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Hot housing market drives 2021 economic growth
The country’s hot housing market drove economic expansion last year as the economy grew 4.6 per cent in 2021, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
Hot housing market drives 2021 economic growth
The country’s hot housing market drove economic expansion last year as the economy grew 4.6 per cent in 2021, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.
Ottawa mayor pushes to shrink convoy footprint, as feds eye action
Ottawa’s mayor has set a deadline of noon today for truckers encamped in the capital’s core to move out of residential streets in a bid
Feds loosen eligibility requirements on pandemic relief for businesses, workers
Lockdown Program will now offer wage and rent subsidies ranging between 25 and 75 per cent to employers who are subject to capacity restrictions of
Ontario tightens restrictions, gives police new powers amid dire COVID predictions
New measures include reducing capacity limits in essential retail stores and shutting down non-essential construction sites.
Extra income support for hard-hit workers may not stick around post-pandemic, Trudeau says
A new round of $500-a-week benefits for the unemployed has since been put in place and extended to next summer.
Feds to create EI-like benefit for gig, contract workers, extend rent relief program
The $80-billion Canada Emergency Response Benefit is set to wind down over the coming weeks, with those who are EI-eligible to start drawing assistance that
COVID-19 tracing app starts beta testing after three-week delay
Volunteers from Shopify were part of a team that developed the app.
Large business, non profits, charities eligible for wage subsidy, Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says large and small businesses, non-profits and charities will all be eligible for a 75-per-cent subsidy on wages meant to cushion
Here’s what Trudeau is offering small businesses struggling amid COVID-19
Small and medium business owners and entrepreneurs got a boost from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday as he handed more out relief for companies
Ottawa’s Spartan Bioscience getting federal backing to develop COVID-19 test
With the COVID-19 crisis becoming more urgent by the day, the Ottawa-based biotech firm says it’s aiming to have a portable test ready ‘within weeks’
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