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CANADA: Small business owners working eight-day week equivalent due to staff shortages: CFIB

CANADA: Small business owners working eight-day week equivalent due to staff shortages: CFIB

The average owner works 54 hours a week
Pilot walks away from Collingwood plane crash

Pilot walks away from Collingwood plane crash

The pilot, who was the lone occupant of the plane, was taken to hospital with minor injuries, police say
BEYOND LOCAL: India's population will be world's largest by mid-year

BEYOND LOCAL: India's population will be world's largest by mid-year

Not long ago, India wasn’t expected to become most populous until later this decade. But the timing has been sped up by a drop in China’s fertility rate, with families having fewer children
BEYOND LOCAL: Proposed shark tourism project has to balance benefits and safety

BEYOND LOCAL: Proposed shark tourism project has to balance benefits and safety

Atlantic Shark Expeditions said it plans to launch its shark-watching tours this fall, offering tourists the opportunity to pay to view the animals from the comfort of a boat — or from inside a cage submerged in the water
CANADA: Young Canadians faring well, earning more in today's economy

CANADA: Young Canadians faring well, earning more in today's economy

For the report, Desjardins compared the earnings of Canadians who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1991 versus in 2001
CANADA: Ottawa to host Pacific Four Series women's rugby event

CANADA: Ottawa to host Pacific Four Series women's rugby event

It will mark the first international women's rugby series held in Canada since 2015
BEYOND LOCAL: Spiral appears amid northern lights in Alaska night sky

BEYOND LOCAL: Spiral appears amid northern lights in Alaska night sky

The appearance of the swirl was caught in time-lapse on the Geophysical Institute’s all-sky camera and shared widely
CANADA: Wickenheiser, Virtue, Hughes among 42 former Olympians banned from Russia

CANADA: Wickenheiser, Virtue, Hughes among 42 former Olympians banned from Russia

The list includes a group of 42 retired Canadian Olympians who signed a statement last month urging the Canadian Olympic Committee to reject the idea of allowing Russians to participate in the 2024 Games unless Russia withdraws from Ukraine
CANADA: Poll suggests Canadians feel less safe than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic

CANADA: Poll suggests Canadians feel less safe than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic

Violent crime rose by five per cent in 2021, mostly because of a 27 per cent increase in hate-motivated crimes and higher rates of reported sexual assault
BEYOND LOCAL: CP Rail, Kansas City Southern Rail merger now official

BEYOND LOCAL: CP Rail, Kansas City Southern Rail merger now official

It combines the two smallest of North America's seven Class 1 railroads