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Canada in Brief
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Consumer debt at its highest By the end of 2012, Canadian consumers saw their average debt load climb to its highest ever – $27,485. Only British Columbia did not experience an increase from the previous year’s figures. Installment load debt, debt on lines of credit and credit card debt were also higher than in previous…
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Lost info leads to anger
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Those affected by the student loan privacy breach announced on Jan. 11 are organizing and demanding government accountability. “Student loan borrowers affected by the HRSDC privacy breach,” a Facebook group of 2, 459 borrowers (as of 12:27 a.m. PST on Jan. 31), has organized with more than 250 signing a letter released on Monday, Jan.…
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Canada gets a ‘B’
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What does it mean to live in a high quality country? This is the question that drove the creation of an annual social report card put together by the Conference Board of Canada that compares 17 different countries, including Canada, on the basis of its social performance. And while many Canadians may consider themselves as…
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Grads find jobs post-recession
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Contrary to the popular rhetoric that university graduates are emerging from their degrees with minimal job prospects and no means of paying down their debt, a survey released this past fall indicated that Ontario university graduates fared reasonably well in spite of the recession. Titled Employment Outcomes of 2009 Graduates of Ontario University Undergraduate Programs,…
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Wynne victorious after convention
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It didn’t take long to see that last weekend’s Liberal leadership convention was going to be an exciting race. Three rounds of voting took place before Kathleen Wynne emerged victorious over candidate Sandra Pupatello to be declared as provincial Liberal leader and premier-designate of Ontario. Wynne received 1,150 votes over Pupatello’s 866 on the last…
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Child welfare under scrutiny
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A government-appointed panel has proposed that Ontario’s child welfare system raise the age for Crown Wards to stay in foster care until they are 25 instead of 18. Former Crown Wards Anna Ho and Jacob Fraboni helped to write the report that called for “fundamental change” of Ontario’s child welfare system to address the isolation,…
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Canada in brief
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Canadian government commits more funds to Mali On Tuesday, the Canadian government announced its decision to send another $13 million in aid to Mali. The announcement came from the office of International Operation minister Julian Fantino. The funding will not be directed toward military assistance, as with the funds raised thus far by the African…
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Canada in brief: January 23, 2013
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Lost student information leads to lawsuits Human Resources Canada is currently facing numerous lawsuits from across the country as a result of its loss of personal data from 583,000 Canada Student Loans users between 2000 and 2006. The information, which included names, birthdates, loan balances and social insurance numbers, was lost when a portable hard…
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Impaired driving sees rise in 2011
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For the fourth year in a row, the frequency of impaired driving incidences in Canada is on the rise. Numbers recently released by Statistics Canada show that 90,277 impaired driving incidents were re- ported in Canada in 2011, which is about 3,000 more than in 2010. These statistics include both drugs and alcohol when referring…
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Western Gazette clashes with UWO Student Council
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A recent article writer by Gloria Dickie, editor-in-chief of The Gazette, the student newspaper for Western University (UWO), criticizing the oppression of campus press by student government is garnering attention from more than just the University Students’ Council (USC). The Gazette first published the article on Jan. 16, after Dickie and her staff were informed…
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