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Heavy workloads, high stress, low wages driving PSWs out of profession, report says

Heavy workloads, high stress, low wages driving PSWs out of profession, report says

TORONTO — Five years ago, Nilmini Senewiratne was only getting part-time hours, no benefits and had to rush from client to client in her job as a personal support worker.
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Francesco Risso leaves Marni after a decade as creative director in another fashion world shakeup

Francesco Risso leaves Marni after a decade as creative director in another fashion world shakeup

MILAN (AP) — Francesco Risso is stepping down as Marni creative director after a decade, the OTB Group announced Tuesday, marking yet another high-level creative shift in the fashion world.
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Construction sector ramping up tech investments to address labour gap: KPMG survey

Construction sector ramping up tech investments to address labour gap: KPMG survey

TORONTO — A new survey says most Canadian construction companies are still coping with a shortage of skilled labour, however their productivity and efficiency has improved in recent years as a result of investments in technology.
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Retailers are in trouble and there's more to come: insolvency, restructuring experts

Retailers are in trouble and there's more to come: insolvency, restructuring experts

The fall of Hudson's Bay and Saks Fifth Avenue Canada may give the impression that one of the hottest trends this year is the distressed look, but retail and insolvency experts say the company's demise is part of a now-annual pitter-patter they expec
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Leslie Jamison wins Writers' Trust award for international non-fiction author

Leslie Jamison wins Writers' Trust award for international non-fiction author

American author and essayist Leslie Jamison has won this year's $75,000 Weston International Award. The prize, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada, recognizes the career achievement of a non-fiction writer from outside of Canada.
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Berliners jump into the Spree River to show it's clean enough for swimming

Berliners jump into the Spree River to show it's clean enough for swimming

BERLIN (AP) — A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted it could make people sick, there's a push by swimmers to get back into the water.
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Older adults in the US are increasingly dying from unintentional falls

Older adults in the US are increasingly dying from unintentional falls

NEW YORK (AP) — Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, according to a new federal report published Wednesday, with white people accounting for the vast majority of the deaths.
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Anne Burrell, TV chef who coached the 'Worst Cooks in America,' dies at 55

Anne Burrell, TV chef who coached the 'Worst Cooks in America,' dies at 55

NEW YORK (AP) — TV chef Anne Burrell, who coached culinary fumblers through hundreds of episodes of “Worst Cooks in America,” died Tuesday at her New York home. She was 55.
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B.C. mall owner offers $6 million for three Hudson's Bay leases: court documents

B.C. mall owner offers $6 million for three Hudson's Bay leases: court documents

The B.C. mall owner hoping to buy dozens of Hudson's Bay leases has offered $6 million to take over three locations in malls that she owns, describing it as just the beginning of a new department store empire.
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Trump will sign an order extending deadline for TikTok's Chinese owner to sell app

Trump will sign an order extending deadline for TikTok's Chinese owner to sell app

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order this week to extend a deadline for TikTok's Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app, the White House announced Tuesday.
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