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Canada’s top 25 family-friendly employers
December 7, 2009 – 8:20 am | Comments Off on Canada’s top 25 family-friendly employers
Canada’s top 25 family-friendly employers

Want to know the best places in Canada for parents to work?

Check out the list of Canada’s top 25 family-friendly employers in the December 2009 issue of Today’s Parent.

The list includes …

Canada targets skilled workers from the U.S.
November 13, 2009 – 7:25 am | Comments Off on Canada targets skilled workers from the U.S.
Canada targets skilled workers from the U.S.

Is Canada “stealing talent from Uncle Sam?“

According to a recent Maclean’s article:

Each year, a wave of foreign-born employees in the U.S. exhausts the sixth and final year of work visas known as H-1Bs—documents …

Why is everyone wearing poppies?
November 11, 2009 – 7:00 am | Comments Off on Why is everyone wearing poppies?
Why is everyone wearing poppies?

November 11 is Remembrance Day in Canada.

A national public holiday, Remembrance Day is celebrated at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. It originally commemorated the end of World …

The Prince of Wales is in town. Do Canadians care?
November 6, 2009 – 7:10 am | Comments Off on The Prince of Wales is in town. Do Canadians care?
The Prince of Wales is in town. Do Canadians care?

Charles, the Prince of Wales, and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are touring Canada this week.

From Newfoundland and Labrador, they traveled to Ontario; then it’s on to British Columbia, Quebec, and finally …

Leave the crib at home
October 28, 2009 – 8:01 am | 2 Comments
Leave the crib at home

If you’re relocating with small children, you’ve got to worry about a lot of gear. Cribs. Car seats. Strollers. High chairs.

But if you’re living somewhere temporarily or if you’ve arrived ahead of your moving …