Tag: pandemic
Region’s unemployment rate remains second lowest in province
The region’s unemployment rate remained the second lowest in the province in May. Last month, the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region’s unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 percentage points to 3.9 percent. Meanwhile, the provincial unemployment rate increased by 0.3 percentage points to 7.9 per cent. Both figures are unadjusted for seasonality. According to the Four County […]
FlixBus launching London-to-Niagara Falls route for summer
Londoners planning a summer staycation can skip the Toronto transfer and head straight to Niagara Falls for a hassle-free weekend getaway.
‘Local’ before trade war, London brand thriving at 10-year mark
Trends, fads, time – like all apparel companies, London-based Illbury + Goose has endured its share of the familiar tests in a notoriously fickle industry. To that you can add a pandemic that left many merchants, including small clothing retailers, scrambling to reinvent their business, and – now – a U.S-triggered trade war that’s slapped […]
Wilkinson: So far Americans all talk, no action on moving to Canada
Data shows there hasn’t been a significant increase in migrants from the U.S. heading to Canada during Donald Trump’s second term
Canadian wildfire smoke causes ‘very unhealthy’ conditions in Midwest and reaches Europe
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the American Midwest. Conditions in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were rated “very unhealthy” on Tuesday.