Lightspeed cuts 250 roles by laying off staff, not filling vacancies - CBC

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. says 250 roles will be impacted as the company lays off staff and opts to not fill some vacancies.

“The Batman: Part II” will soon resume production with Steven Soderbergh stepping in to finish principal photography while director Matt Reeves continues to attend to a family matter, IndieWire has confirmed. Production on the Batman sequel at DC starring Robert Pattinson has been delayed for a little over a week as a result of Reeves’ absence.

A group of travel nurses say they haven't been paid in months and that the agency that employs them has gone "radio silent. ""We just would like to get paid for work," Shalu, a travel nurse, said in an interview with CBC. Shalu, who uses only one name, is an emergency room nurse currently contracted to work at the Parkland Integrated Health Centre in Shellbrook, Sask. As a travel nurse, she takes temporary contracts through agencies to fill staffing shortages at health-care facilities across Canada. She said she started with EZCare, an Ontario-based staffing agency, on April 18 for a three-month contract, which she later renewed until the end of October. She had previously worked through the agency in 2024 without problems, except occasional pay delays, she said. Shalu said she and around 20 other nurses hired through EZ Care across Canada received a letter from the agency around the end of July, warning of pay delays because of an "agency transition.