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Lack of mentorship, inadequate training among challenges for new workers: survey

Lack of mentorship, inadequate training among challenges for new workers: survey

There's a rush of excitement, but also nerves, that come with starting out in one of your first "real-world" jobs.
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Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and Simone Biles are winners at the Webby Awards

Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and Simone Biles are winners at the Webby Awards

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kendrick Lamar , Taylor Swift , Rihanna, Travis Kelce and Simone Biles all won honors at the Webby Awards, which recognize the best internet content and creators.
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Advanced cancers returned to prepandemic levels, according to a reassuring report

Advanced cancers returned to prepandemic levels, according to a reassuring report

Many Americans were forced to postpone cancer screenings — colonoscopies, mammograms and lung scans — for several months in 2020 as COVID-19 overwhelmed doctors and hospitals.
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Barrick Gold signs deal to sell its stake in Donlin gold project in Alaska

Barrick Gold signs deal to sell its stake in Donlin gold project in Alaska

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. has signed a deal to sell its 50 per cent interest in the Donlin gold project in Alaska to its partner NovaGold Resources Inc. and Paulson Advisers LLC for US$1 billion in cash.
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Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth Day

Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth Day

Bottles and bags, food wrappers and straws. Piping, packaging, toys and trays. Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people may be surprised at how much they actually wear.
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New climate institute at University of Toronto launched with $60M gift

New climate institute at University of Toronto launched with $60M gift

TORONTO — The University of Toronto is launching a new climate institute with the help of a $60-million gift.
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Hudson's Bay closures leave brands in search of new home for selling inventory

Hudson's Bay closures leave brands in search of new home for selling inventory

Yair Altman is about to have a lot of extra pillows on hand.
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Book Review: Nancy Kwan tells the behind-the-scenes story of playing a Hollywood stereotype

Book Review: Nancy Kwan tells the behind-the-scenes story of playing a Hollywood stereotype

Demure, submissive and erotic, Suzie Wong is that bigger-than-life stereotype, that caricature Asian women grew up with in the U.S. We may have also secretly hoped to play that geisha-like image to win our way out of our oppression .
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Poilievre vows not to impose a home equity tax as Liberals, NDP talk health care

Poilievre vows not to impose a home equity tax as Liberals, NDP talk health care

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is claiming the Liberals will impose a tax on Canadians' home equity if they're re-elected as the federal election campaign enters its final week.
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Wall Street and the dollar tumble as investors retreat further from the United States

Wall Street and the dollar tumble as investors retreat further from the United States

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street weakened Monday as investors worldwide get more skeptical about U.S. investments because of President Donald Trump’s trade war and his criticism of the Federal Reserve, which are shaking the traditional order.
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