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'It feels personal': Canadian farmers cope with Chinese tariffs on canola and peas
2025-05-04 09:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Canola runs deep on Margaret Rigettis farm in southern Saskatchewan.Her grandfather was among the first to grow the bright yellow flowering crop in the 1970s, and it has been a staple ever since.For a large part of Saskatchewan, the farm economy has been driven by canola, Rigetti, a director with SaskOilseeds, says in an interview on her land near Moose Jaw.It feels personal when people come after canola, just because its such a Canadian story, such a western Canadian story, such a Saskatchewan story and such a story thats right here on my farm.China hit Canadian farmers with 100 per cent tariffs on canola oil, canola meal and peas in retaliation to Canada slapping Beijing with levies on Chinese-made electric vehicles, steel and aluminum.Producers are also caught with uncertainty around U.S. President Donald Trumps tariffs. Trump has imposed levies on Canadian aluminum, steel and automobiles, while musing about applying additional duties.Products that fall within the Canada-U.S...
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More global tech firms ditch carrots, pull out sticks with escalating office mandates
2025-05-04 07:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
After years of leading corporate America's adoption of more flexible work policies, global tech companies are enforcing stricter in-office mandates. Silicon Valley heavyweights including Google parent company Alphabet and chipmaker Intel have recently joined a growing cohort of other tech companies across the United States in demanding more in-person time from its employees, either by revoking remote-work privileges for some employees or increasing the number of days they're required to commute to an office. Within his first few weeks on the job, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan increased the number of days employees will be required to report to an office, a shift he said was critical to the tech company's broader plans for a corporate shake up. I strongly believe that our sites need to be vibrant hubs of collaboration that reflect our culture in action, Tan said on his first earnings call at the helm of the company. When we spend time together in person, it fosters more engaging and productiv...
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Ryan Reynolds Thinks Daughters Could've Helped Late Dad
2025-05-04 07:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Ryan Reynolds wishes his late father couldve met his and Blake Livelys daughters.The actor appeared at Acadia Pharmaceuticals New York City panel for Parkinsons Awareness Month on Friday, April 25, and explained that his dad James Jim Chester Reynolds who died in 2015 at age 74 after living with Parkinsons for nearly 20 years would have benefited from getting to know James, 10, Inez, 8, and Betty, 5. (Reynolds, 48, and Lively, 37, also share son Olin, 2.)I think my dad, being a father of four boys, if he had met these three little girls that we have, I think it wouldve changed profoundly, Reynolds told People of his fathers life. Obviously they changed me profoundly, but he really wouldve benefited. I think, actually, I know this sounds maybe [like] a stretch but I think his health wouldve improved if hed been able to spend some time with them.Reynolds also shared a special memory he and his brothers Jeff, Terry and Patrick cherish of their dad. Related: Rya...
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