The EU-Vietnam agreement is the most comprehensive trade agreement the EU has concluded with a developing country EU exports to Vietnam will be taxed less as of tomorrow, 1 August. This is the immediate effect of the entry into force of the EU-Vietnam trade agreement that will ultimately scrap duties on 99% of all goods Read More…
Day: 31 July 2020
Yukon Opioid death toll rises to 13, unprecedented historic levels
Since January 2020, 13 individuals have died as a result of drug overdoses Concern continues to rise around the number of opioid related deaths in Yukon. Since January 2020, 13 individuals have died as a result of drug overdoses, 11 of which can be directly linked to opioids. The numbers were jointly released today by Read More…
Manitoba COVID-19 cases are steadily rising
Manitoba at one point had the lowest number of positive cases per ca-pita Manitoba’s five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate has risen to 0.40 per cent as six new cases of the virus have been identified as of 9:30 a.m. today. This brings the total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba to Read More…
B.C opens first of its kind 24/7 Indigenous Women Housing
Homelessness for Indigenous women continues to be a big problem in in B.C The Province has partnered with the Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Society to open 21 new supportive homes for Indigenous women who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Victoria. “Housing is the foundation on which people build their lives, and Read More…
Canada Launches Covid Alert, COVID-19 Exposure mobile App
Your privacy is protected, COVID Alert does not use GPS or track your location if you have tested positive for COVID-19 Today Prime Minister Trudeau and the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, announced that COVID Alert, a new national mobile app, is now available to Canadians for free download. The app, first developed in Ontario, Read More…