Rogers faces mounting customer complaints about ‘misleading’ contractsNewsDuration 2:37A growing number of Rogers customers are voicing frustration over 'misleading' contracts after their bills unexpectedly increased. In Parliament on Monday, the federal NDP blamed the Liberal government for failing to protect Canadians from these fees.
Vancouver highrise fire causes significant damage to 4 apartmentsNewsDuration 1:30Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services say debris and embers from an apartment highrise fire in Vancouver's Coal Harbour fell 20 storeys onto the ground and shrubs below, setting some of them alight.
UW professor who was stabbed speaks out for the first time about surviving attackNewsDuration 1:19The professor who was stabbed by a former student at the University of Waterloo last summer has shared her testimony in court. Monday was the first day of a week-long sentencing period for Geovanny Villalba Aleman, who in June 2023 had pleaded guilty to stabbing two students and Katherine Fulfer, an associate professor in a gender-studies class in Hagey Hall. CBC K-W's Aastha Shetty has the details.
Liberal Susan Holt delivers impassioned 1st speech as premier-designateNewsDuration 10:39Susan Holt wins a Liberal majority, tells crowd of supporters of her pride in being the first woman to be elected as premier in New Brunswick.
Trump and Harris campaign in battleground statesNewsDuration 2:05On Monday, Donald Trump was in North Carolina, where he insulted his Democratic opponent and made false claims about the Biden administration diverting disaster-relief funds. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris joined forces with Republican Liz Cheney to appeal to moderate voters.
Bait-and-switch scam with gold targets vulnerable people in Montreal and other Canadian citiesNewsDuration 2:58Montreal police recently arrested two people who now face charges related to theft. They say the suspects mostly approached seniors and came up with excuses to get near them to subtly take their gold, leaving fakes behind.
ReutersA Pennsylvania man was charged with threatening to kill an employee of a state political party who had been recruiting people to monitor polls for the Nov. 5 U.S. election, according to court documents made public on Monday. John Courtney Pollard, 62, of Philadelphia, is accused of sending threatening messages to the unidentified party employee, including vowing to "SKIN YOU ALIVE," according to an indictment filed by federal prosecutors in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is one of seven battleground states likely to decide the presidential election between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump.
In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed leadership changes in the sport of curling, distracted driving and its ties to cellphone use, the cost of Halloween candy and the 200th anniversary of The Welland Canal. The launch of Brock’s new training platform on cybersecurity was also featured in an article in Academica. Distracted driving deaths up 40 per cent in Ontario compared to last year: Professor of Child and Youth Studies Tony Volk spoke to CTV News about an increase in distracted driving deaths linked to cellphone usage. Associate Professor of Marketing Eric Dolansky spoke to The Hamilton Spectator and The Toronto Star about the rising cost of Halloween candy. Institutions bolster cybersecurity with campus community by sharing resources, training: Brock’s new cybersecurity training program and resources was featured in Academica.
World of Tim Burton comes to life in London museumNewsDuration 1:24A new exhibit at the Design Museum in London, England, is set to showcase the designs and projects of filmmaker Tim Burton. It has a recreation of Burton's art studio and displays pieces of his work from over the years, going as far back as sketches from his childhood.
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The Globe and MailInternational student cap will cost schools $600-million next year, Ontario universities projectOntario universities say the federal government’s cap on international study permits will mean a loss of $300-million in revenue this year and more than $600-million next year, a drop that will have a “profound impact.”Hill TimesTo fix Canada’s innovation gap, why not fix Canada’s biggest innovation program? We could be on the verge of a tax credit that prioritizes intellectual property generation and commercialization as real drivers of future economic success. The Toronto StarDrop in international students leads Ontario universities to project $1B loss in revenues over two yearsUniversities, said the federal government “rolled out a blunt instrument” with its foreign student capThe VarsityU of T spent $1.4 million on the encampmentBusiness Board discusses April OISE ransomware attack, enrolment numbersThe GuardianUniversity of Toronto’s environmental school cuts ties to fossil fuelsPrinceton University, the only other North American school to do so, rolled back its commitment recentlyCBC NewsSentencing hearing set to begin Monday for man guilty of University of Waterloo stabbings5 days set aside to hear victim impact statements, sentencing submissions from Crown and defence.
Both physicians believe the issue is widespread across the city, they told the CBC. “We have been basically inundated with requests from our civil servant patients requesting various sorts of accommodation,” Matin explained. He and his colleagues argued that the volume of accommodation requests takes away time that could be better spent caring for patients in need of medical treatment. Increased paperwork for physiciansDoctors like Matin and Duong perceive the situation as a mismanagement of resources. Duong told the CBC that the practice is the federal government “downloading” its workplace accommodation challenges onto family doctors, rather than addressing these concerns through its own channels.
Here’s why employers should do more to embrace neurodiversity in the workplace – CBCNeurodiverse people have long been unfairly accused of laziness or procrastination, ADHD expert saysOct 21, 2024When Rebecca Shaw was diagnosed with autism, she found it liberating. She says it helped her make sense of how her brain works, and the different way she thinks. Shaw says she shared her diagnosis with her employer, and shortly after that lost her job. She got another similar position, and was terminated again, she believes because her manager found her accommodation needs too challenging. This is despite very valuable skills she brought to her workplace, such as her ability to problem solve and to see patterns in data.
Some of her family were back home in the Yukon looking after the dog and took her out to their camp at the Duke and Kluane Rivers. Johnson’s grandson went back to the area several times that night in case the dog showed up, but she never did. After Johnson returned home, she also went out to the area repeatedly in hopes of finding Midnight. The man had said that he thought the dog was lost, according to Johnson — though she’s a bit sceptical. He just took her for a ride thinking that, you know, he was going to keep her,” Johnson said.
New online tool to showcase history of Surrey, B.C. NewsDuration 2:19People can now share their personal stories of connections to different places in Surrey, B.C., thanks to a new tool that aims to provide a snapshot of the city's diverse history through interactive maps and memories.
