The 20,000 tonnes of glass Ricova collects in Montreal ends up in landfills or is ground into powder and used as landfill cover as a replacement for sand. Most glass recycled in Quebec is ground into powder instead of re-blown. Nearly half of Montreal’s 19 boroughs aren’t recycling glass, despite …
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Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 5.4% in June, economy adds 60,000 jobs
Canada gained 60,000 jobs in June while the unemployment rate rose to 5.4 per cent, according to a Statistics Canada report released Friday. The loosening of the labour market likely comes as good news to the Bank of Canada. Jobs numbers are contradictory, so will the BoC raise interest rates …
Read More »Who pays the price for the news media’s essential political role?
The market model for Canadian media is failing. News is essential to our political system, but it’s not cheap. Can markets be left to fix it, or should we follow the European method of regulating, taxing and spending on quality news? Economics of good government must include news, but someone …
Read More »London, Ont., city workers win arbitration over day of mourning for the Queen
Unionized London, Ont., inside workers will receive compensation after an arbitrator ruled that city administration erred by not giving them a holiday on Monday, Sept. 19, a national day of mourning following the death last year of Queen Elizabeth. Workers will get compensation for working Sept. 19, 2022, following arbitration …
Read More »Women’s professional hockey finally has a unified league. Now what?
Experts say among key next steps in ensuring the new unified women’s pro hockey league’s success are identifying the correct markets, fairly allocating players across the league, negotiating a fair media rights deal and securing sponsorship. Team locations, player allocation, media rights among key next tasks. For at least four …
Read More »CFL game between Roughriders and Elks decided by 1 point thanks to quirky Canadian football rule
The Riders scored nine points in the final 66 seconds of the fourth quarter to register the victory and end a seven-game regular season home losing streak. Riders trailed 11 to 3 with a minute left in the fourth quarter. Trevor Harris was challenged to come up with the right …
Read More »Canada’s Far North just saw its hottest temperature ever recorded
Another summer day brings another spell of unprecedented heat for Northern Canada. Saturday afternoon saw the hottest temperature ever recorded so far north in Canada, and it’s just one of the many notable heat records that have fallen in recent days. It’s been a historic week for heat around the …
Read More »Brampton man who posted online video of himself speeding has car impounded
A Brampton driver who posted a video online showing himself going more than 140 kilometres above the speed limit has been charged and his car has been impounded, Peel police say. Police say they were made aware of a viral video circulating last month in which a 22-year-old man driving …
Read More »Parents rush son to Ontario for emergency care after 15-hour wait at Montreal hospital
After a 20-year-old student living in Montreal waited about 15 hours in the Royal Victoria’s emergency room, his parents rushed him to Ontario for care. His appendix had burst, requiring 10 days in hospital. Christos Lianos’s appendix burst, landing him in hospital for 10 days. Christos Lianos is recovering from …
Read More »More countries are dropping the number of doses needed for HPV vaccines. Should Canada?
Starting this fall, teens in England will get just one HPV shot — making it the latest country to drop the number of required doses for the highly-effective vaccines known for protecting against a slate of cancers. Should Canada follow suit? Single dose just as effective in preventing infections, multiple …
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