Half of us eat at our desks

A new study by Dalhousie researchers has found almost 40% of Canadians eat lunch at their desks. Atlantic Canadians was even higher at 50%.

Lead author Sylvain Charlebois says it shows how pressured people are, since they lack the time to get away from work to eat. Charlebois and his team found that 72% packed their own work lunches and 24% either ate their lunches outside or at a restaurant.

Trump gives notice to start NAFTA talks

President Donald Trump has triggered the 90 day consultation window required before they can begin renegotiating NAFTA.

Trump’s letter to congress cited a need to modernize the 23 year old trade deal and need for new provisions relevant to the modern economy.  The U-S says it has seen its manufacturing industry decimated, factories shuttered, and people lose their jobs since 1993…and Trump wants to reverse that.