CALGARY – WestJet says it will operate the first commercial flight of the Boeing 737 Max in Canada since the aircraft was cleared to fly again in Canadian airspace. The flight will take off from Calgary on Thursday and land in Vancouver, where company executives will hold a press event, WestJet says. Starting Jan. 22, […]
Can seniors look forward to increased banking protections or services under the Code of Conduct for the Delivery of Banking Services to Seniors, (https://cba.ca/Assets/CBA/Documents/Files/Article%20Category/PDF/vol-seniors-en.pdf), which came into effect on Jan. 1? RBC, one of the banks that has adopted the voluntary code, says yes and is making an effort to upgrade its services for seniors, […]
Starting fertility treatments? Mapping out a once-in-a-lifetime vacation once you’re vaccinated? Leaving your relationship? Renovating your home? Eloping? If a big life moment is in play for you, here’s how to prepare for it financially. Take stock of your current savings According to recent data, Canadians are sitting on over $ 90 billion in traditional […]
LOS ANGELES – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have dropped their first podcast. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and guests from Elton John to their son, Archie, appear on the royal couple’s first audio release Tuesday for Spotify, a 34-minute special featuring reflections on 2020. The couple who stepped down from their royal duties […]
Q: Now that people are starting to receive vaccines for COVID-19, can I expect buying or selling a home to be more like it used to be? I’m confident that real estate is not the only industry that would sum up 2020 as an unwelcomed roller-coaster ride. Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, real […]
There remains much work for the Raptors to do. Porous defence and some late-game rebounding woes bit them on Saturday night as they lost their second game of the regular season, a 119-114 decision to the Spurs in San Antonio. A Spurs offensive rebound led to a LaMarcus Aldridge basket with about 30 seconds to […]
Ontario announced on Saturday its first two confirmed cases in the province of the COVID-19 variant, first identified in the United Kingdom. Ontario is the first province to identify the new COVID-19 variant. The confirmed cases identified are from a couple from Durham Region with no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts, Dr. Barbara Yaffe, […]
Federal officials today explained how they plan to roll out millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses in the coming weeks as Ottawa launches its mass inoculation campaign. The initial supply of the doses will be limited — just three million Canadians are expected to get a shot in the first three months of 2021. Millions more doses […]
NEW YORK – “Jeopardy!” record-holder Ken Jennings will be the first in a series of interim hosts replacing Alex Trebek when the show resumes production next Monday. Producers announced Monday that Jennings, who won 74 games in a row and claimed the show’s “Greatest of All Time” title in a competition last year, will host […]
A community-based study by Taylor Wilson and Shailesh Shukla was recently published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. “Pathways to the revitalization of Indigenous food systems: Decolonizing Diets through Indigenous-focused Food Guides,” was written in response to the latest Canadian Food Guide (CFG). It stemmed from the collaborative and community-based work […]