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Not even the COVID-19 crisis can hold back Christmas shoppers with ‘savings hoard’ to unload
Boarded-up shop fronts and well-publicized cries of pain from retailers might leave you thinking the pandemic is the Grinch that stole Christmas shopping....
Canada reaches grim milestone of 400,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases
The latest: Long-term care workers, residents should be first in line for COVID-19 vaccine, committee says. Quebec reports 1,345 new COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths, day after province cancels plans to allow...
Whatever happened to Beverley Mitchell from 7th Heaven?
After 7th Heaven, Beverley Mitchell appeared in a couple of produced TELEVISION films prior to landed a repeating function in ABC Family’s The...
Alberta’s hospital system under significant strain, says medical official
The latest: November was the worst month for the pandemic in Alberta so far, with cases going from 6,002 active cases of COVID-19 Nov....
Black Friday brings massive crowds, multiple fights to Calgary mall
Despite new provincial restrictions introduced this week, large crowds descended on Chinook Centre during Black Friday sales — and Calgary police say a couple of...
How local, online startups are hoping to snatch Black Friday away from the big boys amid COVID-19
Black Friday sales on now have traditionally been the domain of big, national chains with beefed-up advertising budgets. But this year, there’s a growing...
RCMP took 19 hours to find parents, daughter killed in Nova Scotia mass shooting in April
Tammy Oliver-McCurdie lost her younger sister, Jolene Oliver, in last April’s mass shooting in Portapique, N.S., and her worst fear remains that the 39-year-old...
Small retailers push back against lockdown policy that favours big-box stores
Small businesses in Toronto and Peel Region say it’s not fair that they should be closed for in-person shopping while big-box stores can sell all...
Rising COVID-19 cases spark talk of widespread school closures, extending holiday break
The possibility of COVID-19 forcing another widespread school shutdown worries Theresa Morris, as her seven-year-old returned to her Surrey, B.C., school only about a month ago....
Ontario’s COVID-19 resurgence is threatening Christmas gatherings. Will people adjust their plans?
Ontario’s latest COVID-19 modelling data suggests that public health officials could soon be faced with an exceptionally difficult task: convincing weary Ontarians to...
What Ontario’s new modelling for the COVID-19 second wave can — and can’t — tell us
Ontario will release updated modelling on Thursday forecasting the course of its second wave of COVID-19, as some epidemiologists already project the province...
Indie booksellers thriving during pandemic thanks to new ways of connecting with customers
Ask Mosaic Books owner Michael Neill about business during the pandemic, and he gets a little embarrassed. “Overall, it’s amazing,” he said. “The past...
How long can interest rates stay low once a vaccine arrives?
Jubilation over the good news about a vaccine has taken markets by storm. Shortly after the news broke on Monday that the U.S....
The comfort of strangers: how a British family kept a slain Canadian airman’s memory alive
As a child in the late 1940s, John Charlesworth would run through the military cemetery in Harrogate, a quiet, tidy community on the...
His father was to be checked hourly at his long-term care home. Instead, he died and wasn’t found for 6 hours
Joshua Matchett said he felt something wasn’t right when he couldn’t reach his father on April 11. He had called half a dozen...
Will COVID-19 kill Christmas?
Roger Wiebe of Edmonton and his wife are cancelling Christmas this year because they can’t afford it. Weibe said he lost his job at...
