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Does this genetic testing bill threaten the insurance industry?

A genetic testing bill is winding through Parliament, keeping the Canadian insurance industry on tenterhooks. Bill S-201, the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act, seeks to revise the Canada Labour Code and the Canadian Human Rights Act to make it illegal for employers, insurance companies and anyone else entering into a contract or providing goods or services to […]

  • February 22, 2017 September 13, 2019
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Join the club: Men’s social spaces ease transition to retirement

Walk into Winnipeg’s Woodhaven Community Club on a Tuesday afternoon, and you’ll likely find a group of men in their 60s, 70s and 80s. They may be whittling Diamond Willow walking sticks, or discussing the best way to repair a broken lamp on the worktable, or putting the final coat of varnish on a wooden […]

  • December 12, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:00