TORONTO (CP) - Torontonians may be notorious as people who say "Thank goodness it's Monday," but it seems it isn't just denizens of the country's largest city who are reluctant to drag themselves away from work.
(AP) - Small business owners are showing less optimism than a year ago, according to one survey, and higher energy costs are contributing to their dampening spirits.
(AP) - A new survey says more than three out of four office workers believe that the administrative assistant's role is either essential, very important or important to the office.
(AP) - To retain the best information and technology professionals, many chief information officers are offering various incentives to keep their employees happy, according to one survey.
MONTREAL (CP) - Many Quebecers don't feel their employer is helpful in giving information at work to help them plan for retirement, a national survey says.
(CP) - A worrisome cluster of human cases of H5N1 avian flu in a remote village in Indonesia is raising serious questions about the feasibility of an international plan to try to stop an emerging pandemic at source.
GENEVA (AP) - Dr. Lee Jong-wook, head of the World Health Organization, had emergency surgery for a blood clot in his brain Saturday and is recovering in the Cantonal Hospital of Geneva, WHO said.
It's that time of year again. The Calgary Region Home
Builders Association has put out its nominations for its board of
directors for 2006 to 2007 -- and it looks like it'll be a
powerhouse of people from the residential construction industry.