Tag: COVID-19

PwC plans to track employees’ location while at work. Is this practice legal in Canada? | CTV News

mdbincbi

The COVID-19 pandemic shook up everyday life in many ways, including making work from home more common. As the COVID threat has receded from its pandemic peak, life has largely returned to normal around the world, including in Canada. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is one of the many employers that are moving towards getting staff to spend more time in the office. After the global accounting giant recently announced plans to enforce its back-to-office policy(opens in a new tab) by tracking employees in the U.K., one employment lawyer explains the situation with…

Read More

Scanning students’ homes during remote testing is unconstitutional, judge says | Ars Technica

mdbincbi

As the pandemic unfolded in spring 2020, an Educause survey found that an increasing number of students—who had very little choice but to take tests remotely—were increasingly putting up with potential privacy invasions from schools. Two years later, for example, it’s considered a common practice that some schools record students throughout remote tests to prevent cheating, while others conduct room scans when the test begins. Read full story here: Scanning students’ homes during remote testing is unconstitutional, judge says | Ars Technica

Read More

Canadians To Pay Significantly More At The Pumps Thanks To Surging Oil Prices | CTV News

mdbincbi

EDMONTON – As oil prices reach a seven-year high, analysts say Canadians should brace for skyrocketing prices at the pumps this week as the global economy begins to rebound from a pandemic lull.In Winnipeg, fuel prices soared 10 cents overnight to $1.429 cents per litre, up from the average of $1.335 cents per litre – a price that hasn’t been seen in nearly 13 years. Drivers in Toronto, meanwhile, have been told to brace for prices as high as $1.44 cents per litre by Thursday, adding to already inflated prices.…

Read More

Experts Expect Food And Gas Prices To Rise | CTV News

mdbincbi

HALIFAX — If you’ve found it difficult to purchase certain products and goods lately, you’re not alone. Experts say the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the global supply chain, slowing economies that are now picking up the pace. This has lead to shortages for some items and rising prices for others. At Sweet Jane’s Gift and Confectionary in downtown Halifax, the store shelves seem full. But owner Janet Merrithew notes some supplies are delayed coming in and several suppliers have been contacting her last minute to say shipping costs are going up.…

Read More

Canadian Travellers Frustrated As U.S. Cruise Lines Won’t Recognize Mixing-and-matching COVID-19 Vaccines | Global News

mdbincbi

Some Canadians are frustrated after cruise lines in the United States issued policies stating they do not recognize mixing-and-matching of COVID-19 vaccines as being fully vaccinated. Thousands of Canadians heeded the call to mix-and-match their doses as the country faced vaccine supply issues. That call was bolstered when the National Advisory Committee on Immunization not only said mixing-and-matching was acceptable but recommended it when the first dose was a viral vector vaccine, like AstraZeneca. Read full story here: Canadian Travellers Frustrated As U.S. Cruise Lines Won’t Recognize Mixing-and-matching COVID-19 Vaccines…

Read More

Is It OK To Ask About Someone’s COVID-19 Vaccine Status? Experts Weigh In | Global News

mdbincbi

Nicole Hunt thought she was just making small talk with the next person in line when she asked whether he’d been vaccinated. But she soon found she’d run afoul of the shifting social mores surrounding this prickly question. Hunt said she and the stranger were waiting for ice cream when they started commiserating over how ready they were to be done with COVID-19 restrictions. Read full story here: Is It OK To Ask About Someone’s COVID-19 Vaccine Status? Experts Weigh In | Global News

Read More

Vaccine Passports Ignite Debate Over Privacy vs. Public Health | CBC News

mdbincbi

As a steadily rising number of fully vaccinated Canadians emerge from hiding to test the gradual return to pre-pandemic normalcy, a conundrum looms: what to do about those who, for whatever reason, haven’t had a shot? Striking the proper balance between public health and personal freedom, and figuring out whether one must be relinquished to protect the other, will become increasingly key as the country reopens. Read full story here: Vaccine Passports Ignite Debate Over Privacy vs. Public Health | CBC News

Read More

Inflation Is Coming: Signs That Everything Is About To Get Much More Expensive | National Post

mdbincbi

We have bad news for you, reader: Real estate is crazy expensive, your money isn’t going to do anything for you in a bank account, and now that $20 in your pocket may start hemorrhaging value just by virtue of existing. Below, a rundown of all the reasons that your loonies could soon be losing up to 5 cents of value every year. If you haven’t noticed, the price of virtually everything is skyrocketing. Read full story here: Inflation Is Coming: Signs That Everything Is About To Get Much More…

Read More

More Than 200K Small Businesses Could Close Permanently Amid Pandemic: CFIB | Global News

mdbincbi

More than 200,000 Canadian small businesses could shut their doors permanently due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, jeopardizing close to three million private-sector jobs in the worst-case scenario, according to a recent survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). The organization estimates 181,000 small entrepreneurs are seriously considering closing down their businesses after a spike in case counts prompted a new wave of government lockdowns and restrictions. Read full story here: More Than 200K Small Businesses Could Close Permanently Amid Pandemic: CFIB | Global News

Read More

Do You Have The COVID Alert App On Your iPhone? It Might Not Be Working | CBC News

mdbincbi

A bug affecting Canada’s COVID Alert app has not been entirely fixed as federal officials first announced, leaving an unknown number of iPhone users still without exposure notifications. Last week, CBC News reported a glitch prevented the app from functioning properly on some smartphones for much of November. The federal agency developing the app initially said an update released on Nov. 23 fixed the problem. A Health Canada representative has now acknowledged the fix only solved the problem on Android devices, and “there are some instances of something similar happening” on iPhones.…

Read More