Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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As feds audit landlords over rent aid, businesses fall through cracks of new program
OTTAWA - Documents given to parliamentarians show federal officials audited at least 127 landlords who received aid through a program designed to ease rent costs for small businesses during the COVID-...
Feb 08, 2021
US employers add just 49K jobs, underscoring virus' damage
WASHINGTON - America's employers barely added jobs last month, underscoring the viral pandemic's ongoing grip on the economy and likely adding momentum to the Biden administration's push for a bold re...
Feb 05, 2021
Mother waits weeks for feds to sort out problems with COVID-19 benefits system
OTTAWA - Jennifer Vaughan's daily routine with her school-aged children has been the same for weeks as they shuffle from screen, to fresh air, to meals and back again - all from home. Ever since schoo...
Feb 05, 2021
Women, youth bear the brunt of January job losses, unemployment rate hits 9.4%
OTTAWA - Canada's labour market saw months of gains wiped out in a matter of weeks as widespread lockdowns and school closures erased 212,800 jobs in January, hitting mothers and youth particularly ha...
Feb 05, 2021
Yellen warns of 'tough months' ahead, urges congress to act
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned of "tough months ahead" with COVID-19 continuing to flare, making it critical that Congress pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package....
Feb 04, 2021
Work-from-home tax deduction could cost feds $260 million in lost revenue, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government could lose out on $260 million from a simplified federal tax measure to let Canadians write off working from home due to the pande...
Feb 04, 2021
LGBTQ businesses, hit hard by COVID-19, look for shifts in federal programs
OTTAWA - It had been a while since Alana Fiks had been able to open her shop in Winnipeg when she spoke about the impact of COVID-19. The co-owner of Black Market Provisions, which sells food and hous...
Feb 02, 2021
Single-shot vaccine's other advantages may soon outweigh lower efficacy, Fauci says
WASHINGTON - Johnson and Johnson's forthcoming single-shot COVID-19 vaccine has more going for it than just a middling ability to prevent infection, the pre-eminent U.S. expert on infectious disease s...
Feb 01, 2021
Liberals waive one-week waiting period for employment insurance benefits
OTTAWA - The federal government is temporarily waiving a one-week waiting period for employment insurance benefits.The decision essentially means that applicants will be able to start their claims and...
Jan 29, 2021
Panel report says basic income in British Columbia is no cure-all
VANCOUVER - A government-commissioned panel has rejected the idea of introducing a basic income for all in British Columbia, saying the billions of dollars would be better spent patching holes in the ...
Jan 28, 2021
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