Parents Prepare to Work Around Uncertain School Year
Emma Trousdale, a Toronto mom, wants to send her children to school full time, but she expects they will eventually spend more time at home than school. “Someone’s going to get a cold or a cough — probably not COVID, but you’re going to be keeping someone home, like, all the time, that’s a big […]
TD and CIBC Delivered Stronger-than-expected Results
Soaring capital market earnings alleviated the economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic; as a result, Toronto-Dominion Bank and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reported that third-quarter results topped analysts’ estimates. In the 3 months through July, both Toronto based lenders benefited from higher investment banking fees and an increase in trading. Toronto-Dominion Chief Financial Officer Riaz […]
Canadians Could Vote at the Polls Amid Pandemic
Elections Canada is anticipating an increase in mail-in voting after it announced that they would run a general election even in the middle of a pandemic. The federal elections agency says that to make voting safe and accessible for everyone, they need to request amendments that will allow them to have a week-long election with […]
Canadians Could Vote at the Polls Amid Pandemic
Elections Canada is anticipating an increase in mail-in voting after it announced that they would run a general election even in the middle of a pandemic. The federal elections agency says that to make voting safe and accessible for everyone, they need to request amendments that will allow them to have a week-long election with […]
TikTok CEO Resigns After Only 3 Months During Geopolitical Uncertainty
Only 3 months since joining and with only days since suing the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, TikTok CEO, Kevin Mayer has resigned. TikTok announced U.S. General Manager, Vanessa Pappas, will replace Mayer on a provisional basis. Mayer’s resignation doesn’t come at a good time, as TikTok tries to prove to the U.S. and India […]
HDSB says Students Grades 1-12 Will Have to Wear Mandatory Masks
The Halton District School Board announced the start of the school year would be September 14, with 16,000 students already registered for virtual learning, several health and safety protocols will occur. Director of Education, Stuart Miller, said “The ministry announced a change in some of the health and safety protocols, we now have to take […]
Students May Switch Between Online and In-person Learning says TDSB
The Toronto District School Board says students will have the option to shift from virtual and in-person learning several times during the new school year. The deadline for parents to register their children for either in person or virtual learning for the beginning of the school year is Saturday. The TDSB says that students from both […]
Bacteria Survives in Space for 3 Years
The Tanpopo mission, a Japanese astrobiology experiment that studied the effects of space on simple organisms, is finally getting back samples of colonies of bacteria sent out in a spacecraft from the International Space Station in 2018. If the microbes survived the experiment, it would suggest that life survived by traveling from planet to planet […]
Alberta Expected Largest Deficit ‘by a country mile’
On Thursday, the UCP government is set to release first-quarter numbers for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. Premier Jason Kenney announced that Alberta is dealing with the most significant deficit in history; revenue is more than 10 billion lower than anticipated. “It will be well north of the $20 billion deficit mark in part because of […]
Some Parents say Coventional School is Not an Option
6 years ago, Twyla McDougall, a former dental hygienist, started thinking about home-schooling her children but thought you had to be familiar with school curriculums, ridiculously smart, organized, and financially well off. “That’s so not true, and I’m so thankful for that,” she said. As many parents feel anxious about sending their kids to school, […]