Royal Bank of Canada RY-T is raising base pay by 3 per cent for its lower-paid employees as part of a $200-million spending package that aims to fend off fierce competition for talent by improving salaries and benefits. The unusual increase takes effect on July 1, and applies to all …
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Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in London on March 14.Chris Jackson/Getty Images Charles, Prince of Wales, will make his 19th official visit to Canada on May 17 to 19 with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, ahead of an important milestone in his mother’s reign. The trip comes …
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Prince Charles and Camilla meet with representatives from local community projects supported by Meta as they attend the opening of the new office of Meta in central London on March 30.KIRSTY O’CONNOR/AFP/Getty Images Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are set to return to Canada in May, their first visit …
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Wet’suwet’en Chiefs Namoks, left, Madeek, centre, and Gisdywa traveled to confront and protest Royal Bank of Canada’s funding of Coastal GasLink pipeline and other fossil fuel investments in Toronto on April 7.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press An ambitious climate plan to cut emissions and sell cleaner energy to the world “could …
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stayed at a mansion linked to a lawyer whose clients include a sanctioned Russian, when they left the UK in 2019, DailyMail.com can reveal. The couple spent weeks at a $14million home on Vancouver Island, Canada, around Christmas of that year – but refused to disclose …
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In celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, Canada Post has released a new stamp featuring the long-reigning monarch. The new issue marks 70 years since the Queen’s accession to the throne on Feb. 6, 1952. Queen Elizabeth II is the only British and Canadian sovereign to reign for seven …
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The Queen has begun her platinum jubilee year, marking a 70-year reign that now makes her the longest-ruling monarch in British and Commonwealth history. King George VI died on the morning of Feb. 6, 1952 while Princess Elizabeth was in Kenya. She acceded to the throne immediately upon his death, …
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A life-sized cutout of the Queen stands in a souvenir shop near London’s Buckingham Palace. Feb. 6 will be the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne when her father, George VI, died.TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary acceded to the throne in the early morning …
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At the largest exhibition of his watercolours to date, painting enthusiast Prince Charles has described the restorative benefits of art, saying it “transports me to another dimension.” The heir to the British throne went on to say that painting is “one of the most relaxing and therapeutic exercises I know,” …
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The Canadian flag has been flying at half-mast at federal buildings since late May.PATRICK DOYLE/The Canadian Press The Royal Canadian Legion says it plans to raise the flag at the National War Memorial in Ottawa before the Remembrance Day ceremony – and then lower it again to half-mast. The Legion …
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