Posted: January 29, 2009 at 7:13 pm | Filed under: Canada, Finance, Life, World
For many Americans, seeing a new president move into the White House has been a long time coming, but it’s not just people south of the 49th parallel excited about Barack Obama becoming the 44th president of the United States – many Canadians can’t wait to see a changing of the guard, too. Continue Reading
Posted: November 22, 2008 at 10:43 pm | Filed under: Canada, Life
Working hard, at full-time hours, is no longer a ticket out of poverty for a growing number of people. What would it take to change that?
Today in Toronto, that question is being asked at the “Good Jobs for All” summit. One possible answer is to rein in employment agencies that place workers in low-paying temporary jobs with few benefits. Continue Reading
Posted: August 8, 2008 at 10:44 pm | Filed under: Canada
Toronto is getting the wheels in motion to roll out a high-tech rent-a-bike program next year, not unlike a wildly successful one in Paris, says the head of the city’s cycling committee. Continue Reading