Minimum Wage Going Up Today
Minimum wage earners in all three Prairie provinces are getting a
pay hike.
pay hike.
Starting today, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are raising
the minimum wage employers must pay their workers.
Manitoba is increasing its minimum wage by 30 cents to $11
an hour.
an hour.
In Saskatchewan, minimum wage is going up by 30 cents to $10.50
an hour.
an hour.
The new minimum wage in Alberta will be $11.20 per hour, up from
$10.20, while the liquor server wage goes to $10.70 per hour from
$9.20.
U Of M Nursing Students Make Pledge About Providing Care
Nursing students from the University of Manitoba have staged a
march to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
march to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
Wearing orange shirts emblazoned with the words ``every child
matters,'' the students promised to provide culturally sensitive
care once they start on the job.
Aimee Craft, the centre's research director, says it's an
important gesture because nurses are on the front lines of health
care.
Craft says the pledge made Wednesday is important because nurses
have a lot of contact with indigenous people, but it hasn't always
been positive.
Party Leaders Prepare For French Debate Tomorrow
Conservative leader Stephen Harper is back in Quebec, getting
ready for tomorrow's final leaders' debate -- a French-language one
-- ahead of the October 19th election.
ready for tomorrow's final leaders' debate -- a French-language one
-- ahead of the October 19th election.
Harper was in Quebec City for a rally last night, where he touted
yesterday's news from StatsCan of a small 0.3 per cent growth in the
Gross Domestic Product in July.
His rivals from the NDP and Liberals raised questions yesterday
about the government's role in negotiations to secure a massive
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which could be signed tomorrow
in Atlanta.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says the Conservatives have no mandate
to sign such a deal three weeks before election day.
Canadian Federation Of Agriculture Hosts Ag Debate
The federal government's Temporary Foreign Workers program was a
key discussion point at an election debate hosted by the Canadian
Federation of Agriculture.
Conservative candidate Gerry Ritz says the program is needed to
provide enough farm workers.
But Green Party candidate Andrew West says his party would scrap
the program altogether.
Liberal candidate Mark Eyking says big improvements need to be
made to the program while Malcolm Allen of the NDP wants the
program expanded.
The billionaire businessman told a rally in New Hampshire last
night that he's worried the refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria
could be disguised Islamic State militants -- so he says if he wins
the White House, they're ``going back.''
Millions of Syrians have been fleeing a civil war that has killed
250,000 people since March 2011.
A research team at the University of British Columbia says it's
found low levels of four types of ``good'' bacteria in their
gastrointestinal tracts, and believe replacing those microbes might
prevent the chronic airway-inflammation suffered by asthmatics.
The bugs are typically acquired by babies from the environment
and are critical for keeping us healthy.
The findings appeared yesterday in the journal ``Science
Translational Medicine.''
key discussion point at an election debate hosted by the Canadian
Federation of Agriculture.
Conservative candidate Gerry Ritz says the program is needed to
provide enough farm workers.
But Green Party candidate Andrew West says his party would scrap
the program altogether.
Liberal candidate Mark Eyking says big improvements need to be
made to the program while Malcolm Allen of the NDP wants the
program expanded.
Trump Says He'd Send Back Syrian Refugees
US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump says he
would send back Syrian refugees taken in by the US if he's elected
president.
would send back Syrian refugees taken in by the US if he's elected
president.
The billionaire businessman told a rally in New Hampshire last
night that he's worried the refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria
could be disguised Islamic State militants -- so he says if he wins
the White House, they're ``going back.''
Millions of Syrians have been fleeing a civil war that has killed
250,000 people since March 2011.
Researchers Discover A Way To Potentially Prevent Asthma
Canadian researchers have discovered there may be a way to
prevent asthma in children.
prevent asthma in children.
A research team at the University of British Columbia says it's
found low levels of four types of ``good'' bacteria in their
gastrointestinal tracts, and believe replacing those microbes might
prevent the chronic airway-inflammation suffered by asthmatics.
The bugs are typically acquired by babies from the environment
and are critical for keeping us healthy.
The findings appeared yesterday in the journal ``Science
Translational Medicine.''
