A painting by Emily Carr titled Masset, Q.C.I. from 1912 was bought for $50 at an estate sale in the Hamptons, New York, and recently sold for $290,000 at a Toronto auction by Heffel Fine Art Auction House. The oil on canvas piece depicts a grizzly bear on a totem pole in Masset village on Haida Gwaii, exceeding the presale estimate of $100,000 to $200,000. The sale price does not include auction house fees.
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Santé Québec U-turn: Dual-job workers clocking extra hours get one-year lifeline
The new Santé Québec health authority will allow workers with dual jobs in multiple hospitals an extra year to adjust to new rules limiting hours to 40 per week. This decision was made after concerns were raised about the impact of the restructuring on these workers, who will now have until the end of November to choose a single job. The province's hospitals and clinics will be brought under a single employer on December 1,...
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