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The Canadian postsecondary system should consider major changes to meet the economic challenges facing the country, according to a new report from Royal Bank of Canada.The report, published this week, calls for a “postsecondary pivot” to advance national goals. It’s based on the input of about 60 industry and postsecondary leaders who met in Toronto last month at a session convened by RBC Thought Leadership and the Business + Higher Education Roundtable. The focus was on how Canada can produce the talent needed to reorient its economy in response to trade disruptions.
October 16, 2025 - 17:34 | Joe Friesen | The Globe and Mail
Like hundreds of thousands of other Canadian teenagers who came of age during the Second World War, Gordon Quan yearned to fight for his country. But there was nothing typical in his quest. In those days of rampant racism, Chinese-Canadians had no citizenship rights. They were unable to vote, cloistered in their community’s Chinatowns and excluded from most professions. Those exclusions extended to the armed forces, which consistently turned away aspiring Chinese-Canadian recruits from British Columbia, who were willing to serve despite their second-class status in Canada. Mr. Quan was...
October 16, 2025 - 16:59 | Rod Mickleburgh | The Globe and Mail
Queen’s and Kingston officials expect a quieter homecoming due to reading week, with police focusing on education and safety ahead of next weekend’s 'faux-coming.'
October 16, 2025 - 16:27 | Paul Soucy | Global News - Canada
Amazon's director of operations for Canada told the tribunal he knew there was some unionization activity at the e-commerce giant's distribution centre.
October 16, 2025 - 16:17 | Alessia Simona Maratta | Global News - Canada
A 38-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 14-year-old Samuel Bird, an Indigenous teenager who has been missing in Edmonton since June.Police say Bryan Farrell is facing numerous additional charges, including interfering with a body. The teenager’s remains were located in a rural area outside of Edmonton on Thursday.
October 16, 2025 - 16:07 | Jana G. Pruden | The Globe and Mail
If you’re pregnant and living in Kamloops, you are likely more concerned than the typical expectant woman about how it will all turn out.There is the normal worry that comes with any pregnancy. And then there is the apprehension that arrives when the entire staff of obstetricians and gynecologists at the hospital you are to give birth at have announced they are resigning.
October 16, 2025 - 16:07 | Gary Mason | The Globe and Mail
