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Nova Scotia

Worker seriously injured in fall from ladder in Bayers Lake

Nova Scotia·New Halifax Regional Police said they were called to the 200 block of Chain Lake Drive around 2:30 p.m.…

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Canada

Travel-nurse company turned my life upside down, health worker says

The company at the heart of the travel-nurse controversy is now the subject of a complaint over unpaid wages under…

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Health

TTC worker hailed as ‘guardian angel’ for saving woman’s life

When Michele-Marie Beer was trembling, dizzy on a Toronto streetcar, she never imagined the driver might save her life. But…

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Politics

Medical worker fleeing Gaza asked by Canada if he treated Hamas fighters

Lawyers are questioning Canada’s approach to screening visa applications for people in Gaza with extended family in Canada after one…

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Immigration

Median Wage Increased For Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program

The median hourly wage used to determine streams of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program has been increased. As of April…

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Business

This layoff could have been an email. Is there a good way to lose your job as a remote worker?

Is there a good way to lay off a remote worker?  Four years after remote work became the norm for a…

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Canada

Once-celebrated P.E.I. apple orchard faces no sanctions despite foreign worker abuse claims

When it broke ground on Prince Edward Island in 2014, Canadian Nectar Products had former high-profile politicians pitching a company…

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Nova Scotia

Worker dead after incident on Clearwater Seafoods vessel out of Mulgrave, N.S.

Nova Scotia·New The Nova Scotia Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration says it was notified by Clearwater of a workplace…

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Health

This disability support worker says long OT hours put her close to breaking point amid a staffing crisis

Disability support worker Amanda Hodgkins says a “staffing crisis” at Community Living Essex County in southwestern Ontario has her “pretty close”…

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Canada

Former group home worker sentenced to 6.5 years for sexually abusing non-verbal adults in his care

WARNING: This story contains details of sexual abuse. Brent Gabona has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for sexually…

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