Retraining Alberta’s oil and gas workers for the solar industry costs far less than you think. Probable futuresThe oil and gas industry has played a crucial part in Alberta’s political structure for decades. However, many factors — including increasing electrification, reduction in renewable energy costs and climate policy — are aligning to annihilate Alberta’s traditional fossil-fuel focused energy industry. This raises a real concern for oil and gas workers’ jobs in the near future. The costs to retrain oil and gas workers could be funded in many ways.

WATCH | How teacher librarians say they weeded their libraries:Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. That teacher librarian weeded out roughly 20 per cent of their collection and the second teacher librarian removed more than half of their library's books. Fin du widget Widget. Paul Da Silva, associate director for school improvement and equity, says the Peel District School Board is now focusing on replenishing its school libraries.

Join Surrey SPARK Stages and Surrey City Orchestra on this visual and sonic voyage! You'll journey to the outer reaches of the galaxy while Surrey City Orchestra, conducted by Jaelem Bhate, performs selections from Holst's Suite "The Planets." Gifts of the Cosmos also features original stories about our universe written by acclaimed storyteller, poet and playwright Joseph Dandurand. get ticketsAbout Surrey City OrchestraThe Surrey City Orchestra is a group of professional musicians, which has been performing for local audiences since 2018. Based in the City of Surrey, the orchestra features professional musicians who call Surrey home, as well as promoting cross-cultural collaborations through music.

Canada's Hana Furumoto-Deshaies is looking to bring home a medal from the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile. (Submitted by Karate Canada - image credit)Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, Hana Furumoto-Deshaies faced a life-altering choice. Furumoto-Deshaies, left, is now ranked fourth in her weight class. Furumoto-Deshaies, left, is now ranked fourth in her weight class. Furumoto-Deshaies, right, and Guindon, left, have formed a longstanding partnership.

On October 20, Chile’s capital welcomed over 6,800 athletes from 41 countries to the 19th iteration of the Pan American Games. “Here at UBC Athletics, we aim to provide a supportive and thriving environment where students can grow their athletic abilities,” Toor said. Alongside them, a multitude of T-Bird para-athletes will compete in the Para-Pan Am Games from November 17–26. Based on the depth of UBC’s athletes, there will likely be more T-Birds success in the coming days. The Games can be viewed online at cbc.ca and results can be views at santiago2023.org/en.

Canada's GDP in August came in at $2.082 trillion during the month. That means there's a good chance that Canada's economy has not grown in any meaningful way since May. The numbers for August were worse than the slight 0.1 per cent uptick that economists were expecting — and worse than the 0.1 per cent uptick that the data agency had forecast in its preliminary estimate. That leaves the third quarter showing no growth and actually a slight contraction according to these monthly GDP numbers, which is well below the Bank of Canada's 0.8 per cent growth projection, said Tiago Figueiredo, an economist with Desjardins. The data agency previously reported that the economy shrank in the April-to-June quarter, so the numbers released Tuesday suggest that Canada's economy hasn't grown for at least two quarters in a row.

MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill Grace Lore introduced a $2 per hour increase for Early Childhood Educators working in licensed daycare facilities. GENERIC DAYCARE STOCK IMAGES - CPE Idée Fixe daycare / Early childhood centre in Montreal, QC with educators, family, infants, children, taken 07 Jun 2022. GENERIC DAYCARE STOCK IMAGES - CPE Idée Fixe daycare / Early childhood centre in Montreal, QC with educators, family, infants, children, taken 07 Jun 2022. Findings from a November 2022 report by the Early Childhood Educators of B.C. The report said early childhood educators and early childhood education assistants who left the field cited reasons such as low pay, a lack of benefits, and poor working conditions.

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Hollywood often acts as inspiration for Halloween costumes, and so far the iconic Barbie is living up to those expectations. McKie says Barbie costumes have been popular since the movie came out, with people attending Barbie-themed parties and even murder mysteries. Keeping with the classicsAnd then there are the classic Halloween costumes: witches, skeletons, pirates. Photo: (Ben Nelms/CBC)Similarly, Prado at Merchant of Dream says classic costumes seem more popular than ever. McKie thinks classic costumes offer a level of comfort and familiarity for clients after what has been a few turbulent years.

The Royal Canadian Institute for Science (RCIScience) awards the 2023 Sandford Fleming Medal for Excellence in Science Communication to independent science writer Terry Collins and the William Edmond Logan Award to the team behind CBC Radio's national weekly science program, Quirks & Quarks. This prestigious award is dedicated to all of them.”Quirks & Quarks is one of Canada's most beloved science news programs. Since it first aired in October 1975, Quirks & Quarks is consistently rated among the most popular CBC programs, attracting almost a million listeners globally each week. Past winners include Celestica, Sanofi Pasteur Canada, IBM Canada, the Science Communication Program at Laurentian University and Toronto Metropolitan University's SciXchange. Together, the Fleming Medal and Logan Award are two of a very small number of awards celebrating outstanding science communication efforts in Canada.

The chaos of music in the 90's | SaltWireA Federal Court judge has dismissed a challenge to a 2020 order-in-council that outlawed over 1,500 firearm models , ending a three-year court battle led by a coalition of plaintiffs, including Canada’s leading firearms advocacy group. The 2020 directive instantly — without passing legislation in Parliament — reclassified around 1,500 popular firearms to prohibited status , including those described as so-called “military-style” or “assault” firearms. CCFR CEO Rod Giltaca expressed dismay over Monday’s decision. In 2021, the government’s decision to move ahead with a voluntary, rather than mandatory, gun buy-back prompted PolySeSouvient to publicly disinvite Trudeau from future École Polytechnique shooting memorials. Mauser said Monday’s decision seriously undermines hunting, sport shooting and environmental protection in Canada.

Actors Seth Rogen and Jennifer Robertson have joined an upcoming CBC reality show that will crown Canada's top potter. Actors Seth Rogen and Jennifer Robertson have joined an upcoming CBC reality show that will crown Canada's top potter. Vancouver-based artist and ceramics instructor Brendan Tang and ceramicist and educator Natalie Waddell from Toronto will also serve as judges on the show. CBC says the series, inspired by the U.K.’s “The Great Pottery Throw Down,” was filmed this summer in Rogen’s hometown of Vancouver. “The Great Pottery Throw Down” will broadcast in Canada on CBC and CBC Gem sometime in the winter 2024.

Sip back some Día de Muertos-inspired cocktails, learn how to cook Korean food and check out an Asian Film Festival. If you have a Vancouver event you’d like to submit for consideration, send an email to kdonaldson@canadawide.com. Celebrate Día de Los Muertos with a Fiesta at El Camino’s! Discover A Great Divide: A Riveting Centerpiece at the Vancouver Asian Film FestivalNovember 4Immerse yourself in the powerful storytelling of A Great Divide, a poignant piece featured in the 27th Vancouver Asian Film Festival (November 2 to November 12, full lineup here.) Cheers to Día de Muertos at Fairmont Pacific Rim’s Exclusive Cocktail EventNovember 2 and 3Ain’t no fiesta like a cocktail fiesta!

The federal government is banning the Chinese social media app WeChat and Russia's Kaspersky Lab antivirus applications from all government-issued phones, citing security concerns. We are taking a risk-based approach to cyber security by removing access to these applications on government mobile devices, she said in a media statement. On a mobile device, the WeChat and Kaspersky applications' data collection methods provide considerable access to the device's contents, the statement added. WeChat used to target Michael ChongWeChat is a popular social media, payment, instant messaging and networking app developed by the Shenzhen-based technology company Tencent. The ban follows the federal government's decision in February to ban the social media app Tik Tok on all government-issued phones.

Indigenous group wants Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose 2018 Juno over ancestry doubts Oct 30, 2023 | 10:50 AMThe Indigenous Women’s Collective is calling for Buffy Sainte-Marie to lose her 2018 Juno Award for Indigenous album of the year, after a CBC story raised doubts about the singer’s ancestry. The collective says in a statement that it has reviewed the story and believes Sainte-Marie deceived the public about her origin. It says the deception allowed her to benefit from a false narrative that misled thousands of Indigenous people. CBC obtained Sainte-Marie’s birth certificate, which says she was born in 1941 in Stoneham, Mass., to Albert and Winifred Sainte-Marie.