Small business owners in Oakville are looking at their operating costs and scratching their heads. How are they going to manage the 7.3 per cent minimum wage increase that comes into effect on June 1?
In the aftermath of the massacre, the small town was left bloody and raw. Ana Ponce, a human rights delegate, visited the wreckage looking for anyone who’d managed to escape the Salvadorian army’s bullets. She […]
Mainstream media companies are finding it difficult to remain neutral when it comes to reporting on the crisis in Ukraine. Some articles are blatantly one-sided while others offer unbalanced points of view, but the real […]
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The cold weather hasn’t cooled interest in Toronto’s housing market. Buyers drove the average house price in the GTA to $553,193 in February, an 8.6 per cent surge from the the previous year, according to […]
ANALYSIS Since 2001, Canada’s role in Afghanistan has changed. Canada originally entered the war to help the United States fight the Taliban and find Osama Bin Laden, according to CBC News. But in 2009 the […]
A new report reveals that women in the Greater Toronto Area have lost substantial ground in the workplace and are now attempting to cope with insecure jobs and uncertain futures. Working Women, Working Poor is […]
The Change.org petition that nearly landed a Sheridan student in hot water last week has spurred the college’s administration into action on sexual assaults near the campus. Beefed up security and and more communication with […]
Ford Canada will build the new Edge Concept global utility vehicle in Oakville, bringing hope that new jobs will soon follow.
Sid Caesar, the pioneer of TV sketch comedy during the 1950s and an inspiration to generations of comedians, died Feb. 12 at the age of 91. After a short illness, Caesar passed away at his […]
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