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Demand for Panini World Cup 2022 stickers in Calgary is soaring ahead of Canada’s opening game against Belgium in Qatar on Wednesday. The packs of collectible paper stickers are a World Cup tradition in many countries around the world and Canada is catching on to the phenomenon. The stickers feature every player and club …
Read More »How Alberta stacks up when it comes to helping people cope with inflation
Inflation has hit Albertans hard — food bank use is rising, seniors are accruing more debt, and affordable rentals are in scarce supply. That’s spurred the rollout of measures meant to help Albertans cope with high prices — including rebates on power and electricity bills, and hitting pause on the collection …
Read More »Calgary teen behind online learning project helping Chinese immigrant kids learn English
Sixteen-year-old Ivy Peng says her tutoring project starts with her own parents’ story. They arrived in Alberta 20 years ago, struggling with the language barrier, and financially. There was no money for private tutoring to help with learning a new language. Peng says she had difficulty with English herself in her early grades at school …
Read More »Hiring spree is helping with visa, immigration delays, say federal ministers
The federal Liberal government says hundreds of additional staff members have been added in recent months to address long wait times and backlogs at Canadian airports and passport and immigration offices. But while the hiring spree has started to make a difference, cabinet ministers acknowledged Monday that far more work …
Read More »Meet the librarian in rural Vermont helping stranded travellers with the ArriveCAN app
Sharon Ellingwood White says that 10 years ago, she was helping local residents create Facebook accounts. Now the part-time librarian in Canaan, Vt., says she’s become the “de-facto” local expert in another must-have app: ArriveCAN, the COVID-19 health data entry program that’s mandatory for anyone seeking to enter Canada by motor vehicle or airplane. “I live it day in …
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