A day after top curlers in Alberta expressed their concern to CBC Sports about holding a provincial championship in Sylvan Lake at the end of January, Alberta Curling has cancelled the event.
Day: January 8, 2021
Ontario is telling hospitals to prepare for transferring dozens and potentially hundreds of patients across and even out of regions, as unprecedented numbers of people sick with COVID-19 fill the province’s beds.
The trickle of vaccines will soon become a steady flow and the province says it will inoculate 1.3 million people between now and March 1.
“Indigenous astronomies speak to a connection to the land and to the people. And that knowledge has been here as long as people have been here,” explained Hilding Neilson, who is Mi’kmaw and a professor in the department of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Toronto.
International students bring so much to Canada, contributing over $21 billion annually to our economy and supporting the vitality of our communities. Yet the pandemic has presented myriad challenges for international students. Most notably, for many holders of a post-graduation work permit (PGWP), the pandemic’s disruption and uncertainty have jeopardized their chances of obtaining the work experience they need to apply for permanent residence.