A group of Toronto physicians have drafted a list of 125 essential medicines for use in Canada, publishing their findings in the Canadian Medical Association…
The financial health of Canadian defined benefit pension plans improved again in February as buoyant stock markets offset the impact of moderating bond yields, according…
I recently sat down with Jim Keohane, president and chief executive officer of the $63.9-billion Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan to ask him five questions…
Canada’s governor general has signed an order in council to bring the Canada Pension Plan enhancements in Bill C-26 into force, marking the final step…
Canadian retirees report a higher degree of financial satisfaction, are more confident in their financial decisions and have less anxiety about retirement compared to those…
Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has expanded its parental leave policy for employees at its U.S. headquarters in…
In a case with significant consequences for Canadian employers and workers that has echoes of the saga involving Nortel Networks Corp., the British Columbia Supreme…
Newly-elected members of the House of Assembly in Newfoundland and Labrador could be moved out of their defined benefit pension plan to a defined contribution…
British Columbia’s Pharmacare program will expand its drug coverage for hepatitis C treatments in March as a result of successful negotiations brokered by the pan-Canadian…
There was a lot of news to share from the pension, investment, benefits and human resource industries in February 2017. Here are the 10 most popular…
Employers introduce wellness programs in order to encourage their employees to embrace healthier lifestyles but should they stay out of personal health choices such as…
Patients with chronic pain and mental-health conditions prefer taking cannabis to prescribed opioid medication, a study published in the International Journal of Drug Policy has found. Researchers…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. has acquired HSBC Bank Place and Enbridge Place in Edmonton, Alta. The investment adds more than 550,000 square feet of…
More than half (55 per cent) of Canadian employees say their employer-sponsored health benefits don’t fully meet their needs and two-fifths (42 per cent) say…
While menopause impacts more than half of the workforce, there’s a critical lack of support in the workplace for women employees experiencing health issues related…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is selling 2.78 per cent of its stake in India-based supply chain and logistics operator Delhivery Ltd. The total…
The funded ratio of U.S. corporate defined benefit pension plans declined to 98.5 per cent in fiscal 2023 from 99.4 per cent in 2022, according…
Even though it has been two years since the U.S. Federal Reserve started rapidly hiking interest rates, hedge fund managers aren’t more likely to have…
Hundreds of Albertans turned out for a meeting in Edmonton last week to hear officials from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board discuss the state…