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ONTARIO: Colleges offer free personal support worker courses to address shortage

ONTARIO: Colleges offer free personal support worker courses to address shortage

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union, which has personal support workers among its members, said more qualified personal support workers are urgently needed.
COVID-19: WestJet to refund some passengers whose flights have been cancelled

COVID-19: WestJet to refund some passengers whose flights have been cancelled

The Calgary-based company said it will begin to contact eligible passengers on Nov. 2, starting with those whose flights were cancelled at the onset of the pandemic last spring
CANADA: Tim Hortons to test deposit program for returnable coffee cups and packaging

CANADA: Tim Hortons to test deposit program for returnable coffee cups and packaging

The test program is expected to start next year at select Toronto restaurants
ONTARIO: New liability law would not protect negligent long-term care providers, Ford says

ONTARIO: New liability law would not protect negligent long-term care providers, Ford says

Bill designed to 'protect front-line workers and small businesses who are following public health rules,' won't prevent lawsuits for 'gross negligence,' government says
WORLD: OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to three criminal charges

WORLD: OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to three criminal charges

The deal comes less than two weeks before a presidential election where the opioid epidemic has taken a political back seat to the coronavirus pandemic and other issues
WORLD: Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary

WORLD: Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary

'Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God,' says Pope Francis
CANADA: Troops ordered to keep guard up to protect military from COVID-19 resurgence

CANADA: Troops ordered to keep guard up to protect military from COVID-19 resurgence

Troops were warned the pandemic is likely get worse before it gets better, with expectations it could last 12 months or longer and manifest in a number of waves across the country
CANADA: Tim Hortons ditches two cups in favour of one with sleeve

CANADA: Tim Hortons ditches two cups in favour of one with sleeve

The end of double cupping is here for Tim Hortons
CANADA: Experts say counterfeit hand sanitizer recall at Dollarama is a lesson for retailers

CANADA: Experts say counterfeit hand sanitizer recall at Dollarama is a lesson for retailers

It's far from the only recall the country has faced in recent months as COVID-19 has made hand sanitizers a hot commodity and spurred dozens of distillers and now companies to start pumping out the product
CANADA: Country's bill to outlaw LGBTQ2 conversion therapy has global influence, UN expert says

CANADA: Country's bill to outlaw LGBTQ2 conversion therapy has global influence, UN expert says

Bill aims to ban this type of therapy, as well as advertising, profiting from it