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COVID-19: Canadian tech companies pledge to give staff time to get vaccinations

COVID-19: Canadian tech companies pledge to give staff time to get vaccinations

They say they are keen on giving workers the time because vaccinations are more important than business as usual
CANADA: Panel of experts appointed to help lead Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry

CANADA: Panel of experts appointed to help lead Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry

The inquiry has also appointed a community liaison, a mental health expert, an investigations co-ordinator and an expert in charge of research
CANADA: Parcel onslaught continues for postal workers

CANADA: Parcel onslaught continues for postal workers

'Usually, we get a slowdown and I range around 50 to 55 parcels for about a month before they start going back up and yesterday I had 130 so it is a big difference'
ONTARIO: Long-term care residents told commission prolonged isolation is 'inhumane'

ONTARIO: Long-term care residents told commission prolonged isolation is 'inhumane'

Currently, 251 of the province's 626 long-term care homes are reporting an outbreak of COVID-19
ONTARIO: COVID-19 rates showing improvement, too soon to say if it's a trend, Yaffe says

ONTARIO: COVID-19 rates showing improvement, too soon to say if it's a trend, Yaffe says

Ontario's Associate Medical Officer of Health said the provincial case rate has started to decline for the first time since November –  sitting now at 145.4 cases per 100,000 people – although that figure is still high
CANADA: Gov. Gen. Julie Payette is resigning after controversial tenure

CANADA: Gov. Gen. Julie Payette is resigning after controversial tenure

OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Julie Payette is resigning, a source with direct knowledge of her decision but not authorized to discuss it publicly confirms to The Canadian Press.
CANADA: More than one-fifth of companies will adjust pay if staff relocate, survey says

CANADA: More than one-fifth of companies will adjust pay if staff relocate, survey says

The findings come months after many Canadian companies allowed staff to work from home in hopes of stopping the spread of COVID-19 in pandemic hotspots
CANADA: Truck driver in Humboldt Broncos crash awaits deportation decision

CANADA: Truck driver in Humboldt Broncos crash awaits deportation decision

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu is now waiting for the Canada Border Services Agency to write a report that will recommend whether he be allowed to stay in his adopted country or be deported
ONTARIO: Improve working conditions in long-term care homes, COVID-19 advisory group urges

ONTARIO: Improve working conditions in long-term care homes, COVID-19 advisory group urges

In a new report, the group says infections and deaths among long-term care residents are speeding up, mirroring the spread in the community at large
U.S: Canadians tune in to Joe Biden inauguration amid pandemic

U.S: Canadians tune in to Joe Biden inauguration amid pandemic

While Biden was the main attraction on stage in a heavily patrolled Washington, D.C., many Canadians focused on his newly minted second-in-command, Kamala Harris