After more than a month of closures due to COVID-19, small business owners and commercial landlords got welcome news from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. Trudeau announced Ottawa had come to an agreement with the provinces and territories on a national commercial rent subsidy plan. For hairstylist Olivia Braido, owner of Lavish Salon in…

Jordan Kondratiew has always been a social person, even growing up in a small farm town like Minnedosa, Man., where next-door neighbours are often much further than a lawn away. “In my family and in my community, I’m the person that seems to know everybody and everybody knows me,” Kondratiew said, adding that she prefers…

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Some Canadian flower farmers are grappling with the unimaginable: throwing heaps of flowers and months of work away as COVID-19 restrictions lead to an unprecedented drop in sales at a time when business should be booming. After non-essential businesses were closed across Canada in March due to the pandemic, adjustments to allow garden centres to open were…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced $62.5 million for Canada’s fish and seafood sector amid mounting concerns over the state of the country’s food supply.  Seafood processors and fisheries are worried about whether they’ll have the labour they need — including enough temporary foreign workers — to fill out their workforce, while others have called for delays…

The Mexican government says it plans to reopen automotive factories in conjunction with the United States and Canada.  The Foreign Relations Department said in a statement Friday that the details of the plan would be released in the coming days. The department said health safeguards would be in place to prevent the spread of the new…