes to the protection of the world’s forests was thwarted by last year’s historic wildfire season in Canada, according to a new report. Brazil, Columbia see gains but Canada’s wildfires were ‘off the scale.’ Progress made when it comes to the protection of the world’s forests …
Read More »8 regions move in-person classes online due to heat
EIGHT regions have moved in-person classes to alternative delivery modes due to the sweltering heat, the Department of Education (DepEd) said Tuesday. Among those that announced the shift were Quezon City and Caloocan City in the National Capital Region (NCR). Similar announcements were made in Dagupan City in Ilocos Region; …
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