Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers — and shoppers who despise receipt checks (www.cbc.ca)
I started using grocery self-checkouts during COVID, but I’ve kept using them because there’s rarely a line (and I’m a misanthrope). I’d probably go back to using regular human checkouts if I had to dig through all my crap to prove what I bought....
Forget self-care. To feel better in this world, we need collective action, says Massey lecturer Astra Taylor (www.cbc.ca)
‘You can’t meditate your way or exfoliate your way out of this crisis’
Recycling was a lie — a big lie — to sell more plastic, industry experts say. Less than 10 per cent of the plastics we’ve used have been recycled. This documentary reveals why. (www.cbc.ca)
As Canada recruits Filipino nurses, those left behind struggle to care for patients (www.cbc.ca)
The Philippines is dealing with a nursing shortage as countries like Canada recruit within its borders. When the nurses leave, it causes a ripple effect on those left behind in the Philippines.
'Something's changed': Summer 2023 is screaming climate change, scientists say | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Man found with guns and drugs after calling in overdose has sentence overturned due to Good Samaritan Act (www.cbc.ca)
Paul Eric Wilson’s eight-year sentence was overturned by the Appeal Court under the recently enacted Good Samaritan Act.
China claims ownership of the Taiwan Strait. Canada just sailed a warship through it (www.cbc.ca)
After months of secretive planning, and preparing the crew to defend their ship if necessary, the Royal Canadian Navy has transited the Taiwan Strait....
Companies are a lot more willing to raise prices now — and it's making inflation worse (www.cbc.ca)
Corporations are a lot more willing than usual to raise their prices lately, and it’s putting more of the burden of high inflation on consumers....
Basic income 'unlocked dozens of doors for me,' supporter says amid call for national program | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Israeli shelling kills Reuters videographer in Lebanon, 6 others injured (www.cbc.ca)
Canada's inflation rate slows to 3.4%, lowest level in almost 2 years (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s inflation rate decelerated to 3.4 per cent in the year up to May, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, led by sharply lower gasoline prices. But beneath the headline slowdown in consumer prices, many facets of the cost of living are still increasing at an eye-watering pace. Grocery prices went up at an almost nine per cent...
'Chilling effect': People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and school | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Restaurant staff losing their jobs for cheering on a pro-Palestinian protest. A Palestinian Canadian journalist fired for her social media posts calling for a #freepalestine. Medical residents flagged to potential hiring committees for their support of Palestinians....
It's not your imagination: Companies are more willing to raise their prices now — and it's because we let them (www.cbc.ca)
Supply chains, worker wages and the price of energy has been blamed for the current bout of high inflation. But central bankers around the world are starting to clue in to something consumers have been aware of for a while — corporations just aren't afraid to raise their prices anymore.
Israel is using white phosphorous in Gaza, human rights group says (www.cbc.ca)
For two days, Shaymaa Ziara has been seeing messages in WhatsApp group chats from family and friends in Gaza about how to keep themselves safe from white phosphorous bombs that are allegedly part of Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza....
Canada's grocery industry concentrated in too few hands, Competition Bureau says (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s grocery business is controlled by large players and needs government assistance to encourage new entrants to bring down prices, a report from Canada’s Competition Bureau says.
Gaza hospital braces for bombs after communications blackout and health-care 'nightmare' (www.cbc.ca)
The humanitarian organization, which is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, said Sunday that the hospital received two phone calls “with a clear and direct threat” from Israeli authorities instructing them to evacuate the hospital....
Retailers, workers in northeastern Ontario deal with more theft in their stores (www.cbc.ca)
Edit : Changed link to non AMP one....
Judge who ruled for N.B. landlord in rent-reduction case owns apartment building (www.cbc.ca)
New Brunswick Court of King's Bench Justice Kathryn Gregory, who sided with a landlord in a case involving the way provincial tenancy officers have been phasing-in large rent increases, owns an apartment building.
Almost half of all flight delays in 2022 were airlines' responsibility, government data suggests (www.cbc.ca)
Just over 87,500 delays out of 199,000 were considered to be within an airline’s control...
Retiree 'in shock' after Canada Post finds missing $300K inheritance cheque (www.cbc.ca)
Conservatives approve policies to limit transgender health care for minors, end race-based hiring | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Conservative delegates voted Saturday to add some new social conservative policies to their policy playbook including a proposal to limit access to transgender health care for minors and to do away with vaccine mandates.
Ontario court rules against Jordan Peterson, upholds social media training order (www.cbc.ca)
Jordan Peterson, unofficial head of incels and creator of Lobsterman, has to take a course on how to be professional on social media....
Two LGBTQ films were slapped with R and NC-17 ratings. Critics say queer sex scenes are treated differently (www.cbc.ca)
When adapting the 2019 LGBTQ romantic novel Red, White & Royal Blue for the screen, Matthew Lopez was careful to circumvent an R-rating. The film has a handful of sex scenes that stop short of full-frontal nudity — there’s some bare butts and, naturally, shirtless men....
Anti-vaccine doctor's fans flood court, claiming to be 'common-law grand jury' in his $66M lawsuit (www.cbc.ca)
Members of the crowd, some wearing shirts reading “Purebloods Stand Together,” took turns reading out a statement charging a government lawyer with obstruction of justice for attempting to have Dr. Daniel Nagase’s $66.6-million lawsuit against the B.C. Supreme Court tossed out.