Canadian legislation to force Google and Facebook to pay for the news content they disseminate on their platforms.
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Economy lost 213,000 jobs in January as lockdown measures hit Ontario, Quebec
The unemployment rate would have been 12 percent in January had Statistics Canada included in its calculations Canadians who wanted to work but didn’t search for a job.
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Gov’t trying best to keep Philippine economy afloat: Duterte
Duterte slammed critics claiming corruption in the government’s Covid-19 vaccine procurement anew, urging Filipinos not to believe in their false accusations.
Economic managers are optimistic that the Philippine economy will recover this year as it eyes to roll out its large-scale vaccination program starting this month.
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Canada suspends sun flights, insists on COVID tests, quarantine for air travellers
Trudeau said Air Canada, WestJet, Sunwing, and Air Transat will suspend service to all Caribbean destinations and Mexico starting Sunday until April 30. Starting next week, all international passenger flights must land at only four airports – in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, and Montreal.
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Canadian man charged in U.S. with NetWalker ransomware attacks
Once a victim’s computer network is compromised and the data encrypted and downloaded, the NetWalker criminals demand money to return system access. If victims refuse, they might never regain their data or, more frequently now, the information is made public.
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Ontario awaits new COVID-19 modelling; Quebec reports exceptional rise in deaths
“The federal government is failing Canadians. This is a grim situation that seems to be getting worse every week,” Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro said in a statement.
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Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience’s previously recalled rapid COVID-19 test
TORONTO — The federal government has approved an Ottawa company’s made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed Saturday as the nation’s top doctor warned the virus’s impact on the health-care system showed no signs of abating. The test developed by Spartan Bioscience is performed by a doctor and provides on-site results within an hour, a...
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Philippines to get vaccines from COVAX in Q1; rollout preps underway
Our response has always been a whole-of-government, whole-of-society, whole-of-system approach,” Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said.
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No Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to be shipped to Canada next week: Fortin
OTTAWA — Canada is not getting any COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech next week and the federal government says it can’t tell provinces exactly how many doses to expect over the next month. While there are some signs the relentless second wave of the pandemic may be easing in the biggest provinces, with numbers...
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Felix Y Manalo Foundation recognized as Daly City’s Philanthropic Organization of the Year
Daly Mayor Sylvester recognized the FYM Foundation, the social arm of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) for its recent Aid to Humanity effort in October 2020, which helped provide resources and fund program enrichment for youth and the elderly.