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Cost of Living9:05Why instalment loans are the riskiest bet in finance Jolene Chateauneuf was just trying to avoid getting evicted. It was 2021, and she was short $1,500 for the rent on her apartment in Princeton, B.C., where she was living at the time. So she took out a rapidContinue Reading
Warning: This article contains details of child sexual abuse and may be distressing. Jamie, 29, doesn’t remember a lot of what the RCMP officer said when she, as an 11-year-old child, went to report her stepfather sexually assaulting her, but she remembers how she felt: scared, uncomfortable, and like theyContinue Reading
Politics·Analysis Across Europe, military leaders are warning that the security climate on the continent has changed radically — and a wider land war is now a possibility. Are European leaders listening? What about Canada? Russia’s rearmament plans have rattled European capitals — is Canada paying attention? Murray Brewster · CBCContinue Reading
The Current24:40Well Founded: Do office wellness programs actually work? Read Transcribed Audio Lunchtime yoga, mindfulness seminars and resilience training are just some of the ways big companies try to promote well-being at work. But one British researcher says he’s failed to find “any evidence” these programs actually help workers. “[I found] noContinue Reading
Edmonton·First Person Chad Dupuis had been living and working in the northern Alberta forest for several years and had numerous wildlife encounters. His lost dinner was a reminder that the parks are the animals’ home and we’re encroaching on it. It was a good reminder that inside the forest, we’reContinue Reading
The federal government announced last week it was suspending “additional funding” for a UN agency that supports Palestinians in Gaza and employs about 13,000 people there, as well as another 17,000 in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, the West Bank and elsewhere. Ottawa took the step after Israel claimed staff members at theContinue Reading
World A Pakistan court handed former prime minister Imran Khan a 10-year jail term on Tuesday for leaking state secrets, the former premier’s media team said, his second conviction in recent months and just 10 days before the country’s general election. The latest conviction in Khan case comes just days before consequential electionsThe AssociatedContinue Reading
Manitoba A physician in Winnipeg is sacrificing some of her family’s savings to lure 10 doctors to her practice. She estimates she’s putting up around $70,000 per doctor — or, $700,000 in total. Dr. Shadi Rezazadeh says it shouldn’t be her job to recruit, provide incentives to new doctors Ian Froese · CBC News ·Continue Reading
Toronto Representatives for Bell Media said Monday that a “scheduling change” was behind their decision to quietly remove 299 Queen Street West from a planned debut last Friday on the channel and its streaming service. Bell Media says ‘scheduling change’ behind decision to quietly remove film from streaming debut David Friend · TheContinue Reading
World The world’s largest cruise ship — the size of almost four city blocks — is raising environmental concerns. The ship, which runs nearly 365 metres from bow to stern, left Miami on Saturday for its first seven-day island-hopping voyage through the tropics. Icon of the Seas, with 20 decks,Continue Reading
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