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"Demographics, distancing and dumb luck: How N.B. avoided a worst-case COVID-19 scenario"
"We're small, we're rural, we're old and we're spread out..." Click here for full article
Current Rail/Transit Bids
For current rail/transit bids, please click the link below: https://www.merx.com/English/NonMember.asp?WCE=Show&TAB=1&PORTAL=MERX&State=1&hcode=tAF08b5PaGBuUkl43CRDCg%3d%3d
"CP 1Q2020: Revenue, OR Records; Capex Maintained; No Dividend Increase; No Share Buybacks"
"Canadian Pacific Railway set records for operating ratio and revenues in the first quarter of 2020, and will..." Click here for full article
"Free Transit is in Town, For Now"
"Even before the current pandemic, the idea of free transit had arrived ..." Click here for full article
"Federal committee working on criteria to ease COVID-19 restrictions, says Canada's top doctor"
"Canada’s public health officer says a special advisory committee on COVID-19 ..." Click here for full article
"Seven money-saving ideas that Canadians are discovering during COVID-19 quarantine"
"Just as COVID-19 lockdowns have limited the activities of many Canadians under quarantine..." Click here for full article
Current Rail/Transit Bids
For current rail/transit bids, please click the link below: https://www.merx.com/English/NonMember.asp?WCE=Show&TAB=1&PORTAL=MERX&State=1&hcode=tAF08b5PaGBuUkl43CRDCg%3d%3d
"Grand River Transit drivers call for limit of 10 riders per bus"
"The union that represents Grand River Transit bus drivers is calling on the region to limit..." Click here for full article
"Concerns over lack of physical distancing on city buses"
"There are growing concerns that physical distancing on London Transit Commission (LTC) buses..." For full article please click here
"Here's how to calculate how much tax you'll owe on your CERB payments"
"For millions of Canadians who have lost their jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB),..." For full article please click here
Fun Fact Friday
Did you know: "Residents of Churchill, Canada (also known as the polar bear capital of the world), leave their cars unlocked for pedestrians who might encounter Polar Bears."...
Current Rail/Transit Bids
For current rail/transit bids, please click the link below: https://www.merx.com/English/NonMember.asp?WCE=Show&TAB=1&PORTAL=MERX&State=1&hcode=tAF08b5PaGBuUkl43CRDCg%3d%3d