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Albertans to Get 14 days of Paid Job-Protected Leave
Alberta Government has announced that they are amending Employment Standards Code by implementing paid job-protected leave as a measure to help Albertans through COVID-19 outbreak. Albertans will… Read more »
Saskatchewan Researchers Testing Vaccine for Coronavirus
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) is racing the clock to find a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. VIDO-InterVac has announced… Read more »
University of Alberta On-Campus Classes on March 13th Suspended
Yesterday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced that Alberta is adopting aggressive new public health measures including asking organisers to cancel all large gatherings with more than 250 attendees… Read more »
Northern & Southern Jubilee Auditoriums Closing Temporarily Due to COVID-19
On March 12th, Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced that Alberta is adopting aggressive new public health measures including asking organisers to cancel all events with more than 250… Read more »
Alberta Cancels All Events With More Than 250 Attendees; Total Coronavirus Cases Now 23
Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced that Alberta is adopting aggressive new public health measures including asking organisers to cancel all events with more than 250 attendees to help… Read more »
National Lacrosse League Suspends Season Due to COVID-19
National Lacrosse League has suspended all games in its 2020 season until further notice. NLL said, ” We will continue to evaluate this situation and remain in constant… Read more »
5 More Novel Coronavirus Cases in Alberta, Total Now 19
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health has announced five new cases of novel coronavirus – all are travel related. Of these 5 cases, 1… Read more »
Justin Trudeau Announces $1 Billion to Combat COVID-19 in Canada
Justin Trudeau outlined Canada’s whole-of-government response to COVID-19, by establishing a more than $1 billion COVID-19 Response Fund, which includes already announced measures as well as new… Read more »
How to Avoid Subscription Traps: “No-Strings Attached” Trial Offers – Competition Bureau of Canada
Competition Bureau of Canada is reminding Canadians to not get trapped into the “No-Strings Attached” trial offers. These so-called free, no-obligation trial products like a free trial… Read more »
WHO Declares COVID-19 a Pandemic
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation’s director-general has declared COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) a pandemic. Globally there are more than 11300 cases of COVID-19 across 114 countries with… Read more »
Play Tim Hortons’ Roll Up The Rim Contest Digitally and at the Restaurants
The 35th annual Roll Up The Rim To Win® starts from March 11 and runs for four weeks – until April 7. Tim Hortons’ annual Roll Up… Read more »
DIY Hand Sanitiser – How to Make Hand Sanitiser Based on WHO Recommended Hand Rub Formula
With the recent COVID-19 (coronavirus) scare, many of us are running to the local store to stock up on hand sanitisers. This has caused the cost of… Read more »
Edmonton’s Soundtrack Music Festival Announce 2020 Lineup
Kinsmen Club of Edmonton’s Soundtrack Music Festival has announced 2020 edition lineup. The 3rd annual festival has been expanded to two days at Kinsmen Park. The multi-genre… Read more »
There Are Now 7 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in Alberta
On Monday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health confirmed 3 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, bringing total cases in the province to 7…. Read more »
2 More Novel Coronavirus Cases Reported in Alberta
Alberta Health has announced 2 more presumptive cases of COVID-19 in the province. Both cases are travel related. The third presumed case of COVID-19 is a man… Read more »
Alberta’s 2nd Coronavirus Case Reported in Edmonton
Alberta Health has announced the second presumptive case of COVID-19 in the province in a male in his forties who lives in the Edmonton area. He recently… Read more »
Presumptive Coronavirus Case Reported in Alberta
Alberta Health has announced the first presumptive case of COVID-19 in the province. The announcement comes on the heels of British Columbia announcing 8 new cases with… Read more »
Best Canadian Universities: World Rankings of Canadian Universities
University of Toronto is the best university in Canada according according to QS Quacquarelli Symonds.
March 4: Bank of Canada Cuts Interest Rates
The Bank of Canada has lowered its interest rate by half a percentage point to 1.25 per cent. After the rate cut, the bank rate is 1… Read more »
These Are the 20 Alberta Parks That Are Going to Be Closed in 2020
As part of Alberta Parks optimization, Alberta government has announced that 20 twenty parks will be closed completely or partially to public access in 2020. According to… Read more »
4 New Novel Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in Greater Toronto Area
Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ontario has confirmed four new positive cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, in addition to the 3 new cases confirmed… Read more »
3 New Novel Coronavirus Cases in Ontario and One Patient was Symptomatic While on the Plane and Go Transit
Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ontario has confirmed three new positive cases of COVID-19 in Ontario. Now the total cases in Ontario stands at… Read more »
Wendy’s Serving Made in Canada Plant-Based Burger at Their Restaurants
As many customers are changing their food habits to become vegetarian/vegan, Wendy’s has started serving The Plantiful™, a plant-based burger crafted in Canada. Unlike Beyond Meat Burgers… Read more »
Non Essential Out of Country Medical Coverage to be Removed from Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
In a bid to save taxpayer dollars, Alberta will no longer be offering elective, non-urgent health services and routine lab tests medical coverage for travellers to another… Read more »