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Ottawa Urged To Ban CEO Bonuses If Wage Subsidy Paid And Add Top COVID Tax Bracket
The federal government is being urged to explicitly prevent Canada’s highest paid CEOs from getting bonuses if their companies obtained wage subsidies. “The wage subsidy in Canada… Read more »
Health Experts Urge More Preventive Action To Curb Aerosol Spread Of Covid-19
Hundreds of scientists, doctors and other health experts from across Canada are calling for more aggressive measures to stop airborne spread of COVID-19. The experts include more… Read more »
Skating at Emera Oval: Pre-Register to Skate at Halifax’s Famous Rink this Season
Emera Oval, Halifax’s outdoor skating surface equivalent in size to 3 NHL hockey rinks and the largest outdoor, artificially-refrigerated ice surface east of Quebec City reopens for the 2021 winter season on January 4th.
January 4th: Today in History
Today in History for January 4th: In 1493, Columbus sailed for Spain from the New World on his ship, the ‘Nina.’ In 1581, James Ussher, archbishop of… Read more »
January 1: Today in History
Today in History for Jan 1: On this date: In 1622, the Roman Catholic church adopted Jan. 1 as the beginning of the year, rather than March… Read more »
January 2/3: See 2021’s First Meteor Shower
The coming of the new year heralds another celestial event – the Quadrantid Meteor Shower. This annual shower usually runs from the end of December to the… Read more »
Negative COVID-19 Test Required For Air Travellers to Canada Starting Jan.7
Anyone arriving in Canada starting Jan. 7 will need to have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding and may have to quarantine in a federal facility if… Read more »
Feds Enlist IBM To Help Design Gun Buyback Program
The Trudeau government has awarded a contract to IBM Canada to support the development, design and implementation of a buyback program for recently prohibited firearms. The contract… Read more »
Canada’s Airlines Say Border Testing Could Cause Confusion For Airlines, Passengers
The National Airlines Council of Canada said there are still major issues that need to be addressed as Ottawa plans a COVID-19 testing requirement for air passengers… Read more »
Nova Scotia To Lift In-person Dining Ban In Halifax
Nova Scotia says it will lift the ban on in-person dining in restaurants and bars in the Halifax area on Monday. The province said today that given… Read more »
Christmas Trees Are for the Birds: Nature Conservancy Says Keep Old Trees in Backyard
Old Christmas trees belong in the backyard instead of out front on the curb, says the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Andrew Holland, spokesman for the advocacy group,… Read more »
Atlantic First Nations Building Geothermal Greenhouses to Address Food Insecurity
The Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton is one of several Indigenous communities in Atlantic Canada that is launching a project to address food insecurity using a… Read more »
Air Travellers Will Soon Have to Test Negative for COVID-19 Before Arrival in Canada
All passengers on flights entering Canada will require a negative PCR test three days before their arrival.
Iran Allocates $150K to Families of Ukraine Crash Victims
Iran’s cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces… Read more »
Most Popular Baby Names in Nova Scotia in 2020
The favourite baby name for 2020 in Nova Scotia is — Oliver. Nova Scotia’s vital statistics bureau says other top baby names this year included Olivia, Benjamin,… Read more »
Thousands of Ceiling Fans Sold at Home Depot Recalled for Blades Falling Out While in Use
Health Canada is recalling Hampton Bay Mara 54-inch Ceiling Fans since the ceiling fan blades can fall out while in use. Health Canada has issued a joint… Read more »
More Cases of U.K. COVID-19 Variant Found in Canada
A contagious new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 has infiltrated two more regions of Canada, health officials said Sunday, a day after announcing the country’s… Read more »
Cheating a ‘Free for All’ at Virtual High Schools, Teachers Say
It took less than a month for students attending virtual school to devise new ways to cheat. From texting friends on the sly to downloading apps that… Read more »
Wood Products Pricing Surge Expected to Persist, Raising 2021 House, Renovation Costs
An unexpected rebound in wood product prices this month is boosting profits for Canadian forestry companies but leaving homeowners and buyers with the prospect of higher home and renovation costs in 2021.
CRA Promotes Public Database to Track Employers Using Wage Subsidies
Canada Revenue Agency is launching a website to help Canadians track which employers have been using government wage subsidies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CRA says its… Read more »
Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, Dubbed ‘Christmas Star,’ Visible Tonight
A rare celestial event is making an already unique holiday season even more unusual, as what’s been dubbed the “Christmas Star” is set to appear over Canada… Read more »
Canada Has ‘Significant’ Concerns About China: Defence Minister
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is taking aim at what he describes as China’s unpredictability, refusal to play by the rules and expanding footprint around the world, saying… Read more »
NHL/NHLPA Reach Tentative Deal for 2020-21 Season
The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association have settled on a framework for the upcoming season, pending the approval of each side’s executive board and Canadian health… Read more »
Feds Throw Support Behind Development of Mini Nuclear Reactors; Action Plan Released
Nuclear power is essential to meeting Canada’s climate-change goals, and developing portable mini nuclear reactors is a key part of that strategy, the federal energy minister said… Read more »