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Ontario Continues to Support Business Owners,
Friday, February 5, 2021
Ontario Small Business Support Grant and Ontario's Main Street Relief Grant. continue reading
Manitoba – PROVINCE SEEKS FEEDBACK ON NEXT STEPS IN REOPENING PLANS
Thursday, February 4, 2021
allowing personal services, including nail salons and tattoo parlours, to reopen at 25 per cent capacity with adequate physical distancing, enhanced personal protective equipment measures and requirements to collect information for contact tracing purposes. continue reading
Alberta – Applications open for new business relief
Thursday, February 4, 2021
Expansions to the Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant program announced in January are now included on the Government of Alberta’s application portal. New businesses that began operating between March and October 2020, as well as unregistered sole proprietors, can now apply for COVID relief funding. continue reading
BC Funding supports businesses to launch online Translations
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
The new Launch Online Grant program is designed to help over 1,500 eligible small- and medium-sized B.C. businesses adapt to changes in consumer behaviour and pivot to market their products online. continue reading
Research Suggests Current Guidelines for Sun Exposure are Unhealthy and Unscientific: Outside Magazine
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
“It’s entirely intuitive,” Weller told Jacobson. “Homo sapiens have been around for 200,000 years. Until the industrial revolution, we lived outside. How did we get through the Neolithic Era without sunscreen? Actually, perfectly well. What’s counterintuitive is that dermatologists run around saying, ‘Don’t go outside, you might die.’” continue reading
