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Little to no proof police carding has effect on crime or arrests: Ontario report
TORONTO – Police street checks widely known as carding have little to no value as a law enforcement tool and should be significantly limited across Ontario, a judge tasked with reviewing the practice said Monday. The report from Justice Michael…
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Winnipeg restaurant chain releases another manager following harassment probe
WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg restaurant chain that’s faced recent allegations of harassment has dismissed another high-level employee. Stella’s Cafe and Bakery has announced that regional manager Brad Burrows has been released from the chain, after it said earlier this month…
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Black residents more likely to die during interactions with Toronto cops: report
TORONTO – Black people living in Toronto are far more likely to be injured or killed in interactions with city police, Ontario’s Human Rights Commission said Monday as it called on the force to deal with what it described as…
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Father who lost son in Broncos crash wants graduated licensing in truck training
REGINA – A father who lost his son in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says mandatory training in Saskatchewan for commercial semi-truck drivers is a good first step, but he wants to see more. Russ Herold, whose son Adam died…
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Jury recommends mental health education for RCMP members following inquest
BURNABY, B.C. – A coroner’s inquest jury is recommending the RCMP make changes to mental health programs for its officers and their families after the death by suicide of a sergeant in 2013 who was involved in a high-profile case…
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Ontario government quietly stalls implementation of pay transparency law
TORONTO – Ontario has quietly stalled the implementation of legislation that aimed to increase pay transparency in the province, prompting some critics to suggest the government is looking for savings at the expense of women. In a fiscal update presented…
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Canadian banks look to in house hackers to improve and test cybersecurity
TORONTO – Hackers are targeting Toronto-Dominion Bank’s internal systems at all hours using cutting-edge techniques, but the bank’s head of cybersecurity isn’t losing sleep over them – they work for him, after all. The bank established late last year an…
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B.C. government says demand, safety behind long awaited riding hailing plan
VICTORIA – Ride-hailing could take another year to become a reality in British Columbia after legislation was introduced Monday that Transportation Minister Claire Trevena says balances consumer demand and public safety. She said ride-hailing companies could be operating by next…
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Sex misconduct survey excludes vulnerable military members: Survivors’ group
OTTAWA – A survivors’ group for those affected by sexual misconduct in the military say the voices of particularly vulnerable service members are being left out of a survey meant to see how prevalent inappropriate behaviour is in the ranks.…
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Harassment allegations at restaurant chain Stella’s trigger bosses’ leave
WINNIPEG – Two top executives with the popular Winnipeg-based restaurant chain Stella’s are taking an indefinite leave of absence following allegations by former staff of hostile working conditions and harassment. Stella’s said in a statement issued Monday that effective immediately,…
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Probe into sexual harassment allegations against Dutoit inconclusive: orchestra
MONTREAL – An internal investigation by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra into sexual harassment allegations against prominent conductor Charles Dutoit has proven inconclusive, the orchestra announced. The orchestra launched the probe into alleged workplace harassment last December after receiving a complaint…
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Most Canadian firms not tracking gender pay gap, advancement rates: report
The majority of Canadian companies are not closely watching differences in pay or advancement between men and women and other key measures of progress, according to a report on gender equality in corporate Canada and the U.S. The Canada-United States…
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Union leaders say proposed pay equity legislation will close ‘shameful’ gap
OTTAWA – The new pay-equity law the federal Liberals are proposing should close Canada’s “shameful” gender gap and private-sector employers should follow the government’s example, leaders of some of Canada’s biggest unions say. Public Service Alliance of Canada president Chris…
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Saskatchewan promising safer highway intersections after Broncos bus crash
REGINA – The Saskatchewan government is promising to make highway intersections safer following the deadly bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team. The government made the pledge Wednesday in the throne speech that opened a new session of…
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Military to overhaul morale boosting trips after review finds serious problems
OTTAWA – Canada’s top general is overhauling military morale-boosting tours after an internal investigation uncovered the extent of the problems with a 2017 trip to Latvia that resulted in a sexual-assault charge against a former NHL player. Defence chief Gen.…
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All party board orders conciliation, harassment training for Darshan Kang
OTTAWA – A one-time Liberal MP from Calgary is being ordered by his peers to go to conciliation and training after a House of Commons investigation found some allegations against Darshan Kang constituted sexual harassment. Kang left the Liberal caucus…
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Brave New World
In 1942, science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov set out three laws of robotics, one of which says that “a robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.” Artificial intelligence (AI) and…
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2018 Volunteer of the Year Tom Welton, CRSP Recognized at CSSE PDC, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Mississauga, ON – September 20, 2018 — The Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP) is pleased to announce Tom Welton, CRSP, Director General Prevention Services, Workplace Safety North, as Volunteer of the Year for 2018. Tom Welton, Director General Prevention…
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Mentoring of women in academic medicine said to be suffering due to #MeToo movement
TORONTO – The #MeToo movement is having a chilling effect in academic medicine, leading some male physicians and scientists to avoid mentoring female colleagues by claiming they fear false accusations of sexual misconduct, says a group of women who hold…
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Female foreign ministers meet in Montreal to talk security, gender based violence
Female foreign ministers meet in Montreal to talk security, gender based violence MONTREAL – Female foreign affairs ministers from around the world are gathering in Montreal for a two-day summit that is described by Canada’s Chrystia Freeland as the first…
