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Bombardier recalling 11,000 as Quebec prepares to reopen economy

About 70% of the plane and train maker's Canadian workforce of more than 17,600 employees had been temporarily laid off


More than half of Canadian companies seeing sales drop at least 20%: StatCan

Heading into the crisis, 42.2% of businesses in the survey said they couldn't operate more than 60 days without a source of revenue
 
 
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Roots repurposes Canadian factory to produce masks

The clothing manufacturer will also donate medical-grade masks and $500,000 in products to frontline healthcare workers » Read more
 

Grasshopper Energy donates KN95 masks to doctors’ offices in Oakville and Halton

The Ontario cleantech firm has provided a donation of 2000 surgical masks, 464 KN95 masks and 58 big boxes with sanitizers » Read more
 

IBM and City of Markham launch virtual agent for COVID-19 related questions

New service uses AI and machine learning to provide an enhanced user experience and keep residents safe during the pandemic » Read more
 
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Why we aren’t running out of food during the coronavirus pandemic

Some have questioned the resilience of our food system and whether we could run out of food » read more

How coronavirus could make a bad wildfire season even worse

Canada is unprepared for an intense wildfire season » read more

Mapping key areas for conservation could help plants and animals survive climate change

Conservation areas can help protect species and ecosystems, but they are still relatively few and far between » read more
 
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Extra COVID-19 vigilance needed as poultry plant cases rise in BC: Dix

Most of the 55 new positive tests are connected to Coquitlam's Superior Poultry Processors. » read more

How to manage your cash flow during COVID-19

It's an ongoing exercise: monitor regularly, forecast, reforecast and update frequently. » read more