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How Maclean’s marked Canada’s anniversary over the last century + MORE Jun 30th
Maclean’s has been alive for 112 of Canada’s 150 years. Over the decades, the magazine used various anniversaries to reflect on the country. Our editorialists, columnists and journalists recounted achievements and failures. They offered both words of praise and words of caution for the nation an.... More »
Aurora Cannabis Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and 2019 Fiscal Year - Canada NewsWire + MORE Sep 11th
Aurora Cannabis Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and 2019 Fiscal Year Canada NewsWireGenerates Net Revenue of $98.9 Million, Up 52% From Prior Quarter Cannabis Net Revenue Increases 61% to $94.6 Million From Prior Quarter Reports Gross ...View full coverage on Google New.... More »
Financial independence and travel: Can you have both? Apr 24th
In February and early March, as is increasingly our custom, my wife Ruth and I spent five weeks in a sunny clime in order to avoid the tail end of Canada’s winter. On our return from Malta, regular guest blogger Devin Partida contributed a relevant article titled “Can you pursue financial indepe.... More »
Arrested man denies being jogger who pushed woman into bus - CTV News + MORE Aug 11th
CTV NewsArrested man denies being jogger who pushed woman into busCTV NewsLONDON -- Lawyers for an American investment banker arrested on suspicion of pushing a woman into the path of a London bus say he had nothing to do with it. Law firm Duncan Lewis Solicitors says its client "has been wrong.... More »
Making sense of the markets this week: July 21, 2024 Jul 19th
Kyle Prevost, creator of 4 Steps to a Worry-Free Retirement, Canada’s DIY retirement planning course, shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.
Inflation continues to fall as temperature rise
As we’re moving through summer’s dog days and heat records are .... More »
Richard Drew/ReutersNEW YORK — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that he will not run for president, citing a concern that his independent bid would hand the White House to Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.
The billionaire, who has spent months mulling a third-party run that would have roiled this year’s already extraordinarily unpredictable presidential campaign, made his decision official through an editorial posted on the Bloomberg View website.
Bloomberg wrote that a three-way race could lead to no one winning a majority of electoral votes, which would send the race to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives _ and, therefore, to one of the GOP front-runners.
“That is not a risk I can take in good conscience,” Bloomberg wrote.
Bloomberg was blistering in his critique of Trump, currently the GOP front-runner, saying the real estate mogul has run “the most divisive and demagogic presidential campaign I can remember, preying on people’s prejudices and fears…
On International Women's Day, US Assesses Gender Equality Progress – Voice of America
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Voice of AmericaOn International Women's Day, US Assesses Gender Equality ProgressVoice of AmericaMarch 08, 2016 12:01 AM. The beginnings of International Women's Day — a mass protest by thousands of women in New York City seeking better pay and working conditions, and the right to vote — has evolved into a day to take stock of the progress made …Editorial: International Women's Day and the meaning of feminismMontreal GazetteWhy our Minister for Women doesn't have to be a feministABC OnlineInternational Women's Day 2016: What is it, when is it and why was it set up?Times of IndiaDaily News & Analysis -Jamaica Observer -Whistler Questionall 465 news articles »
A tar sands worker at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alta. (Ashley Cooper/Corbis)What has two arms, two legs, and works for 14 per cent less than another equally capable biped? Why, a woman of course.
Canadian female workers took home an average of 86 cents for every dollar in hourly wages earned by men in 2015, according to data drawn from CANSIM, Statistics Canada’s socioeconomic database. Worse, the gap has barely budged in over a decade, with average female pay compared to male earnings rising only 5.4 per cent since 1997.
Part of the reason for the wage difference has to do with women’s overrepresentation in low-paying occupations, as a new report from Oxfam Canada and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives notes: “Truck drivers (97 per cent of whom are male) make a median annual wage of $45,417 working full time. Early childhood educators (97 per cent of whom are female) make a median annual wage of $25,334.”
But even when there’s a woman behind the wheel of that truck, she’s not going to pocket the fatter paycheque…
Ottawa’s new ‘it’ neighbourhood
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Wellington West was once a rough part of town. But the city’s multimillion-dollar investment in infrastructure launched its transformation into a hip haven for shopping, culture and food
A new survey by investment firm BlackRock finds half of Canadians see investing as a form of gambling and almost as many say investing is not for people like them, with women especially lacking in confidence when it comes to putting their money to work.
