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US Senate staff trails nation in diversity, report finds
The staff of the U.S. Senate -- the advisers and assistants who help keep elected lawmakers offices' humming -- trails the nation in racial diversity, according to a report by a Washington-based research group released on Wednesday. People of color make up just 21.4% of Senate staff, well below their 41.1% share of the overall U.S. population, the report by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found. Its analysis focused on what the researchers called "pathway staff," workers in
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VideoMeet 'super ager' Angeline Charlebois, 105
105-year-old Angeline Charlebois insists there’s no secret to a long, healthy life -- it's about keeping busy and looking ahead. The social and active centenarian from Levack, Ont., may be considered a “super ager” -- someone over the age of 80 with the memory of someone 20-30 years younger. (June 26, 2024)
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VideoNewsroom Ready: Meet 'super ager' Angeline Charlebois, 105
105-year-old Angeline Charlebois insists there’s no secret to a long, healthy life -- it's about keeping busy and looking ahead. The social and active centenarian from Levack, Ont., may be considered a “super ager” -- someone over the age of 80 with the memory of someone 20-30 years younger. (June 26, 2024)
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Judge quashes wrongdoing decision against former Alberta school superintendent
A judge has thrown out a public interest commissioner finding that an Edmonton-area school superintendent committed wrongdoing and "created a culture of fear" during her tenure.Court of King's Bench Justice John Little's judicial review determined Mary Lynne Campbell didn't get the procedural fairness she was owed in the investigation. The ruling quashes the 2022 decision that Campbell grossly mismanaged employees as head of the Sturgeon Public School Division.In a statement to CBC, Campbell's l
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VideoNewsroom Ready: Meet the centenarians: Lina DeBray, 104
Lina DeBray, who was born in 1919, lives in a retirement home in Langley, B.C. DeBray, who says her hobbies are playing cards and bingo, says she never thinks of her age, and she attributes her health and long life to being a "good eater" and drinking a lot of milk when she was young. (June 26, 2024)
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VideoMeet the centenarians: Lina DeBray, 104
Lina DeBray, who was born in 1919, lives in a retirement home in Langley, B.C. DeBray, who says her hobbies are playing cards and bingo, says she never thinks of her age, and she attributes her health and long life to being a "good eater" and drinking a lot of milk when she was young. (June 26, 2024)
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Residents worry proposed 13-storey building would hurt Dartmouth lake
A proposed 13-storey building on Dartmouth's Lake Micmac would bring tenants beautiful views of the water and nearby park, but current residents say they're worried about the impact a highrise would have on the lake itself.About 90 people crowded into the Fairbanks Centre at Shubie Park Tuesday evening to hear more about the project at 211 Waverley Road and give feedback. The building would create 141 one and two-bedroom apartments on a site that's currently woods, a single-family home and parki
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