Microsoft buys games company Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, providing access to hit games like Call of Duty and Candy Crush. The all-cash deal will allow Microsoft, maker of the Xbox gaming system, to accelerate mobile gaming and provide building blocks for the metaverse, or virtual environment. The announcement comes Tuesday as Activision is still in turmoil over allegations of […]
Some Canadian travelers required to spend isolated days awaiting COVID-19 test results after returning from abroad want to know why Ottawa is allowing people arriving from the United States to skip quarantine. “There’s something wrong,” said Kevin McNally of Gatineau, Que. which flew from Panama to Montreal on January 7. He was tested on arrival and waited six days at […]
With inflation reducing the purchasing power of workers and businesses complaining of staff shortages, you might think the time has come for a dramatic resurgence of the type of work activity that Canada does not have. known since the 1970s. But, so far, people who study the labor movement in Canada say that is not happening. examples of union activism […]
Canada’s largest airlines and its busiest airport on Monday called on the federal government to drop its rule requiring vaccinated travelers to test themselves on arrival for COVID-19. In a letter to Ottawa and the Ontario government, Air Canada, WestJet and Toronto Pearson International Airport called for a transfer of testing capacity from airports to the community. “As the government […]
The idea of sharing her salary openly and finding out what her colleagues were getting in return was not a priority for Jen Aitchison when she went out for drinks after work one night several years ago. But that quickly became a priority for the woman from Sutton, Ont., after discovering there was a big gap between what she was […]
The Canadian Real Estate Association’s home price index rose 26.6% in the 12 months to December, the fastest pace of annual growth on record. The group, which represents more than 100,000 estate agents and compiles sales data from homes listed and sold through the multiple listings service, said the supply of homes for sale at the end of the month […]
The hugely popular puzzle game Wordle found itself in the midst of an unexpected controversy this week as the counterfeit versions attempt to make money from the free-to-play game. Developed just two months ago by a software developer Josh wardle for his wife who loves puzzles, the concept of the game is simple: players have to guess to spell a […]
Since Omicron changed the nature of the pandemic, regulations to protect some workers have also changed. For example, most frontline healthcare workers in Ontario must now wear N-95 style masks, which filter out the vast majority of dangerous coronavirus particles. However, many other industries that regularly deal with the general public have been slow to adapt as quickly as the […]
The U.S. inflation rate is at its highest level in 40 years and shows no signs of slowing, new data revealed Wednesday. The consumer price index rose 0.5% in December alone, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, enough to push the annual inflation rate to 7% for the first time since 1982. The figure was in line with […]
China and the Philippines have suspended imports of Canadian beef due to Canada’s detection in December of a cow infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a spokesperson for the Canadian ministry said Monday. Agriculture. The measures follow a suspension of imports by South Korea last month, after Canada reported its first case of BSE in six years. China is the […]
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