Archive for March, 2012
Jobs recovery for young ‘almost non-existent’
Canada’s youngest job seekers, who have taken the biggest unemployment hit since the recession began, face challenging job prospects “for several more years,” an analysis by TD Economics suggests. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
Surviving the spring forward
It’s almost time for that annual ritual of turning the clocks forward, but what we gain in daylight this Sunday, we’ll lose in sleep, and that can wreck havoc on our health, say some researchers. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
NDP expands Elections Canada motion to cover past votes
The NDP moved to tighten up a motion to give Elections Canada stronger investigative powers so they would apply to previous federal elections, including the 2011 vote at the centre of controversy over fraudulent robocalls and possible dirty tricks. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
Titanic’s debris field mapped by deep-sea robots
Researchers have pieced together what’s believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 5-by-8-kilometre Titanic debris field and hope it will provide clues to how the ship sank 100 years ago. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
More voters-list issues found in Toronto riding
CBC News has found still more problems with the voters list in the Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence during the last election. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
Baird learns of possible Burma vote rigging
Canada will be monitoring Burma’s elections closely amid allegations of voting “irregularities,” Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Thursday, on a historic visit to the isolationist country. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
Travel insurance loophole devastates B.C. couple
The travel health insurance that millions of Canadians buy may offer no protection at all if they answer a single question incorrectly — no matter how innocent the error — on a medical questionnaire full of convoluted language, confusing clauses and tricky definitions. [Read More]
Monsieur Lazhar wins 6 Genies
Monsieur Lazhar was the big winner Thursday night at the Genie Awards — the heart-warming story about a teacher making a difference in the lives of a middle-school class earned best picture and five other trophies. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
OxyContin marketing blamed for addiction epidemic
Powerful but misleading marketing that for years pushed the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin has left tens of thousands of Canadians with the twin burdens of chronic pain and severe withdrawal, critics say. CBC | Top Stories News [Read More]
Air Canada contract fights sent to labour board
Labour Minister Lisa Raitt has asked the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to investigate Air Canada’s disputes with two of its unions — pilots and ground staff — a move that will buy time to reach agreement and avert a strike and lockout threatened for midnight [Read More]
