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COVID test supplier received billions in pandemic contracts after submitting edited results

A rapid test importer landed an estimated $2 billion in federal contracts in 2021 and 2022, despite giving regulators incomplete data about its product’s accuracy, Global News has found. A year-long investigation into federal procurement revealed that BTNX, a small rapid test supplier based outside Toronto, deleted dozens of specimens, …

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Getting fitness back on track after pandemic restrictions leads to new challenges for Winnipeggers – Winnipeg

When Brett and Jessica Ash started work on opening their supplement business, Herc’s Nutrition, in the fall of 2019, they had no idea they were about to be faced with a global pandemic. The Transcona-area shop, which sells protein powders, vitamins and more, was all set to open its doors …

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Where we live: Founders say Winnipeg motorcycle shop weathered pandemic with local support – Winnipeg

Starting a business can be challenging even at the best of times, but one Winnipeg couple managed to launch Moto 49, their motorcycle repair shop and “community garage,” just before the start of the pandemic. Thanks to some quick thinking and leaning into a supportive community, Moto 49 co-founders Robyn …

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Air Canada profit jumps in Q3 as travel demand picks up from pandemic – National

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 30, 2023 7:43 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Air Canada reported a profit of $1.25 billion in its latest quarter compared with a loss of $508 million in the same quarter last year. The airline says the profit amounted …

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Ontarians on social supports ‘worse off’ than before pandemic, study suggests

Some Ontario researchers say residents in the province who were already among the poorest and most vulnerable prior to COVID-19 are now worse off than they were before. A new report McMaster University’s political science and labour studies department is highlighting how things are “Not Back to Normal” after the …

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Super Bowl winner Laurent Duvernay-Tardif announces retirement from football

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is retiring from professional football. The Quebec native, 32, announced his retirement on social media Thursday morning, saying he feels “serene” with his decision and that he’s walking away feeling accomplished. Duvernay-Tardif played six NFL seasons with the Kansas City …

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Ontario drug, alcohol overdose deaths almost doubled during pandemic, researchers say

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 14, 2023 6:28 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — A new report says the number of accidental drug and alcohol deaths almost doubled in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ontario Drug Policy Research Network and Public Health …

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As cost of living soars, school food programs struggle to fill growing need

Canadian school food program operators are seeing the highest demand ever as children prepare to go back to school. They say it points to the urgent need for a national school food policy. The Breakfast Club of Canada and The Coalition for Healthy School Food say the growing demand for …

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B.C. pastor, fined $2,300 for holding gathering during pandemic, loses appeal – Okanagan

A pastor in B.C.’s Interior who challenged a $2,300 violation ticket for holding a public gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic had his appeal dismissed this week. In a decision posted on April 26, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled that Pastor Arthur Charles Lucier of Kelowna Harvest Church had indeed …

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