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An Ontario woman thought she was helping another woman pay for their taxi ride, but instead she was defrauded of $14,000. It happened in a parking lot in early August, Maria Padagdag, of Woodbridge, told CTV News Toronto. “This lady came from behind my car and she said, ‘Can you help me ...

Nearly 50 years ago, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft—a company that has had a lasting impression and impact on the software industry, and Big Tech itself. To build such a successful company, which now boasts a whopping $3.125 trillion market capitalization, Gates rarely took breaks. In fact, he said that in the early ...

In March 2007, a revolutionary mobile money platform called M-Pesa was launched by Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecom operator. What began as a simple tool to facilitate micro-lending repayments has grown into one of the most successful financial inclusion platforms in the world. Today, M-Pesa has not only transformed Kenya’s financial ...

The Canadian government is introducing significant reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), effective September 26, 2024. These changes, focused on low-wage Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs), are expected to have far-reaching consequences for workers and employers across the country, particularly in industries that rely heavily on foreign labour ...

Immigration Minister Marc Miller. Immigration, Citizenship and Refugees Canada said it’s aware “that some bad actors were using the policy to mislead foreign nationals into working in Canada without authorization.”Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press file photo The federal government has scrapped a COVID-era special measure that has been blamed for contributing to the ...