[ad_1] VANCOUVER – The BC Center for Disease Control has added 16 flights to its list of COVID-19 exposure alerts. The BCCDC added two flights to the list on Thursday and added 14 more on Friday. Flights are a mix of domestic and international flights and each is connected to …
Read More »3 Edmonton restaurants temporarily close due to COVID-19
[ad_1] EDMONTON – Meat, Pip and the Next Act Pub on Whyte Avenue temporarily closed their doors after a Meat staff member and a Pip staff member tested positive for COVID-19. The three businesses are owned by the same. According to a social media post, the Meat staff member last …
Read More »Middlesex-London returns to double-digit daily COVID-19 with 24 new cases
[ad_1] LONDON, ONT – The Middlesex-London Health Unit is reporting 24 new cases of COVID-19 in the region on Saturday. The new cases bring the overall total of the region to 1,347, of which 1,132 resolved and 63 deaths. Since Friday, the Middlesex-London Health Unit has been among regions that …
Read More »19 large Canadian malls cancel Santa’s visits due to COVID-19
[ad_1] CALGARY – Opportunities to visit Santa are more limited during the holiday season with the presence of COVID-19. In another move to protect the public, Santa will no longer be able to hear children’s Christmas greetings in person in more than a dozen Canadian malls. Cadillac Fairview (CF), the …
Read More »COVID-19 exposures: more grocery stores in the Lower Continent, pharmacies record positive tests
[ad_1] VANCOUVER – Several other grocery stores and pharmacies in the Lower Mainland have had employees tested positive for COVID-19 in the past few days. Parent company Loblaws has issued warnings of possible exposure to COVID-19 for several stores Shoppers Drug Mart and Real Canadian Superstore, and T&T Supermarket has …
Read More »Cineplex tries to convince viewers with theater rentals after 91% drop in tickets sold
[ad_1] TORONTO – Canada’s largest theater saw 91% fewer admissions over the summer than last year, prompting the company to launch new offerings for movie lovers. Cineplex Inc. said Friday that only 1.6 million people viewed the movies during the third quarter, down from 17.5 million in the third quarter …
Read More »The Waterloo region could switch Monday to the orange “restrictions” category: officials
[ad_1] CUISINE – Public health officials said Friday that the region has now reached indicators that would place it in the province’s orange “restrictive” category, while officials in the region expect the region to be placed there on Monday. During a virtual media briefing, Dr Julie Emili said the Waterloo …
Read More »Shell offers customers the opportunity to offset their carbon emissions for two cents per liter
[ad_1] CALGARY – Shell Canada is enabling carbon-conscious customers to get their two cents for the environment while refueling at one of its 1,400 stations across Canada. Royal Dutch Shell’s Canadian subsidiary is launching its Drive Carbon Neutral program today to allow customers to help it produce or purchase offset …
Read More »Coronavirus: New records set in Ontario cases, deaths in Manitoba on Memorial Day – National
[ad_1] Canada added more than 4,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 53 more deaths on Wednesday. The new data, which broke several provincial records, brings the country’s total COVID-19 infections to 276,786 and the death toll from the virus to 10,685. To date, a total of 223,199 patients …
Read More »YouTube restored after an unspecified problem prevented playback
[ad_1] TORONTO – YouTube was briefly inaccessible Wednesday night due to an unspecified problem that prevented users from all over the world from playing videos. Problems were reported on Wednesday around 7pm as users complained about slow download times and subsequently received playback errors. According to Down Detector, which tracks …
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