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TORONTO – Vendite del Black Friday a parte, ora le offerte del Cyber Monday invogliano i clienti a spendere mentre le vacanze si avvicinano. Tuttavia, le piccole imprese sono ancora sconvolte dagli impatti del Covid-19 e le continue carenze di manodopera combinate con le interruzioni della catena di approvvigionamento presentano ulteriori sfide nel tentativo di ricostruire le entrate perse negli ultimi 19 mesi…
Allarme in Canada per la nuova variante Omicron
TORONTO – La nuova variante Omicron spaventa il Canada. Nel nostro Paese, come nel resto del mondo, sta crescendo la preoccupazione per questo nuovo ceppo del covid-19 scoperto per la prima volta in Sudafrica che è già stato identificato in Germania, Inghilterra, Italia e in altri Paesi europei. A livello mondiale l’allerta era stata lanciata venerdì dalla stessa Organizzazione mondiale della sanità, sulla base dei primi dati su questa nuova variante, altamente contagiosa, che potrebbe diventare predominante soppiantando la Delta…
Impennata dei contagi: sfiorati i mille casi in Ontario, 1.000 al giorno in Quebec
TORONTO – Nonostante la neve abbia imbiancato tutto, è stato un weekend nero quello dell’Ontario sul fronte-Covid. Ieri sono stati registrati 964 nuovi casi, il numero più alto di infezioni segnalate in un solo giorno dallo scorso 30 maggio, quando erano stati rilevati 1.033 casi. Ma sabato e venerdì non è andata meglio, con – rispettivamente 854 e 927 contagi…
Ecco la prima nevicata fra incanto e disagi
TORONTO – Prima nevicata della stagione, ieri, a Toronto che si è risvegliata tutta bianca. Secondo i dati di Environment Canada, molte zone della GTA hanno ricevuto tra i cinque e gli otto centrimetri di neve nella mattinata di domenica mentre fra il pomeriggio e la sera ne erano previsti altri due-cinque…
Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide
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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of November 28, 2021, at 6:00 pm EST.
On Sunday, health officials in Italy logged 12,932 new infections, pushing the total number of confirmed positive cases passed 5 million. Of the cumulative total number of cases, 93.6% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, authorities have reported 47 Covid-related deaths for a total of 133,674 fatalities attributable to Covid-19.
Alarm in Canada for the new Omicron variant
TORONTO – The new Omicron variant scares Canada. In our country, as in the rest of the world, concern is growing about this new strain of covid-19 discovered for the first time in South Africa that has already been identified in Germany, England, Italy and other European countries. Continue reading→
First snowfall in Toronto between enchantment and discomforts
TORONTO – First snow of the season, today, in Toronto which woke up all white. According to data from Environment Canada, many areas of the GTA received between five and eight centimeters of snow on Sunday morning while two to five more were expected between the afternoon and evening. Continue reading→
Surge of infections: almost a thousand cases in Ontario, 1,000 new daily infections in Quebec in the weekend
TORONTO – Despite the snow has whitened everything, it was a black weekend in Ontario on the Covid front. Today 964 new cases were registered, the highest number reported in a single day since last May 30, when 1,033 cases were detected. But Saturday and Friday wasn’t better, with – respectively – 854 and 927 infections. Now the seven-day moving average is 760, last week it was 645. And the positivity rate also rises: with 29,692 tests processed in the last 24 hours and 964 cases detected, it is now 3.2%. Continue reading→
TCDSB, light at the end of the tunnel?
TORONTO – It is only a first step, but for defenders of the Constitutionally mandated catholic Schools system in Ontario, the vote to establish a new executive at the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) on November 25 augurs positively. Continue reading→
Federal Government hopeful to extend a “lifeline” to businesses
Black Friday sales aside, now Cyber Monday deals entice customers to spend as the holidays draw near. However, small businesses are still reeling from the impacts of Covid-19 and the ongoing labour shortages combined with supply chain disruptions present further challenges in trying to build back lost revenue over the past 19 months.
According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), about 61% of small businesses have yet to meet their pre-pandemic revenues. Another 22% say they will not make it passed another six months at the current level of revenue loss. Time may be running out.
