OTTAWA — Canada’s labour market lost 207,000 jobs last month as a spike in COVID-19 variant cases led to renewed public health restrictions and raised concerns about longer-term economic consequences from the pandemic. The unemployment rate rose to 8.1 per cent from 7.5 per cent in March, Statistics Canada reported. It would have been 10.5...
With the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB), the government pushed that verification to the front of the application process, including asking for payslips or records of employment if the agency couldn’t easily confirm that someone met the earnings threshold.
Starting Monday, May 10 at 8 a.m., the province’s boundaries will be closed to all non-essential travel. That includes anyone intending to move to the province or parents from outside Nova Scotia hoping to pick up or drop off students.
Ally’s mother, Adriana Londono, says the family tried to get her support but was only given a list of counsellors, an avenue Ally, wasn’t willing to take.
MONTREAL, May 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The estate of Herta Vodstrcil has left a $5 million donation to the MUHC Foundation in support of various departments at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), including $2.25 million to support the enhancement and training of nurses. This donation will support nurses over the next three years...
It’s a sign of good mental health when someone can experience a full range of emotions and recognize, understand and manage how they feel—even when it’s uncomfortable. Being able to make an emotional connection is also part of how we seek comfort and reassurance from people in our lives.”
Essential workers in British Columbia, Canada receive appreciation and a morale boost from outreach events of the global Church.
VANCOUVER — Efforts by British Columbia health officials and residents are managing to suppress infections that have been driven by COVID-19 variants, a group of modelling experts says. The group of researchers from the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences says projections show a 30 to...
The third wave is outpacing anything Canada has seen before is clear.
The average daily case loads of COVID-19 in January peaked at around 8,100 cases, while in April it appears to have peaked at around 8700 cases.
CALGARY — Michelle Benz thought she was playing it smart when she went back to school after being laid off from the oil and gas sector six years ago. She completed her bachelor of urban planning at the University of Calgary, but she’s frustrated that the job market in her chosen field has dried up...