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Seek help early if you are struggling with debt as deferrals end, experts say

Seek help early if you are struggling with debt as deferrals end, experts say

OTTAWA — As payment deferrals offered during the height of the pandemic come to an end and many Canadians remain out of work or underemployed, experts say if you think you need financial help, the sooner you seek it the better.
Seek help early if you are struggling with debt as deferrals end, experts say

Seek help early if you are struggling with debt as deferrals end, experts say

OTTAWA — As payment deferrals offered during the height of the pandemic come to an end and many Canadians remain out of work or underemployed, experts say if you think you need financial help, the sooner you seek it the better.
Seek help early if you are struggling with debt as deferrals end, experts say

Seek help early if you are struggling with debt as deferrals end, experts say

OTTAWA — As payment deferrals offered during the height of the pandemic come to an end and many Canadians remain out of work or underemployed, experts say if you think you need financial help, the sooner you seek it the better.
Snowbirds unable to go south flock to Vancouver Island

Snowbirds unable to go south flock to Vancouver Island

Snowbirds who can’t go south of the border because of the pandemic are flocking to the Island to spend the winter months. Vancouver Island RV parks are booked up and taking wait lists for the winter, because the closing of the U.S.
Saskatchewan declares multi-community COVID-19 outbreak linked to gospel events

Saskatchewan declares multi-community COVID-19 outbreak linked to gospel events

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Health Authority says it is investigating a community transmitted COVID-19 outbreak that involves contact tracing of more than 100 people across different parts of the province.
International couples plan reunions in Canada under new travel exception

International couples plan reunions in Canada under new travel exception

Alia Youssef and Mohamed El-Sawah have been in a long-distance relationship for the better part of a year, though they live just a 35-minute drive apart. Youssef lives in Windsor, Ont., El-Sawah in a suburb of Detroit, Mich. When the Canada-U.S.
International couples plan reunions in Canada under new travel exception

International couples plan reunions in Canada under new travel exception

Alia Youssef and Mohamed El-Sawah have been in a long-distance relationship for the better part of a year, though they live just a 35-minute drive apart. Youssef lives in Windsor, Ont., El-Sawah in a suburb of Detroit, Mich. When the Canada-U.S.
International couples plan reunions in Canada under new travel exception

International couples plan reunions in Canada under new travel exception

Alia Youssef and Mohamed El-Sawah have been in a long-distance relationship for the better part of a year, though they live just a 35-minute drive apart. Youssef lives in Windsor, Ont., El-Sawah in a suburb of Detroit, Mich. When the Canada-U.S.
Three more COVID-19 deaths as Manitoba begins new restrictions on restaurants, pubs

Three more COVID-19 deaths as Manitoba begins new restrictions on restaurants, pubs

WINNIPEG — Manitoba is marking the deadliest day since the beginning of the pandemic with three additional deaths due to COVID-19. One of the deaths is linked to an outbreak at a care home — a woman in her 90s.
Few to use new sickness benefit for COVID-19 diagnosis, PBO suggests in new report

Few to use new sickness benefit for COVID-19 diagnosis, PBO suggests in new report

OTTAWA — Parliament's spending watchdog says relatively little of the government's new sickness benefit will go to people who have tested positive for COVID-19.