How far must an employer go to accommodate an employee’s religious practices under federal law? Unlike federal law, California law applies the same “undue hardship” standard to accommodating religious practices as it applies to accommodating disabilities. The same undue hardship test, he said, should apply to religious accommodation under federal law as to disability accommodation. The court probably will make an employer’s duty to accommodate its employees’ religious practices under Title VII closer to the facially more demanding duty employers have under California law. Lower courts applying federal law will have to apply any modified test to future cases with unknowable factual variations.

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Northern Finland saw some unusually warm weather in April as well as sunshine hour records broken at some weather stations. The FMI didn’t include figures with their press release, but said four site-specific weather stations broke records in April when it came to sunshine. The other two were in southern Finland in at Helsinki-Vantaa and in Jokioinen. The highest temperature in Finland was 21 C in Lappeenranta in southern Finland on April 26. The least was in southern Finland in Itätulli were 8.1mm was measured.

© Thomson Reuters Semicon Taiwan opens in Taipei(Reuters) - Germany's Merck KGaA has appointed Helene von Roeder as the new chief financial officer and member of the Executive Board after Marcus Kuhnert has decided to step down, the drugmaker announced on Monday. © Thomson Reuters German real estate company Vonovia annual general meeting in BochumThe changes would become effective from July 1, the company added. German real estate company Vonovia announced this month that von Roeder would be leaving its management board at her own request as of July 1. (This story has been refiled to make it clear that the company is Germany's Merck)(Reporting by Anastasiia Kozlova and Amir Orusov; Editing by Miranda Murray)

Story continuesExporters are required by law to pay for the CGC’s official quality certification before shipping Canadian grain around the world, outside of the United States. Grain kept moving, in part because the CGC allowed exporters to use private inspectors instead. Proponents of the government inspection system believe it’s responsible for protecting the global reputation of Canadian grain exports. But Milton Dyck, the national president of PSAC’s agriculture union, said trusting the private sector to protect the brand of Canadian grain could backfire. “Where are future grain inspectors going to be drawn from?”Gosselin asked.

1 (the Bill), which includes proposed amendments to provisions of the Canada Transportation Act (the CTA) relating to air transport. If passed, the Bill will likely result in future amendments to the Air Passenger Protection Regulations (APPR) made under the CTA. The Bill proposes several changes which carriers should take note. If a carrier breaches a "compliance agreement", the Bill proposes to double ($500,000) the maximum administrative penalty that a carrier could be liable for. The Bill proposes to continue to exempt domestic charters from the Bill's new complaint resolution processes.

It's part of the developer’s plan to build 2,200 condo units on the Quartier des lumières site just west of the Jacques Cartier Bridge and near the city’s downtown core. Meanwhile, developer Groupe Mach says it still plans to develop about 900,000 square feet of office space at Quartier des lumières, despite the current high vacancy rates in the city. Plans are being finalized for what Chiara says is “a huge demolition process.”While it’s unlikely office space will be required in the next couple of years in Montreal given current vacancy rates, “historically we’ve managed to absorb (office) space in Montreal over time,” Chiara says. In addition, Chiara maintains much of the city’s current vacant office space will be taken off the market because it is rundown and undesirable. The recently completed 418,822-square-foot Maison de Radio-Canada, on the eastern edge of Quartier des lumières and just east of CBC/Radio-Canada’s former headquarters, was built by Broccolini.

© Provided by Financial Post Bank and office towers in Toronto's financial district. In a note to clients late Sunday, National Bank Financial analyst Gabriel Dechaine said commercial real estate loans represent the second-largest lending exposure of Canada’s six largest banks, trailing only residential real estate in proportional size, at around 10 per cent of lending portfolios. “Office exposures are particularly worrisome and represent 12 per cent of the average Big-Six CRE (commercial real estate) book.”Rising interest rates have challenged commercial real estate owners and investors while, at the same time, remote work is leaving many office buildings under-utilized and hurting rent prospects. Dechaine noted that impaired commercial real estate loans aren’t yet rising substantially for Canadian banks, save for some exposure in the United States. Other market watchers have expressed less concern about the ability of Canadian banks to weather exposure to commercial real estate.

It was just a few months later when one of the first major Twitter death hoaxes took shape as Gordon Lightfoot was prematurely eulogized. One of the workshops was a tribute to him, and he took his spot behind the stage to watch his songs reinterpreted. My front-page photo would be him on the main stage, guitar in hand. Just as Lightfoot began playing “If You Could Read My Mind” — and I caught my breath — I switched to video. At 7:30 p.m., May 1, 2023, Gordon Lightfoot left this world a better place than he found it.

Loong Wah Restaurant owner Zoe Wu, pictured here holding up a menu inside her restaurant. The final day for Loong Wah Restaurant on Lemarchant Road is set for Sunday, May 14, marking the end of over 30 years of food service. While the previous owners served North American Chinese food, Wu said she tried to diversify the menu with more authentic Asian dishes. Some of Loong Wah's fusion dishes included their salted cod fried rice and Newfoundland-themed fried rice which included jiggs dinner ingredients. Mei Mei, a frequent diner at Loong Wah, said she's going to miss the food.

ORILLIA, Ont. - Over 2,400 fans attended a public visitation Sunday in Gordon Lightfoot’s hometown in central Ontario to say goodbye to the folk singer-songwriter. In the pouring rain, a line stretched down the street outside St. Paul’s United Church in Orillia, Ont., where Lightfoot once sang as a choir boy. It was one of the many tributes to Lightfoot in Orillia since his death on May 1. A private funeral is to take place Monday in Orillia, where Lightfoot is to be buried alongside his parents.

Wise, a resident of Vernon in the North Okanagan region of B.C., recently became the first woman in the 78-year history of the B.C. Trappers Association (BCTA) to be certified by the association as a trapping instructor. Holly Wise/Submitted"I think it's great for the association, great for the industry," Killey said. As an instructor, Wise says she'll primarily focus her attention on the Okanagan area but is open to traveLling around the province to hold trapping courses. For people with traplines, trapping is done recreationally and as a source of income.

LONDON — Out in Clapham, a rather small and charming local “Big Lunch” coronation party is being held on Tregarvon Road, hosted by Tom Tugendhat, who just happens to be the Minister of State for Security. Thereby pitching Toronto into a premature mayoral election featuring a plethora of candidates, none particularly seductive, you should forgive the expression. “That is a mischaracterization,” insists Tory, referring to rumours that he’s held conversations about possibly testing the waters. But in London, where he arrived in time to watch the coronation on TV, he’s enjoying the anonymity, even when a reporter catches up with him. Tory actually met Charles at a small dinner party a few years ago and liked him right away.

SEATTLE — When the Stars take the ice Sunday night, will they have the road-ice advantage? “You know what, I don’t (have an explanation),’’ Stars coach Pete DeBoer said, “but I think the parity in the league is impressive. “I’m old but I’m not that old,’’ Sharp said, laughing. They’re all fantastic players,’’ DeBoer said. On top of that, Heiskanen’s 29:45 per game in the playoffs leads all players by a considerable margin.

© Submitted Thousands of people took part in the Vancouver Marathon, Sunday. Among them was 13-year-old Charlie-Anne Cox who was pushed across the finish line in her electric wheelchair, raising money for Canuck Place. As 13-year-old Charlie-Anne Cox approaches the finish line at the BMO Vancouver Marathon, she’s got one thing on her mind — faster. They are the only person that’s been there, the only place that’s been there in the beginning in that way in the all-encompassing way that they are,” Cherie said. “Her smile through that finish line she’s saying, ‘hurry, hurry we’re losing.