CBC/Radio-Canada to scrap much-maligned ‘performance pay’ for managers

After a wave of criticism for handing out so-called “performance pay” to managers when it was considering layoffs, CBC/Radio-Canada’s board of directors is ending the practice altogether after a third-party review, the corporation said Wednesday. Previously, some of the public broadcaster’s non-unionized employees — executives and managers — were entitled to bonuses if it met or exceeded certain metrics like revenue…

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Official recounts are underway in close ridings. Here’s how they work

One vote turned out to be the difference-maker in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne. The riding underwent a lengthy process where the seat flipped between the Liberals and Bloc Québécois before the official recount results were announced over the weekend. On election night, the unofficial results showed that Liberal Tatiana Auguste had unseated Bloc incumbent Nathalie…

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Dubois’ goal in 4th OT ends longest game in PWHL history as Victoire level series with Charge

Catherine Dubois scored at 15:33 of the fourth overtime to lift the Montreal Victoire to a 3-2 playoff victory over the Ottawa Charge on Sunday afternoon at Place Bell. The game set a Canadian professional women’s hockey record for the longest hockey game ever, passing the Canadian Women’s Hockey League semifinal on March 18, 2018….

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‘We are all in this fight’: B.C. wildfire crews expected to join The Pas fire line on Monday

Wildfire crews from British Columbia are expected to join first responders in Manitoba on Monday to help them battle the largest out-of-control blaze in the province at the moment.  “We are at the place right now and, and in this season with current conditions and activity on the landscape that we can provide these couple of unit…

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