#A feel-good moment for the Nova Scotia lobster fishery

#A feel-good moment for the Nova Scotia lobster fishery

“#A feel-good moment for the Nova Scotia lobster fishery” Image of the Week: The fireworks around ‘Dumping Day’ were the type you’re actually glad to see Without being presumptuous, it’s fair to assume that, over the past two months, many Nova Scotia fishers have resented being lumped in with some of their counterparts in Lobster…

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#Disney+ in December 2020: What’s new this month

#Disney+ in December 2020: What’s new this month

“#Disney+ in December 2020: What’s new this month” Here’s what Disney+ subscribers should look out for in December on the streaming service, including a new Pixar film Fiction Series The Mandalorian, season 2 (episodes 6-8) It’s already time for the end of the second season of the Star Wars series that is (or should be)…

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#Chrystia Freeland’s hard winter with high debt, sectoral support and so many promises

#Chrystia Freeland’s hard winter with high debt, sectoral support and so many promises

“#Chrystia Freeland’s hard winter with high debt, sectoral support and so many promises” Politics Insider for Dec. 3: The finance minister tables her first fiscal update, the feds defer controversial firearms regulations and Canada’s pandas are back in China Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox….

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#The fiscal update: We are in for a hard winter

#The fiscal update: We are in for a hard winter

“#The fiscal update: We are in for a hard winter” Shannon Proudfoot: Enormous quantities of money will be spilled to try and get Canada through the coming months and, maybe, into a shiny spring It’s the first major economic progress report the government has provided since it was a majority still in its first term…

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#Five takeaways from the 2020 fall economic statement

#Five takeaways from the 2020 fall economic statement

“#Five takeaways from the 2020 fall economic statement” As part of tens of billions in new spending planned for the coming years, the fiscal update includes funding for long term care, students and remote working The federal government didn’t have its usual annual budget rigamarole this year—that will come sometime in 2021. Instead, it released…

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#The fall economic update: Freeland’s trust exercise

#The fall economic update: Freeland’s trust exercise

“#The fall economic update: Freeland’s trust exercise” Paul Wells: When will the spending stop? What is ‘building back better’? How will the gender impact of the crisis be fixed? The answers will come later. How much is this crisis going to cost, anyway—in dollars, if not in human suffering, which will always be harder to…

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#Lessons from the pandemic: How much can we handle?

#Lessons from the pandemic: How much can we handle?

“#Lessons from the pandemic: How much can we handle?” Jillian Horton: As we try to cope with our own fear and uncertainty, perhaps our greatest challenge is helping our children learn to live with it too Jillian Horton is a Canadian physician and writer. Her forthcoming memoir, We Are All Perfectly Fine, will be published…

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