Organizers of a job fair for people with autism question why all employers aren’t looking at this neurodiverse talent pool to help solve the labour shortages so many companies are experiencing. The Spectrum Works Job Fair, organized by Xavier Pinto, left, and Neil Forester, right, has grown over the last 6 years from 150 attendees to…
A total of 216 people experiencing homelessness died in Toronto last year, according to new data from the city.The Toronto Homeless Memorial contains the names of people who died while experiencing homelessness. Toronto Public Health says 216 unhoused people died in the city last year. (CBC)A total of 216 people experiencing homelessness died in Toronto…
Emergency crews were called to Pemberton on Saturday after several people were caught in two separate avalanches.An ambulance pictured in a file dated April 2020. Several people were caught in two separate avalanches near Pemberton on Saturday. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)At least five people were injured after two avalanches near Pemberton, B.C. According to B.C. Emergency Health Services, emergency crews…
The RCMP’s homicide unit is investigating after four people were found dead at a Richmond, B.C., house on Tuesday.A home in the 4500-block of Garden City Road in Richmond, B.C., is shown surrounded by police tape late Jan. 25. (Shane MacKichan)The RCMP’s homicide unit is investigating after four people were found dead at a Richmond, B.C., house on Tuesday.…
Text byAshley Harrell Photographs ByChristie Hemm Klok Published January 24, 2022 • 14 min read Arcata, CaliforniaOn a drizzly December morning, Damien…
Canada’s urban exodus picked up steam into the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with tens of thousands of people leaving Toronto and Montreal for smaller cities or rural areas, official data showed on Thursday.People wearing face masks are seen in Toronto on Tuesday. More than 64,000 people left Canada’s largest city for other parts…
John Travers says he’s tired of the single life and is using social media to find his soulmate, but a lot of women assume he can’t have a personal life. “Don’t let my disability or the fact that I’m in a wheelchair fool you,” he says. Some of the relationship challenges people with disabilities face…
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Boris Johnson has admitted only 127 people have applied for the UK’s temporary visa scheme designed to solve the nation’s HGV driver crisis. The Prime Minister said 300 people are wanted immediately to drive oil tankers, but a further 4,700 HGV drivers are wanted by later on this month. Speaking on BBC Breakfast this morning,…
Nearly a year after Nova Scotia became the first jurisdiction in North America to assume residents agree to donate their organs when they die, there are challenges in getting an idea of the uptake of the program.Dr. Stephen Beed, medical director of Nova Scotia’s organ and tissue donation program, is seen at the Halifax Infirmary…