Alberta restaurants clamp hours as minimum wage rises
Alberta restaurant operators report rising costs from the wage hike, with 78 percent planning to cut hours and about half forecasting layoffs. The sector seeks ways to trim labour costs, balancing front and back of house pay and shifting to service charges or self service.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Mark von Schellwitz
Western Canada
Restaurants Canada
von Schellwitz
Calgary
Alberta Liquor Industry Conference
Environmental groups win Buckminster Fuller Award in BC rainforest
Greenpeace Sierra Club and Standearth share the Buckminster Fuller Design Award for protecting the Great Bear Rainforest. The prize honors decades of collaboration among environmentalists logging firms First Nations and government ending a long regional conflict.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Rainforest Solutions Project
Greenpeace
Sierra Club
Standearth
Buckminster Fuller
B.C
Glen Clark
Valerie Langer
Foundation
Buckminster Fuller Institute
Calgary man 85 charged in wife death may have dementia
The 85-year-old Siegfried van Zuiden known as Fred appeared in court after being charged with second degree murder in Audrey van Zuiden's death at their Calgary home. A psychiatrist noted a moderate to severe dementia, and he was ordered to a 30 day mental health assessment.
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Calgary
Siegfried van Zuiden
Fred
van Zuiden
Audrey van Zuiden
Gordon van Gunst
van Zuidens
Audrey
van Gunst
George Duska
Duska
Vince Walker
Fred van Zuiden
Netherlands
Canada
Walker
England
Dolphins stranded in New Brunswick face failed rescue efforts
In Lameque New Brunswick six Atlantic white sided dolphins remain trapped in a shallow waterway after three boats tried to herd them to open ocean. One dolphin from a seven dolphin group has died. authorities await a likely difficult escape as the pod navigates one metre deep water.
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Lameque
N.B
New Brunswick
Federal Fisheries Department
Krista Petersen
Atlantic Canada
Canada joins call for rules on armed drones
Canada and 44 other nations signed a joint declaration outlining five general principles for the export and use of armed unmanned aerial vehicles. Ottawa stresses compliance with international law and arms-control rules while weighing whether to acquire armed drones as part of a defence policy review.
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Ottawa
Canada
U.S. State Department
Global Affairs Canada
Jessica Seguin
Defence
Harjit Sajjan
Jordan Owens
Government of
Afghanistan
U.S
Charles Bouchard
NATO
Libya
Bouchard
Lockheed Martin
National Defence
Royal Canadian Air Force
Holly Apostoliuk
Arctic
Telus apologizes for supporting carbon pricing
Telus apologizes after a tweet supporting the federal carbon pricing plan drew anger from customers. The company said the message was not partisan and pledged to consider feedback for future sustainability policies.
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Telus
Toronto
Kevin Lacey
Atlantic
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Rogers and
Bell
Smartprosperity
JustinTrudeau
Cathmckenna
Dragon’s den
W. Brett Wilson
Canada
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