Amid a growing push for paid sick days from doctors and nurses, public health officials, mayors, unions and others, some companies that already offer sick leave to their essential workers say the practice can be good for business.

Ontario’s political parties are preparing for the 2022 election campaign by nominating candidates, planning strategies and raising money, all under the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key to improving app-based work benefits is to preserve the flexibility that is crucial for many workers, writes driver Binyam Asress.

From this side of the Atlantic, the new greenhouse gas emissions target recently adopted by the United Kingdom was notable not only for its ambition — the U.K. is now aiming to reduce emissions by 78 per cent below 1990 levels by 2035 — but for the fact that the goal was adopted by a Conservative government.

At the time, the 2011 federal election seemed like it was ushering in a new era in Canadian politics. Ten years later, it looks more like the exception than a new rule.

Advocates for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) say the federal government sidestepped the national inquiry’s finding of genocide in its budget — and they wonder how Ottawa can commit money to ending the violence without a plan.

Denman Island, population 1,200, is the latest to have its entire adult community offered doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. It’s one of 28 places on or near Vancouver Island taking the widespread approach.

“I don’t have to go beg,” said senior who uses local community refrigerators because she has difficulty affording food.

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As chefs and home cooks around the world start to increasingly consider environmental sustainability in their food choices, a debate has been growing over one particular item: beef. And now foodie website Epicurious has dropped it altogether.

An 11-year-old Winnipeg boy battling cancer gave the Pittburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby a beaded medallion with the team’s logo on it that matches his own.