The 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship will be played using a bubble format at Rogers Place in Edmonton. According to an announcement on Thursday from the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the IIHF Council approved a proposal from Hockey Canada… »
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Reinvented: shipping containers as COVID safe visitation rooms for care homes
Old shipping containers have been repurposed for many other unusual uses, not the least of which is to be converted into actual homes. With the arrival of COVID-19, many long term care homes (LTC) across the country were forced to… »
Niagara 2021 Canada Summer Games postponed until 2022
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure the safety of all athletes, coaches, staff, volunteers and spectators, the Niagara 2021 Canada Summer Games have been postponed until 2022. According to an announcement on Wednesday by Canada Games Council… »
Numbers aside, Canadian business people say they can ride out pandemic
Never let it be said that people who own businesses in Canada are not optimists. A survey last week by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business found only 28 per cent of businesses on average are back to making regular… »
Guaranteed basic income for Canadians costly: analysis
Costs could be between $131 to $464B–Fraser Institute The idea of a universal guaranteed basic income (or universal basic income) has gained momentum during the pandemic. This comes as Canada’s federal government has instituted a number of emergency funding programmes… »
Survey: Canadians more comfortable with activities if COVID-19 testing expanded
As the number of COVID-19 cases being reported rise across the country, and with the start of the new school year, expanding asymptomatic testing could put some Canadian minds at ease. According to an Abacus Data poll commissioned by the… »
Canadians donating less due to COVID and WE Charity scandal, survey
A new survey by the non-profit Angus Reid Institute seems to reinforce what charities have been saying: Canadians are giving less since the pandemic began. This is even as the need for various charitable services has increased during this time.… »
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Canadian firefighters head to Oregon to fight devastating wildfires
Canada is sending nearly 300 firefighters and technical specialists to help fight wildfires in Oregon, one of three U.S. West Coast states currently being ravaged by the blazes. Some 40 to 50 “overhead personnel”–supervisors, specialists and technical experts–from Ontario, Manitoba,… »
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole and family being tested for COVID-19
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole and his family are being tested for COVID-19 after a staff member that had been travelling with O’Toole tested positive for the virus. A statement from the Conservative Party said that while O’Toole has not shown… »
Vancouver pilot project to increase access to transit for low income earners
A pilot project to increase access to transit for low-income residents in the city of Vancouver was approved by the city council on Tuesday. The approved pilot project is a reduced fare transit program that is looking to design, test,… »
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