FIVE CANADIAN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT

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 16 per cent of women work part time versus 4.8 per cent of men. Even after controlling for things like occupation, union status and hours of work, women still earn

$2.62 less per hour.

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. “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.”