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Employment Law November 21st, 2024

Wealthsimple Layoffs: Severance Pay for Employees

By Lior Samfiru

Laid off from Wealthsimple? Discover your rights as an employee, how severance pay is calculated and actions after job loss in Canada.

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Employment Law November 20th, 2024

Bell Layoffs: Severance Pay for Employees

By Lior Samfiru

Laid off from Bell Canada? Discover your rights as an employee, how severance pay is calculated and actions after job loss in…

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Employment Law November 20th, 2024

Kinaxis restructures for the second time in 2024 with new layoffs

By Lior Samfiru

Kinaxis has announced its second round of layoffs in 2024 as part of ongoing restructuring efforts. Find out what this means for…

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Employment Law November 20th, 2024

Kinaxis: Severance Packages

By Lior Samfiru

Laid off or lost your job at Kinaxis? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance pay.

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Car Accidents November 20th, 2024

Driver rear-ended by ‘red car’, robbed on Hwy. 410 in Brampton

By Sivan Tumarkin

Ontario Provincial Police are asking anyone with information on the incident, including dashcam footage, to contact them.

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Car Accidents November 20th, 2024

Pedestrian, 63, critical after hit-and-run collision in Scarborough

By Sivan Tumarkin

Toronto police are currently searching for a 2013-2018 Hyundai Santa-Fe Sport model—believed to be grey or silver.

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Car Accidents November 20th, 2024

Teen dead after pickup truck collides with commercial truck west of Athabasca

By Sivan Tumarkin

Alberta RCMP offered their sincere condolences to "family, friends, and loved ones" of the deceased individual.

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Employment Law November 19th, 2024

Blackstone acquiring Jersey Mike’s Subs for $8B: Employee rights

By Lior Samfiru

The acquisition comes just months after the submarine sandwich chain made its Canadian debut in Markham.

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Disability/Personal Injury November 19th, 2024

Dave Coulier, ‘Full House’ Star, Reveals Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Diagnosis

By Sivan Tumarkin

Dave Coulier, ‘Full House’ star, shares his battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Learn about his story and how NHL disability benefits work.

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