Montreal Gazette

FIVE CANADIAN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT

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1 PAY GAP STILL WITH US

Women earned 87 cents for every dollar men earned in 2018, up from 81 cents on the dollar in 1998, a new Statistics Canada report says. That means women earn $4.13 less than men on an hourly basis. Women are still under-represente­d in high-paying industries such as mining and applied sciences, and tend to have more precarious work — 16 per cent of women work part time versus 4.8 per cent of men. Two-thirds of the gap remains “unexplaine­d” — even after controllin­g for things like occupation, union status and hours of work, women still earn $2.62 less per hour than men.

2 EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY CLOSED AFTER POSSIBLE ARSON

The Vancouver campus of Emily Carr University of Art + Design was closed until Wednesday following what police believe was a fire deliberate­ly set after a break-in. Hardest hit areas are the research and industry office and the drawing studios but few personal items or artworks were affected.

3 ALANIS IN THIRD BOUT OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

Alanis Morissette is again battling postpartum depression after the birth of her third child, having suffered with her first two. She feels sleep deprivatio­n, fogginess, physical pain, isolation and anxiety. “PPD is still a sneaky monkey with a machete — working its way through my psyche and body and days and thoughts and bloodwork levels.”

4 CANADIAN FACES CHARGES OF HUMAN SMUGGLING

A Canadian man who allegedly led a smuggling organizati­on that operated on the U.S.-Canada border for five years is in custody, facing human-smuggling charges. Godofredo Rivas-Melendez, a 60-year-old Canadian citizen born in El Salvador, was taken into custody Oct. 1 in Champlain, N.Y., after being deported from Canada. He has pleaded innocent.

5 MENDES LIKES HIS COFFEE

Shawn Mendes opened up to fans about life with Camila Cabello. The duo first worked together on their 2015 track I Know What You Did Last Summer but drifted apart when their schedules became busier. They worked together for this summer’s hit, Señorita, and became involved again. “Camila and I will wake up and find the nearest coffee,” the Canadian singer said Saturday. “She’ll have half a coffee and I’ll have, like, three.” Their perfect date? “Find some food. Then probably watch a movie, Tangled. She loves Tangled,” he added, referring to Disney’s animated movie about Rapunzel.”

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