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Protect pensions: Workers, advocates push for new laws after Sears bankruptcy

'If they got money for bonuses, they should have money either to put into our pension plan or to give the employees as severance,' says Gail Paul who worked 27 years at Sears Canada. Advocates want Ottawa to change the laws to make pensioners 'super priority.'

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Protect pensions: Workers, advocates push for new laws after Sears bankruptcy

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Jewish man whose childhood home was seized by Nazis brought to tears by unexpected letter

Egypt's Great Pyramid: 4,500-year-old diary reveals how this ancient wonder was built

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'This program saved my life': How housing first model helped woman off the street

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