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[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 …

[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 …

[ad_1] A COVID-19 scare is the last thing the cruise industry needs as it returns to the Caribbean. Yet on Wednesday, a SeaDream 1 SeaDream Yacht Club passenger received a positive preliminary test result for COVID-19, according to Gene Sloan, senior cruise and travel reporter at The Points Guy, who …

[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 …

[ad_1] VANCOUVER – The BC Center for Disease Control has added several more flights to its list of COVID-19 exposures. The BCCDC added two flights to Tuesday’s list e nine more on Wednesday. The latest additions only took off on November 5th and October 22nd. The details of the affected …

[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 …

[ad_1] TORONTO – Small businesses that have survived the pandemic so far are now at risk of permanent closure if governments don’t do more to help them stay afloat in the second wave, with large companies like Costco and Walmart set to benefit most from the closures, according to one …

[ad_1] VANCOUVER – With the increase in the number of COVID 19 in the Fraser Health region, nursing homes are also seeing an alarming number of people infected, despite protocols in place to protect them. At the Fellburn Care Center in Burnaby, 36 residents and 16 employees tested positive for …

[ad_1] TORONTO – More than 8,500 Ring video doorbells have been retired in Canada after it was determined that they pose a fire hazard if installed incorrectly. According to Health Canada, the battery can be damaged and overheated if someone uses the supplied wood screws instead of the safety screws …

[ad_1] SURREY, BC – A Surrey company that claims to be the first in BC to manufacture N95 respirator masks says it is ready to begin providing first-line healthcare workers – pending approval from Health Canada. Eternity Medical Equipment opened a store in April and has spent the past few …