VICTORIA – British Columbia’s minimum wage will increase to $16.75 an hour, a boost that the government said would fulfill a promise to tie the benchmark pay level to inflation. The new minimum wage will kick in on June 1, representing a 6.9 per cent increase from the current $15.65 […]
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By Marisela Amador
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL – About 12 hours after the closure of a rural southern Quebec road used by thousands of asylum seekers to enter Canada from the United States, Evelyne Bouchard witnessed RCMP agents escort a family of four people off her property. Bouchard, whose farm is located about two kilometres from […]
By Brieanna Charlebois
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER – A man accused of the first-degree murder of a Burnaby, B.C., teenager six years ago repeatedly denied killing the girl as his trial started Wednesday. When asked for his plea in front of a B.C. Supreme Court jury, Ibrahim Ali said three times through a Kurdish-speaking interpreter that […]
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TORONTO – A lawyer for Canadian pop star Danny Fernandes says the singer is confident he will be able to rebuild his career after the CBC published an investigation that alleged he took thousands of dollars from aspiring musicians. “He is confident through our joint efforts in rehabilitation and restitution […]
By Nicole Thompson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Scott Griffin is shaking up the Canadian poetry landscape for the second time in a year, lending his name to the Writers’ Trust poetry prize and more than doubling its purse. The move, which turns the Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize into the Latner Griffin Writers’ Trust Poetry […]
By Ed White
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The former head of a Michigan medical marijuana licensing board has agreed to plead guilty to accepting $110,000 in bribes to influence his decisions when he led the panel over a two-year period, authorities said Thursday. Charges against Rick Johnson and three other men were announced by U.S. Attorney Mark […]
By Stan Choe
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) – Wall Street is drifting amid mixed trading Thursday, threatening to send the S&P 500 to its first losing week in the last four following some discouraging reports on the economy. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in midday trading, and it’s on pace for a 0.6% […]
By Dee-ann Durbin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) – You may have already seen them in restaurants: waist-high machines that can greet guests, lead them to their tables, deliver food and drinks and ferry dirty dishes to the kitchen. Some have cat-like faces and even purr when you scratch their heads. But are robot […]
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Britain’s privacy watchdog hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty on Tuesday for a slew of data protection breaches, including misusing children’s data. The Information Commissioner’s Office said it issued a fine of 12.7 million pounds ($15.9 million) to the short-video sharing app, which is wildly popular with young people. It’s […]
By Marc Bowman
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Alek Manoah allowed one hit over seven innings, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his first homer of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 3-0 on Wednesday night. Manoah (1-0) held the Royals hitless until Jackie Bradley Jr. singled with one […]
By Judy Owen
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WINNIPEG – Jacob Markstrom earned the praise he received from his Calgary Flames’ teammates and coach Wednesday night. Markstrom made 34 saves and Andrew Mangiapane and Nikita Zadorov each had a goal and assist as the Flames kept their playoff hopes alive with a 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. […]
By Dawn ME Bowdish
Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity, McMaster University
Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity, McMaster University
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts, republished under a Creative Commons license. Three years into this pandemic, most Canadians have taken off their masks and many have stopped getting booster shots. However, COVID-19 is rising […]
