MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill Grace Lore introduced a $2 per hour increase for Early Childhood Educators working in licensed daycare facilities. GENERIC DAYCARE STOCK IMAGES - CPE Idée Fixe daycare / Early childhood centre in Montreal, QC with educators, family, infants, children, taken 07 Jun 2022. GENERIC DAYCARE STOCK IMAGES - CPE Idée Fixe daycare / Early childhood centre in Montreal, QC with educators, family, infants, children, taken 07 Jun 2022. Findings from a November 2022 report by the Early Childhood Educators of B.C. The report said early childhood educators and early childhood education assistants who left the field cited reasons such as low pay, a lack of benefits, and poor working conditions.

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Hollywood often acts as inspiration for Halloween costumes, and so far the iconic Barbie is living up to those expectations. McKie says Barbie costumes have been popular since the movie came out, with people attending Barbie-themed parties and even murder mysteries. Keeping with the classicsAnd then there are the classic Halloween costumes: witches, skeletons, pirates. Photo: (Ben Nelms/CBC)Similarly, Prado at Merchant of Dream says classic costumes seem more popular than ever. McKie thinks classic costumes offer a level of comfort and familiarity for clients after what has been a few turbulent years.

The Royal Canadian Institute for Science (RCIScience) awards the 2023 Sandford Fleming Medal for Excellence in Science Communication to independent science writer Terry Collins and the William Edmond Logan Award to the team behind CBC Radio's national weekly science program, Quirks & Quarks. This prestigious award is dedicated to all of them.”Quirks & Quarks is one of Canada's most beloved science news programs. Since it first aired in October 1975, Quirks & Quarks is consistently rated among the most popular CBC programs, attracting almost a million listeners globally each week. Past winners include Celestica, Sanofi Pasteur Canada, IBM Canada, the Science Communication Program at Laurentian University and Toronto Metropolitan University's SciXchange. Together, the Fleming Medal and Logan Award are two of a very small number of awards celebrating outstanding science communication efforts in Canada.

The chaos of music in the 90's | SaltWireA Federal Court judge has dismissed a challenge to a 2020 order-in-council that outlawed over 1,500 firearm models , ending a three-year court battle led by a coalition of plaintiffs, including Canada’s leading firearms advocacy group. The 2020 directive instantly — without passing legislation in Parliament — reclassified around 1,500 popular firearms to prohibited status , including those described as so-called “military-style” or “assault” firearms. CCFR CEO Rod Giltaca expressed dismay over Monday’s decision. In 2021, the government’s decision to move ahead with a voluntary, rather than mandatory, gun buy-back prompted PolySeSouvient to publicly disinvite Trudeau from future École Polytechnique shooting memorials. Mauser said Monday’s decision seriously undermines hunting, sport shooting and environmental protection in Canada.

Actors Seth Rogen and Jennifer Robertson have joined an upcoming CBC reality show that will crown Canada's top potter. Actors Seth Rogen and Jennifer Robertson have joined an upcoming CBC reality show that will crown Canada's top potter. Vancouver-based artist and ceramics instructor Brendan Tang and ceramicist and educator Natalie Waddell from Toronto will also serve as judges on the show. CBC says the series, inspired by the U.K.’s “The Great Pottery Throw Down,” was filmed this summer in Rogen’s hometown of Vancouver. “The Great Pottery Throw Down” will broadcast in Canada on CBC and CBC Gem sometime in the winter 2024.

Sip back some Día de Muertos-inspired cocktails, learn how to cook Korean food and check out an Asian Film Festival. If you have a Vancouver event you’d like to submit for consideration, send an email to kdonaldson@canadawide.com. Celebrate Día de Los Muertos with a Fiesta at El Camino’s! Discover A Great Divide: A Riveting Centerpiece at the Vancouver Asian Film FestivalNovember 4Immerse yourself in the powerful storytelling of A Great Divide, a poignant piece featured in the 27th Vancouver Asian Film Festival (November 2 to November 12, full lineup here.) Cheers to Día de Muertos at Fairmont Pacific Rim’s Exclusive Cocktail EventNovember 2 and 3Ain’t no fiesta like a cocktail fiesta!

The federal government is banning the Chinese social media app WeChat and Russia's Kaspersky Lab antivirus applications from all government-issued phones, citing security concerns. We are taking a risk-based approach to cyber security by removing access to these applications on government mobile devices, she said in a media statement. On a mobile device, the WeChat and Kaspersky applications' data collection methods provide considerable access to the device's contents, the statement added. WeChat used to target Michael ChongWeChat is a popular social media, payment, instant messaging and networking app developed by the Shenzhen-based technology company Tencent. The ban follows the federal government's decision in February to ban the social media app Tik Tok on all government-issued phones.

Indigenous group wants Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose 2018 Juno over ancestry doubts Oct 30, 2023 | 10:50 AMThe Indigenous Women’s Collective is calling for Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose her 2018 Juno Award for Indigenous album of the year, after a CBC story raised doubts about the singer’s ancestry. The collective says in a statement that it has reviewed the story and believes Sainte-Marie deceived the public about her origin. It says the deception allowed her to benefit from a false narrative that misled thousands of Indigenous people. CBC obtained Sainte-Marie’s birth certificate, which says she was born in 1941 in Stoneham, Mass., to Albert and Winifred Sainte-Marie.

Some Jack o' Lanterns may have snow on them in the morning, but it will likely melt during the day. (The Associated Press - image credit)The potential for snow starting midday Monday and continuing into the evening has led to a special weather statement for P.E.I. Wet snow was forecast to start falling around noon and could continue into the night in some inland areas. Send a photo to compass@cbc.caAny snow that does fall will likely melt Tuesday, with temperatures climbing to 5 C and a chance of some sunshine. Trick or treating weather is likely to be dry, but cold.

The shelter cost differential is part of an isolated living allowance used to attract skilled labour in isolated locations. Wood said his town relies on federal employees to operate a range of services including its two nearby national parks. Meantime, Fort Chipewyan is among the communities that are being added to the shelter cost differential. Federal employees in that community will receive a subsidy on rentals if the potential changes go through. Allan Adam, Chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation said he was just learning about the potential subsidy change for the first time when CBC called.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured recently on the Hill, will deliver remarks at a lunch event hosted by the Economic Club of Canada. Monday, Oct. 30, at 11:45 a.m. ET at the Omni King Edward Hotel in Toronto. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The 24-year old also won 1500m bronze on Saturday, which was the first individual distance medal of her career. The men’s relay team comprised of Dubois, William Dandjinou (Montreal, Que. raced their way to a silver medal, finishing the race with a time of 7:03.875. The Korean team, who finished third, received a penalty for obstruction from an inactive skater after making contact with a Canadian skater during an exchange, which moved Kazakhstan (7:05.352) into the bronze medal position. The international short track season continues next weekend with the ISU Four Continents Short Track Championships in Laval, Que.

Canada’s Santiago 2023 Pan American Games athletics team got their Games started Sunday morning, as Evan Dunfee finished 9th in the men’s 20km race walk event in a time of 1:22:14. Captain CanadaYou can’t have a team without a team captain and Team Canada has chosen a great one. 2021 Olympian Maddy Price accepted the honour today in Santiago. “We are so excited to be here with Team Canada and we can’t wait to start competing and performing,” Price said. “The Village is incredible and we’re just grateful to wear the maple leaf on our chest every day, whenever we get the opportunity.

Friends star Matthew Perry, the Emmy-nominated actor whose sarcastic, but lovable Chandler Bing was among television's most famous and most quotable characters, has died at 54. Friends co-creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane, and executive producer Kevin Bright, remembered Perry in a statement released Sunday. Shocked and saddened to just hear about the passing of Matthew Perry in a tragic drowning. WATCH | Matthew Perry discusses his love for hockey in this clip from 2013: Matthew Perry interview on After Hours Duration 7:50 Featured Video Actor Matthew Perry joins After Hours to discuss his love of hockey. In a tribute on X, Fairchild wrote that she is "heartbroken about the untimely death of my 'son' Matthew Perry."