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Check your policy — some group benefits change, or vanish, when you turn 65

Sunday, April 28, 2024 11:00:00 PM
More Canadians are staying in the workforce past 65 and discovering they may lose some of their group benefits, even if they stay working. The industry's policy-makers say it's always been that way and people need to read the fine print of their...

Ontario's MedsCheck program could see changes amid allegations of improper use

Sunday, April 28, 2024 11:00:00 PM
Allegations of improper medication reviews at Shoppers Drug Mart, and corporate pressure to hit billing targets for them as outlined in a recent CBC News investigation, has prompted some to take a closer look at the Ontario government program.

This man does not love you. But someone might be using his face to rob you

Sunday, April 28, 2024 11:00:00 PM
A weatherman in Austria, Sigi Fink, was shocked to learn he was in the news after a romance scammer used his photos to try to trick a CBC journalist out of money. A psychology professor says the problem of scammers using strangers’ images can hurt...

Pay transparency in job listings is less transparent than you might think

Sunday, April 28, 2024 11:00:00 PM
With pay transparency laws now in effect in B.C. and passed in P.E.I., Newfoundland and Ontario, companies are called upon to include salary ranges with job postings. But advocates say some employers post such wide pay ranges it counteracts the...

This Indonesian activist wants Canada to stop sending plastic waste abroad

Sunday, April 28, 2024 11:00:00 PM
As the global summit in Ottawa comes to a close, activists are hoping for a commitment on plastic shipments abroad. Canada exported 202 million kilograms of plastic waste last year, up from 183 million kilograms a year prior.

Open banking could spur competition, but fintechs say Canada's moving too slowly

Sunday, April 28, 2024 11:00:00 PM
Federal efforts to bring "open banking" to Canada are being welcomed by players in the industry — but there's also criticism that, after years of waiting, any changes may not come fast enough to encourage innovation or allow smaller financial...

'We're not going anywhere,' say pro-Palestinian protesters at McGill encampment

Sunday, April 28, 2024 4:37:06 PM
Students camping out on McGill's campus in solidarity with Palestinians say they won't go anywhere until the university divests from funds linked to weapons manufacturers, banks and other companies with ties to the war in Gaza. The university said...

Doctors warn capital gains tax hike could impact care

Sunday, April 28, 2024 4:37:00 PM
Some Canadian doctors warned that the Liberal government’s new capital gain tax increase could push more doctors out of family medicine for financial reasons at a time when millions of Canadians don’t have a family doctor.

Canucks pull off comeback, beat Predators in OT to take 3-1 series lead

Sunday, April 28, 2024 4:00:42 PM
Elias Lindholm scored just one minute and two seconds into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks came all the way back to beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 in Game 4 of the teams' first-round playoff series on Sunday.

Dancing onstage with Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh a dream come true for 6-year-old B.C. fan

Sunday, April 28, 2024 3:09:54 PM
A six-year-old Bhangra dancer from Surrey saw his dreams come true — and became part of history — when he danced on-stage with Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh in front of a sold-out crowd at B.C. Place on Saturday.