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Youth employment grants deadline Jan. 20 for employers

Are you a small business owner or running a not-for-profit? Do you need some extra boots on the ground during the summer of 2017 – Canada’s 150th anniversary year? Why not join thousands of other employers and hire a summer ...

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Put learning on your list of New Year’s resolutions

This year, make a resolution for lifelong learning with these literacy tips from ABC Life Literacy Canada: Take a course or upgrade your skills. People with higher literacy skills earn more income, are less likely to be unemployed and are ...

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Unsurprisingly, financial stress impacts work life

Financial stress has a serious impact on Canadians’ work life. According to the 2016 Sun Life Financial Canadian Health Index, almost one-third (29 per cent) of Canadians are distracted at work as a result of their financial situation. Three of ...

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Get your gobbler: free turkeys Dec. 18

Get your Gobbler

Freeman Real Estate Ltd. will give away 500 turkeys to those in need on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 12 noon from the realtor’s location at 988 Bathurst Street, just four blocks north of where the iconic retailer started the tradition. ...

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Nestlé commits to cage-free eggs in Canada by 2025

Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company, has announced that it will switch to using only cage-free eggs in all its Canadian products by 2025. This is the latest in a series of similar announcements from some of North ...

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Committee seeks home for refugee family

Bob Neighbour— Readers of The Bulletin and St. James parishioners who raised money to bring Syrian refugees to Toronto have a brand new problem. Where are they going to put them? Local volunteers have raised over $100,000 to sponsor two ...

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Once abandoned and ‘ramschackle’ now Church and Front thrives

In 1810, Church St. south of Front St. E. was open land with a sharp 20-foot drop to the beach below. Long before the colossal landfill operations that were to begin in the 1850’s, the south side of Front was ...

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After-hours homeless shelter overflows into St. Lawrence rec centre

Parents living in the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood are alarmed about reports that effective Dec. 14, space inside the local community centre will be used as an after-hours homeless shelter. With only five days’ notice, moms and dads are hearing that ...

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Busy Sunday for Downtown police: drunks, theft

Dec. 11 was a busy Sunday for officers responding to calls. 52 Division responded to a call for assistance with a drunk at Bay and York St. at 1:50 p.m. Three minutes later, 51 Division responded to a robbery call ...

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Generator arts hub names Lemieux executive director

Generator’s board of directors are pleased to announce Kristina Lemieux as the arts hub’s new executive director effective Jan. 16. “Throughout our transformation, our goal has been to increase mentorship, leadership and capacity building for independent artists and companies in ...

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