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Canada’s top 100 employers
December 14, 2009 – 5:30 pm | Comments Off on Canada’s top 100 employers
Canada’s top 100 employers

Where are the best places to work in Canada?

Last week, we blogged about Canada’s top 25 family-friendly employers. This week, we’re bringing you the entire list of Canada’s top 100 employers nationwide.

From …

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 …

American Thanksgiving: Do you miss it?
November 25, 2009 – 7:35 am | Comments Off on American Thanksgiving: Do you miss it?
American Thanksgiving: Do you miss it?

As an American who has lived in Canada for several years, I don’t find myself missing that much about the U.S.

I do miss my family and friends. Good Mexican food now and then. And …

Calvin Trillin eats poutine
November 18, 2009 – 7:15 am | Comments Off on Calvin Trillin eats poutine
Calvin Trillin eats poutine

In the November 23rd issue of the New Yorker magazine, Calvin Trillin writes about “what may be, for better or worse, Canada’s national dish.”

He’s talking about poutine, a Quebecois creation of French …

Dialing while driving in Canada
November 9, 2009 – 7:00 am | Comments Off on Dialing while driving in Canada
Dialing while driving in Canada

Ontario became the latest Canadian province to ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.

Ontario’s new distracted driving law, which took effect October 26, 2009, prohibits drivers from using any hand-held wireless communication  …