Jobs will be cut, one office closed as Ontario ombudsman takes on child advocate duties

Jobs will be cut, one office closed as Ontario ombudsman takes on child advocate duties

in Feb 22, 2019

[ad_1] TORONTO – Some workers in the provincial Child and Youth Advocate’s office will lose their jobs when the Ontario Ombudsman assumes its duties this spring, the watchdog said Friday. Ombudsman Paul Dube also confirmed that the advocate’s office in Thunder Bay will close but said he will consult with northern and Indigenous communities to[…]

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Former fire chief sues City of Vernon after job loss

Former fire chief sues City of Vernon after job loss

in Feb 20, 2019

[ad_1] Vernon’s former fire chief has filed a lawsuit against the City alleging it terminated him without cause or notice and didn’t offer to accommodate his disability. Keith Green filed the lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Thursday. Green was relieved of his duties as fire chief last August. Later that month, the[…]

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Ontario’s education minister Lisa Thompson defends $140K EQAO job for failed Tory candidate

Ontario’s education minister Lisa Thompson defends $140K EQAO job for failed Tory candidate

in Feb 20, 2019

[ad_1] TORONTO – Education Minister Lisa Thompson is defending the $140,000 salary for a failed Tory candidate to lead a standardized testing organization – a job that was previously a part-time appointment. Cameron Montgomery was announced recently as the new full-time chair of the board of directors of the Education Quality and Accountability Office. READ[…]

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Curling a passion that now pays for Eskimos kicker Sean Whyte – Edmonton

Curling a passion that now pays for Eskimos kicker Sean Whyte – Edmonton

in Feb 18, 2019

[ad_1] Edmonton Eskimos kicker Sean Whyte doesn’t normally get a job in the off-season as his focus is football training. “I would just train kids for kicking,” Whyte said. “I just play hockey and I curl and just play sports and train. But I was just bored and wanted to do more.” READ MORE: Edmonton[…]

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Trump publicly sizes up 2020 Democratic rivals, shattering another presidential norm – National

Trump publicly sizes up 2020 Democratic rivals, shattering another presidential norm – National

in Feb 18, 2019

[ad_1] Kamala Harris had the best campaign roll-out. Amy Klobuchar’s snowy debut showed grit. Elizabeth Warren’s opening campaign video was a bit odd. Take it from an unlikely armchair pundit sizing up the 2020 Democratic field: President Donald Trump. Help us improve Globalnews.ca In tweets, public remarks and private conversations, Trump is making clear he[…]

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Illinois man who fatally shot 5 co-workers wasn’t allowed to possess gun: police – National

Illinois man who fatally shot 5 co-workers wasn’t allowed to possess gun: police – National

in Feb 16, 2019

[ad_1] AURORA, Ill.  — The man who opened fire and killed five co-workers including the plant manager, human resources manager and an intern working his first day at a suburban Chicago manufacturing warehouse, took a gun he wasn’t supposed to have to a job he was about to lose. READ MORE: Aurora gunman who killed[…]

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Can a coding boot camp reboot your career? – National

Can a coding boot camp reboot your career? – National

in Feb 16, 2019

[ad_1] Maggie Yang was working as an insurance underwriter in Toronto when she began to realize that business was increasingly moving online. So three years after starting her career in the industry, she decided she needed a reboot — at a coding boot camp. “I always liked to learn new stuff,” said Yang, a graduate of[…]

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