Comments from postal workers exposing the unbearable working conditions at Canada Post and the complicity of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) with management in enforcing them have continued to pour in to the World Socialist Web Site. Contract talks are ongoing for some 50,000 workers between CUPW and …
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Would he or wouldn’t he? It wasn’t just the crowd waiting patiently outside St George’s Chapel this morning who were wondering if the King might exchange a few words with the public for the first time since his cancer diagnosis. Every right-minded royalist will have been having similar thoughts. In …
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The Canada Post Corporation (CPC), a Crown corporation wholly owned by the federal government, is demanding massive concessions from around 50,000 postal workers in ongoing contract talks. The company has been in closed-door bargaining with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) since late last year over the contracts for …
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Meghan Markle launched her new luxury lifestyle brand American Riviera Orchard o the fourth anniversary of what Prince Harry dubbed their ‘freedom’ day – the date they moved to California. A glitzy Instagram video released yesterday showed Meghan in a large, bright kitchen, providing fans with a glimpse into her plans …
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Open this photo in gallery: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 19. The Competition Bureau greenlit RBC’s takeover of HSBC Canada in September.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for the federal government …
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Real estate firm Royal LePage is forecasting the aggregate price of a home in Canada will increase seven per cent in the final quarter of 2023 compared with the same period last year, downgrading its previous outlook of 8.5 per cent. The decrease reflects a sluggish third quarter in which …
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Open this photo in gallery: A massive skull, one of the best preserved and most complete Triceratop skulls found in Canada, is part of the Royal Tyrrell Museum’s ‘Fossils in Focus’ exhibit.HO/The Canadian Press The Royal Tyrrell Museum says the best preserved and most complete triceratops skull found in Canada …
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Meghan Markle has stolen the limelight at Prince Harry’s Invictus Games in Dusseldorf today as she cuddled up to some furry friends, sung Sweet Caroline and shared a joke with her royal husband. Crowds leapt to their feet to cheer and applaud the Duchess of Sussex who seemed taken aback by the …
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However, superior returns may only arise in very old age, according to research commissioned by the Association for British Insurers, an industry trade body. Its model found that if a worker starts saving into a CDC scheme at the age of 30, by their 75th birthday they would have an …
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Over the past five years, not including dividends, Royal Bank of Canada RY-T shares are up 16 per cent, compared with a 57-per-cent gain by small-cap VersaBank. Meanwhile, Royal Bank lags other large-cap Canadian banks in our INK Edge quantitative rankings based on valuations, insider commitment and price momentum. Insider …
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