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ONTARIO: PCs consult on gender wage gap law, ask for business input

ONTARIO: PCs consult on gender wage gap law, ask for business input

Based on the most recent data from Statistics Canada, the gender wage gap accounting for the annual earnings of all workers is 29.3 per cent, meaning that women earn about 71 cents for every dollar that men earn
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BEYOND LOCAL: Repurposed shipping containers could be a housing option for transient workers

BEYOND LOCAL: Repurposed shipping containers could be a housing option for transient workers

Pic Mobert partnering with designer-developer on creatively financed home solution
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BEYOND LOCAL: Parked school buses go up in flames near Sudbury

BEYOND LOCAL: Parked school buses go up in flames near Sudbury

Fire didn't result in any student transportation delays
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CANADA: PM changes his tone as second minister resigns over SNC-Lavalin

CANADA: PM changes his tone as second minister resigns over SNC-Lavalin

Trudeau named Carla Qualtrough, the minister of public services and procurement, as the acting president of the Treasury Board
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BEYOND LOCAL: Guelph woman falls asleep with candle, ends up with hair on fire

BEYOND LOCAL: Guelph woman falls asleep with candle, ends up with hair on fire

Police say officers and paramedics were called to a home Monday evening
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BEYOND LOCAL: There's a car in a snowbank at the Timmins Walmart and we can't handle it

BEYOND LOCAL: There's a car in a snowbank at the Timmins Walmart and we can't handle it

How did it get there? Why is it there? How long has it been sitting there? Who even cares? These questions remain unanswered
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CANADA: NATO target threatened yet again by military underspending

CANADA: NATO target threatened yet again by military underspending

Budget documents show the Defence Department will fall short more than $2 billion on the government's plan to spend $6.5 billion
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BEYOND LOCAL Why more adults kids are supporting their parents

BEYOND LOCAL Why more adults kids are supporting their parents

According to Judith Cane, a money coach based in Ottawa, more adult children ranging from their 30s into their 60s are offering monetary support to their parents
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WORLD: Detained Canadians acted together in stealing state secrets, says Chinese official media

WORLD: Detained Canadians acted together in stealing state secrets, says Chinese official media

BEIJING — Chinese official media on Monday accused two Canadians detained in China of acting together to steal state secrets, just days after Canada announced it will proceed with a U.S. extradition request for a senior Chinese tech executive.
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ONTARIO: 11 and 15-year-old die in early morning snowmobile accident on Lake Muskoka

ONTARIO: 11 and 15-year-old die in early morning snowmobile accident on Lake Muskoka

Three snowmobiles, and the five people riding them, went through the ice and into the water
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