Unpublished Newswire
It’s the stuff HR nightmares are made of. A trio of international researchers — based in British Columbia, California and Finland — has co-authored a paper that examines the links between romantic relationships with the boss and salary.
The bottom line: entering a relationship with a manager increases the subordinate’s earnings by an average of six per cent, while breaking up triggers an “abrupt” 18 per cent earnings decline. Breaking up isn’t just hard to do; it’s expensive.
What’s more, retention of other workers falls when romantic relationships take hold, and the more the...
October 27, 2025 - 08:00 | Chris Knight | National Post
They might look funny, but Adrienne Himes doesn’t set foot on a pickleball court without her specially designed safety glasses. Read More
October 27, 2025 - 08:00 | Elizabeth Payne | Ottawa Citizen
A B.C. Supreme Court ruling that for the first time recognized Aboriginal title over privately owned land has raised new questions about how the two can co-exist, with observers anticipating a lengthy legal process that could reach Canada’s highest court. Justice Barbara Young’s decision in the land claim ruling, handed down in August, said that the Cowichan Tribes have established Aboriginal title, a type of ownership right rooted in ancestral usage of a piece of land, to roughly 800 acres in southeast Richmond, B.C., on the Fraser River, as well as an Aboriginal right to fish for food...
October 27, 2025 - 08:00 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
A British Columbia man who fought off a grizzly bear in the East Kootenay region this month has died of his injuries, more than three weeks after the attack.
October 27, 2025 - 07:22 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he expects to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this week at an international summit in South Korea as the two countries attempt to repair a six-year rupture in relations and resolve a punishing trade war.It’s the first time the Canadian leader, who is seeking to shift trade away from the increasingly protectionist United States under Donald Trump, has confirmed a meeting with Mr. Xi that both sides have been trying to set up for months.
October 27, 2025 - 07:16 | Steven Chase | The Globe and Mail
Ontario stepped back on consultations for a proposal that could have ended rent control, indefinite leases and given landlords more power after calls for reconsideration by politicians and housing advocates.
October 27, 2025 - 07:13 | | CBC News - Ottawa
