Calgary Business Charged for Marking up Essentials by 200% to 400%
Alberta has charged a Calgary-based supply company with COVID-19 price gouging, but the company’s owner says he himself is paying massively inflated prices just to bring in… Read more »
Calgary Transit Temporarily Removing 25 Routes Due to Revenue Loss
Calgary Transit is reducing service hours by 30 per cent from the March 2020 levels effective May 25, 2020 as COVID-19 caused significant reduction in Calgary Transit’s… Read more »
Manitoba is Ordering up to One Million Made-in-Manitoba Innovative Reusable N95 Masks
Manitoba government has announced that it is planning to purchase up to one million made-in-Manitoba N95 reusable silicone masks. In early April, the government issued an Expression… Read more »
Toronto Raptors Permitted Limited Access to OVO Centre
The Toronto Raptors will be allowed limited access to OVO Athletic Centre as of Monday, two months after the NBA suspended play due to COVID-19.
The Raptors and Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment Ltd., announced guidelines — including just one player in the building at a time — to permit workouts at the practice facility just west of downtown Toronto.The safeguards including allowing only access to the court. Locker rooms, medical facilities, offices, the weight room, and other areas of the building will remain closed.
A Daughter’s Account of Pain, Joy, Love Amid Her Father’s Long COVID-19 Battle
Initially, this was a tale about a raw struggle for a 69-year-old man who’d rarely had more than a common cold during his life before the pandemic. The 39-year-old documented how her father gradually came off the ventilator and the “intensive care delirium” in the four days after the tracheotomy. It is a record Marshall is confident her father will soon start to go through in detail, filling in the gaps of weeks in his life — as his strength returns.
COVID-19: What is Allowed/Open in Toronto Parks
As Ontario takes basic steps in reopening by allowing garden centres, hardware stores to open, the city of Toronto also has made changes to the way parks… Read more »
Home Depot Stores in Ontario Will Reopen From May 9
Home Depot Stores will be open from Saturday, May 9 for in-store shopping. Garden centres in Ontario stores will open on May 8th. Home Depot said that some stores might temporarily pause curbside or in-store pick-up orders and Ontario stores will not be accepting returns until May 19.
Toronto Based Carpet Company is Making Social Distancing Carpets
Now that Canada is slowly reopening with strict physical distancing guidelines, a carpet company that specialises in supplying carpets for events have introduced a brand new carpet… Read more »
May 7: Calgary Will Be All Aglow in Orange Tonight
Today, select facilities in downtown Calgary will light up in orange in honour of the hard work and dedication of Calgary shelter and agency staff helping prevent… Read more »
You Will Have to Wear a Face Mask If You Want to Shop at T&T Supermarket
After Canada’s Public Health agency recommended non-medical masks to protect others around you when you are in places where it is difficult to ensure proper physical distancing,… Read more »
Nova Scotia Boy, 3, Still Missing After Two Days of Ground, Air Search
Update: Police in Truro, N.S., say the search for a missing three-year-old boy is now considered a recovery effort. In a social media post Thursday evening, Truro… Read more »
15 of the Best Places to Fish Around Saskatoon
If you thought there weren’t any good spots to hit up around Saskatoon for some great angling, you’d be wrong! There are a ton of amazing lakes,… Read more »
British Columbia Starts Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions on Surgeries, Parks, Stores, Haircuts
British Columbia has reached the point in the COVID-19 pandemic where it will start a gradual reopening of the economy while also allowing social interactions between families, friends and communities to… Read more »
Manitoba Fishing Season to Open Starting May 9
Manitoba government has announced that the 2020-21 fishing season will officially kick off on Saturday, May 9 in the Southern Division and Saturday, May 16 in the… Read more »
Peter’s Drive-In is Now Open in Edmonton
Were you driving to Red Deer just for the milkshake, and the flame-broiled burgers from Peter’s Drive-In? Make the trip no more, as the iconic Calgary based… Read more »
Calgary Zoo Adopts Three Orphaned Grizzly Cubs
The Calgary Zoo has adopted three orphaned grizzly cubs. The cubs arrived at the zoo last week after Alberta Fish & Wildlife found the cubs in Crowsnest… Read more »
Toronto Closing Down Some Streets to Car Traffic in Favour of Pedestrians and Cyclists
Officials in Toronto announced measures to help residents resume regular routines on Wednesday, pledging to close some roads and improve cycling infrastructure in a bid to let people circulate… Read more »
Quebec Says Working in Daycares Safe for People in Their 60s
Quebec is trying to reassure people between the ages of 60 and 69 that it is safe to go back to work at schools and daycares — a week… Read more »
Man Dead, Mountie Injured After Shootout on Busy Highway Near Edmonton
A man is dead and an RCMP officer has been wounded after a shooting at a home in central Alberta ended in a police chase and a… Read more »
Fly a Kite or Sit on a Blanket: Limited Use of City Parks is Allowed in Ottawa From May 6
The city of Ottawa has announced that the limited use of some spaces in the parks and beaches of Ottawa is permitted effective immediately. Those who are… Read more »
This is What is Open in Ontario From May 8, 2020
The Ontario government has announced that it is allowing all retail stores with a street entrance to provide curbside pickup and delivery, as well as in-store payment… Read more »
Critically Endangered Madagascar Spider Tortoise Baby Born at the Toronto Zoo
Toronto Zoo has announced the successful hatching of a baby Madagascar spider tortoise. This is the first hatching of a Madagascar spider tortoise at the Toronto Zoo…. Read more »
Ontario Extends Low Hydro Rates, Emergency Orders Until May 19
Ontario is extending a period of lower hydro rates as well as its emergency orders. The orders, which were set to expire today, include the closure of… Read more »
Stormtrooper With a Gun: Alberta Police Take Down Lethbridge Restaurant Worker in Costume
Police in southern Alberta are being investigated after a restaurant worker in a “Star Wars” stormtrooper costume who was carrying a plastic gun was forced to the… Read more »