
Restaurants ask government for help to stay afloat amid coronavirus shutdowns
Restaurant owners are struggling to stay afloat as health authorities and governments urge wide-scale shutdowns
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Restaurants ask government for help to stay afloat amid coronavirus shutdowns
Restaurant owners are struggling to stay afloat as health authorities and governments urge wide-scale shutdowns

Travel company Transat AT lays off 3,600 staff, about 70 per cent of workforce
The decision comes as non-essential travel around the world comes to a standstill as governments close borders in an effort to slow the COVID-19 pandemic

Welch LLP Ottawa Business Growth Survey now open
Largest and most comprehensive study of Ottawa-area businesses includes special cybersecurity focus in 2020

Welch LLP Ottawa Business Growth Survey now open
Largest and most comprehensive study of Ottawa-area businesses includes special cybersecurity focus in 2020

Large Canadian airlines poised to weather COVID 19 despite ‘very bad year’ ahead
A union official says Air Canada is laying off more than 5,000 flight attendants as the country’s largest airline cuts routes and parks planes due

Canada, U.S. working out details of cross border non-essential travel ban
Closure of the world’s longest undefended border will begin in earnest today as Canada and the United States work out the details of banning non-essential

Why the feds aren’t closing the door on non-essential businesses
While Canada’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak has taken off drastically in the last week, some have found it lopsided across the country. In Ontario

Five things to know about the federal government’s COVID-19 financial aid package
Delays in tax filing deadlines and temporary wage subsidies were announced Wednesday as part of a $82B relief package

Federal bureaucrats cautious about network overload as remote work increases
Federal government managers and employees have been advised to take precautions to manage the load on communications systems as Canadians shift to remote working conditions

Air Canada halves capacity, withdraws guidance amid ‘severe drop in traffic’
Air Canada says it is halving its flight capacity in the second quarter and withdrawing its earnings forecast for 2020 and 2021 amid a ‘severe
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