Category Archives: Canadian Press
Statement from NBC News chair on Matt Lauer firing
NEW YORK - NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack sent the following memo to employees on Wednesday morning: Dear Colleagues, On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropri...
Nov 29, 2017
Alberta judge, educator Sheilah Martin named to Supreme Court of Canada
OTTAWA - While strolling in Montreal years ago, Sheilah Martin was surprised to see a book she had written about principles of Quebec law in the storefront window of a popular shop. Martin, who penned...
Nov 29, 2017
Monica Lewinsky slams HLN special carrying her name
NEW YORK - Monica Lewinsky isn’t too pleased with the title of an upcoming TV special about her affair with President Bill Clinton that led to his impeachment. Lewinsky tweeted a screenshot of a...
Nov 29, 2017
Man who posed as Justin Bieber to entice girls sentenced
HARTFORD, Conn. - A Connecticut man who pretended to be pop stars like Justin Bieber and Harry Styles to entice young girls into performing sexual acts during online video chats has been sentenced to ...
Nov 29, 2017
Work-at-home trend stays static as daily commutes get longer across Canada
FREDERICTON - More members of the workforce are cramming the country’s buses, subways and highways each day, adding precious minutes to the daily commute, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday in...
Nov 29, 2017
Older Canadians forgoing retirement, working through golden years: census
TORONTO - The three months of Bill VanGorder’s retirement were among the longest of his career. Lured by the promise of relaxation and spare time, the Halifax resident thought he’d relish ...
Nov 29, 2017
The 10 most common occupations in Canada last year, according to 2016 census
OTTAWA - The top 10 occupations in Canada last year for men and women, according to the 2016 census: WOMEN 1. Retail salespersons 2. Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses 3. Cashiers 4. ...
Nov 29, 2017
Gender gap in STEM fields proving difficult to close, say experts, census data
MONTREAL - In the basement of McGill University’s engineering building, Elizabeth O’Meara punches the word “engineer” into a Google Image search and watches the screen fill wit...
Nov 29, 2017
Highlights: Statistics Canada's final release of 2016 census data
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada issued its sixth and final batch of 2016 census numbers Wednesday, this one focused on education, labour, journey to work, language of work and mobility and migration. Some ...
Nov 29, 2017
Education rates, commute times and time at work all growing, census shows
OTTAWA - Canadians are putting in more effort in the classroom, additional time on the job and extra teeth-gnashing minutes on the road getting to and from work, Statistics Canada says in the latest -...
Nov 29, 2017