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Fed’s $73B wage subsidy bill gets green light after emergency sitting

Ottawa can now pay companies 75% of the first $58,700 earned by each employee — up to $847 per week for up to 12 weeks


Alberta to share surplus ventilators, masks and gloves with Ontario, Quebec and B.C.

Ontario will receive protective masks, gloves and ventilators, Quebec will receive masks and gloves, and British Columbia will get masks
 
 
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Apotex Pharmachem produces hand sanitizer

The Brantford, Ont.-based division of Apotex is producing 1,200 litres of sanitizer in the coming weeks » Read more
 

Collaboration creates full-head protective hood for healthcare workers

CCM Hockey will produce up to 150 units per day » Read more
 

McCain Foods donates 20M pounds of potatoes to combat food insecurity

The Canadian Food system has been stretched by the impacts of COVID-19 » Read more
 
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How to Navigate Work from Home

How do you keep everyone working together when we’re apart? A Salesforce leader shares the measures we’re taking right now to: 
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Learn more about the tools and practices that keep everyone working together, wherever they might be.
 
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Pulp & Paper Canada: Pandemic puts pressure on prices, safety programs

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a number of significant impacts on the pulp and paper industry » read more

New research offers facts and hygiene advice during COVID-19 pandemic

Peer-Reviewed paper reinforces need for hand washing, warns that wearing glasses does not reduce risk of infection » read more

COVID-19 impacts have rats on the move

Garbage is the main source of food for rats » read more
 
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Stockpile of 39M COVID-19 masks exposed as fake: report

A broker in Australia and a supplier in Kuwait are both now the target of a U.S. federal investigation. » read more

Manitoba offers millions to local manufacturers to make reusuable masks

Designed by medical experts at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre; masks have a silicone base and use an N95 or higher grade filter. » read more