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Green Shield Canada’s Steve Bradie announces retirement

Green Shield Canada president and chief executive officer Steve Bradie is retiring in December 2018. “Steve has had an incredible 30-year career at GSC,” said Sherry…

  • By: Staff
  • March 22, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 16:15
Tilray seeks to become preferred medical marijuana supplier to Pharmasave

Tilray seeks to become preferred medical marijuana supplier to Pharmasave

Medical marijuana producer Tilray Canada Ltd. is entering into a letter of intent to become the preferred supplier for Pharmasave. Subject to federal regulations legalizing marijuana, Tilray…

  • By: Staff
  • March 22, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 16:00
Investors Challenged by Ups and Downs of NAFTA Talks

Investors Challenged by Ups and Downs of NAFTA Talks

What are institutional investors to make of the flurry of activity?

Benefits Canada’s Martha Porado wins CFA Society financial journalism award

Benefits Canada’s Martha Porado wins CFA Society financial journalism award

Benefits Canada‘s Martha Porado was among the winners at the CFA Society Toronto’s 2018 Financial Journalism Awards on Wednesday. Porado, an associate editor at Benefits…

  • By: Staff
  • March 22, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 10:11
Investors challenged by ups and downs of NAFTA talks

Investors challenged by ups and downs of NAFTA talks

One week, U.S. President Donald Trump is touting new tariffs for imports of steel and aluminum. Not long after, his administration is expressing optimism about…

Ontario Pension Board returns 10.8% in 2017

Ontario Pension Board returns 10.8% in 2017

The Ontario Pension Board posted a return of 10.8 per cent in 2017, an increase on its return of 8.1 per cent in 2016. The pension fund’s…

  • By: Staff
  • March 21, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 10:28
Happiness, empowerment: Employers share success of engagement programs

Happiness, empowerment: Employers share success of engagement programs

To celebrate International World Happiness Day on March 20, Klick Health hosted a number of activities for employees at its Toronto office, including canine visitors…

OMERS to buy wind power company

OMERS to buy wind power company

The infrastructure arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is a acquiring a Texas-based wind power company. As part of a deal announced on Thursday,…

  • By: Staff
  • March 21, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 09:00
Parliament Hill staff call for closer look at workplace bullying: survey

Parliament Hill staff call for closer look at workplace bullying: survey

The #MeToo movement may have given national prominence to the issue of sexual misconduct on Parliament Hill, but some of the responses to a recent…

Eckler adds principal in investment practice

Eckler adds principal in investment practice

Eckler Ltd. has appointed Naomi Denning as a principal in its national investment practice. Based in the company’s Vancouver office, Denning will be working primarily with employers in…

  • By: Staff
  • March 20, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 16:00
Lung cancer ‘not one big disease’

Lung cancer ‘not one big disease’

The vast amount of variation in a disease such as lung cancer often signals different treatment options for patients. At the Employers Cancer Care Summit…

Conference coverage: Employers Cancer Care Summit

Conference coverage: Employers Cancer Care Summit

With all of the new cancer treatments emerging, how can employers better manage issues related to the disease from a workplace perspective? With a roster of…

  • March 20, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 13:36
A look at best practices for managing cancer in the workplace

A look at best practices for managing cancer in the workplace

After reviewing, summarizing and translating more than 40 academic studies on cancer in the workplace, Chris Bonnett, principal consultant at H3 Consulting, found no lack…

Ontario Teachers’ considers selling seniors’ residence operator, Ivanhoé Cambridge forms Australian student housing joint venture

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is considering selling Amica Senior Lifestyles in a deal that could be worth $5 billion, according to report by Bloomberg. The…

  • By: Staff
  • April 19, 2024 April 18, 2024
  • 15:00

Unifor withdraws application to represent workers at two Vancouver-area Amazon facilities

Unifor is temporarily withdrawing its applications to represent workers at two Vancouver-area Amazon facilities, accusing the e-commerce giant of providing a “suspiciously high” employee count.…

  • By: Staff
  • April 19, 2024 April 19, 2024
  • 15:00

Meridian focusing on flexibility, mentorship to promote gender equity, female leadership

Meridian Credit Union is focusing on flexibility and mentorship to promote gender equity and female leadership in the historically male-dominated financial industry. According to the…

Virtual-only meetings erode shareholder democracy: institutional investor group

A group of institutional investors is voicing concerns about the rise of virtual-only shareholder meetings they say risk eroding shareholder democracy. In an open letter…

Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

A story on how Organon Canada is supporting women employees at every stage of their career was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com. Here are the top…

  • By: Staff
  • April 19, 2024 April 18, 2024
  • 09:00

CAAT returns 9.5% for 2023, led by global, emerging market equities

The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan saw a net return of 9.5 per cent for 2023, with net assets of $20.1 billion,…

  • By: Staff
  • April 18, 2024 April 18, 2024
  • 09:30