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COVID-19: Small businesses must focus on easing employee, customer fears as they reopen

COVID-19: Small businesses must focus on easing employee, customer fears as they reopen

Communication about what is possible and not possible is critical
CANADA: Providing for aging loved ones requires knowledge of resources, experts say

CANADA: Providing for aging loved ones requires knowledge of resources, experts say

Experts say that too often, people fail to anticipate the long-term needs of aging and are unaware of the various forms of government assistance available to them
COVID-19: Families unable to see elderly loved ones struggle to navigate new rules and risks

COVID-19: Families unable to see elderly loved ones struggle to navigate new rules and risks

Because of its potential to cause serious complications for people over 60, the novel coronavirus has separated us from our elderly loved ones — our most vulnerable community — at the time they need us the most
CANADA: Feds approve NHL cohort quarantine plan, removing an obstacle for hub cities

CANADA: Feds approve NHL cohort quarantine plan, removing an obstacle for hub cities

The cohort quarantine, which keeps players separate from the general public, would allow the NHL to bypass the traditional 14-day quarantine for anyone entering Canada
COVID-19: More Ontario regions moving to Stage 2 of reopening today

COVID-19: More Ontario regions moving to Stage 2 of reopening today

York, Durham, and Niagara are permitted to open their economies today
Beef, hog farmers get funding help to keep feeding livestock

Beef, hog farmers get funding help to keep feeding livestock

Measure will hold over animals waiting for processing
ONTARIO: Queen's Park approves commercial eviction ban

ONTARIO: Queen's Park approves commercial eviction ban

Opposition wants more small businesses protected
WATCH: By July, you'll be able to download COVID Alert tracing app on your phone

WATCH: By July, you'll be able to download COVID Alert tracing app on your phone

The app was made-in-Ontario to help trace COVID-19 cases across Canada
CANADA: Federal deficit could hit $256 billion, report says

CANADA: Federal deficit could hit $256 billion, report says

The budget office estimates the economy could shrink by 6.8 per cent in 2020, the weakest showing since 1981 and double the record of 3.2 per cent shrinkage in 1982
WATCH: Trudeau gives update on development of contact tracing mobile app

WATCH: Trudeau gives update on development of contact tracing mobile app

Trudeau said the app will be available across Canada in the coming weeks