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An employment and human rights lawyer says organizations like the RCMP are exploiting a “loophole” to prevent employees in federally regulated workplaces from taking their cases directly to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. CHRC waived requirement for military members earlier this year. An employment and human rights lawyer says organizations …

Although the idea of retirement may be alluring to some, according to a recent report from Statistics Canada, most Canadians would prefer to continue working.  The reasons people continue to work are varied, from financial concerns to deeper issues of purpose. As summer comes to an end and many Canadians …

Hay River’s mayor says residents should expect smokey conditions when they return home, but says that otherwise they can expect things to be ‘fairly normal.’. Hay River’s mayor says residents should expect smokey conditions for the next while. After five weeks of being away from her home in Hay River, …

Communities along Nova Scotia’s South Shore are assessing damage after high tide during post-tropical storm Lee caused flooding and washouts. Mahone Bay resident Craig Stewart said storm surge peaked during high tide just before 10 a.m. Saturday. Stewart said the water crested at about 1.5 metres above normal high-tide levels, …

Residents of Hay River, N.W.T., will at last be able to return home on Saturday — ending the small community’s second evacuation order of the summer as crews battle nearby wildfires.  Evacuation order lifting; barricades to come down at 9 a.m. local time. Residents of Hay River, N.W.T., will at …

People in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are bracing for post-tropical storm Lee as it moves closer to making landfall in Atlantic Canada.  More than 121,000 customers already without power in Nova Scotia. Thousands of homes in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are without power as post-tropical storm Lee moves …

Post-tropical storm Lee officially has made landfall in Long Island, N.S., with maximum sustained winds around 110 km/h.  Nearly a third of Nova Scotia Power customers were without electricity Saturday afternoon. Watch live coverage of post-tropical storm Lee Get the latest news on the storm battering Atlantic Canada from CBC …

Peel Regional Police have arrested and charged a 30-year-old Vaughan, Ont., resident in connection to a series of health care benefits scams, which took place over a 22-month period. Anand Pareshkumar Amin was arrested for what investigators from the Fraud Bureau are calling “health care benefits scams.” The criminal investigation …

Tenants’ rights advocates are raising legal concerns about a Parkdale building complex that is banning electric transportation vehicles from the property, including in units, the garage and parking spaces and lockers. Oberon Development Corporation did not respond to request for comment. Tenants’ rights advocates are raising legal concerns about a …

A third person has been charged with first-degree murder after a 67-year-old man was found dead in a Toronto apartment in August, police say. A 24-year-old man from Toronto was was arrested and charged on Saturday, Toronto police said in a news release. He was scheduled to appear in court …