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Mexico to resume sending farm workers to Canada after COVID-19 safety agreement
Mexico will resume sending temporary farm workers to Canada after the two countries reached an agreement on improved safety protections…
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4-day work week with fewer hours, same pay could become a reality in some workplaces post-COVID-19
It’s only been days since a small Nova Scotia municipality launched a four-day condensed work week pilot project, but according to the chief administrative…
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More Canadians are refusing work due to COVID-19 — but it’s tough to get authorities to agree
As more workplaces open up, Canadians are faced with the challenge of going back to work after being told for…
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Elon Musk’s company SpaceX applies to offer high-speed internet service to Canadians
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has applied to offer high-speed internet to Canadians living in remote areas by beaming it to them…
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Voluntary nationwide contact tracing app coming soon, says Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hopes Canadians will download a new app on their cellphones that will alert them if…
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Demand for face shields looks to be heating up as Canadians seek summertime COVID protection
If wearing a face mask seemed strange to most people not so long ago, wearing a plastic face shield had…
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CAMH survey shows pandemic affecting mental health, but anxiety levels may be easing
Findings from a new survey by Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) indicate the pandemic has had a…
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Federal government to present economic update July 8
The Trudeau government will finally update the country on the state of government finances on July 8 when it will…
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Canada- U.S. border to remain closed to non-essential travel until July 21
The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another 30 days to slow the spread of the novel…
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Consumer debt loads went down last quarter for 1st time in a decade
Consumer debt loads inched lower in the first quarter of 2020 for the first time in more than a decade,…
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Mexico hits pause on sending temporary foreign workers after COVID-19 deaths
Mexico won’t send any more temporary foreign workers to Canada until it has more clarity on why two died due to…
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CERB payments to be extended for 2 more months
The Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) will be extended by two more months. CERB has provided taxable payments of $2,000…
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Canada’s airlines ease into expanded summer service with added safety protocols
Canada’s beleaguered airline industry is taking cautious steps to restart operations after travel restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Average house price in May was 2.6% lower than last year, even as sales bounced back from record April low
Home sales bounced back by 57 per cent from their worst April in more than 30 years last month, but…
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CEO asks employees to lie on timecards or risk job losses — violating labour laws
Several workers of a high-profile company say they were pressured into giving up paid vacation days, then told to lie…
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Manufacturing sales plummetted at record-setting pace in April as COVID-19 shut down factories
Canadian manufacturing sales plummeted a record-breaking 28.5 per cent in April as the coronavirus pandemic hit business operations, Statistics Canada said…
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Cineworld scraps $2.8-billion takeover of Canada’s Cineplex, setting up legal battle
International movie theatre chain Cineworld PLC says its deal to buy Cineplex Inc. for $2.8 billion is off, claiming that…
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Canadians can still travel to the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic — just not by car
After Karel Bennett was turned away at the U.S. land border between B.C. and Washington state last month, she didn’t…
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Grocery chains scrap $2 hourly pay bump for workers implemented at start of COVID-19
Grocery chains Loblaws and Metro, as well as Walmart, have decided to stop giving their workers an extra $2 an hour pay…
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Household debt ratio rises to 176.9%, Statistics Canada says
A key measure of household debt rose in the first quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold of…
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Air Transat plans to resume flying on July 23
Montreal-based airline Air Transat is planning to start flying again on July 23, after a hiatus of almost four months…
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Liberals push forward with COVID-19 bill despite likely impasse
The Liberals are pushing forward with a contentious piece of emergency legislation that would extend COVID-19 aid programs, even though…
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Pandemic worsens Canada’s deadly opioid overdose epidemic
An epidemic of fatal drug overdoses across Canada is on the rise amid COVID-19 pandemic restrictions that harm-reduction workers and…
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Starbucks to close up to 200 stores in Canada even after COVID-19
Coffee chain Starbucks says it plans to close up to 200 stores in Canada in the next two years, even after the…
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Canadians have made 190,000 repayments for CERB claims they weren’t eligible for
Canadians have made 190,000 repayments of the Canada emergency response benefits they weren’t eligible for, according to the Canada Revenue…
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Many Canadians used virtual medical care during COVID-19, poll suggests
Canadians embraced virtual health-care options like phone or video appointments during the COVID-19 crisis, according to a new poll released…
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Pandemic measures expose work-from-home inequality says StatsCan
Statistics Canada says that women, people with higher earnings and those with more education are more likely to be able…
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Health Canada recalls some hand sanitizers over industrial-grade ethanol content
Health Canada says some hand sanitizers are being recalled because they contain industrial-grade ethanol. The agency says industrial-grade ethanol contains…
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BP to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide amid coronavirus pandemic
Energy producer BP announced Monday that it will slash its global workforce by 10,000 jobs as the COVID-19 pandemic slams…
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Exemption coming for families separated by COVID-19 travel restrictions
Canada will begin to allow some family members separated by temporary COVID-19 travel restrictions to enter the country. “We are…
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