Jan. 13: Air Canada says it laid off 1,700 staff because of decreased ridership amid the pandemic – bringing the total number of cuts to 20,000, almost half of its work force
Jan. 10: Protesters swarmed about 20 locations in the province in defiance of a curfew that requires residents to stay off the streets between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. until at least Feb. 8.
Jan. 8: Canada lost 62,600 jobs in December, bumping to unemployment rate to up to 8.6 per cent, StatsCan says. Also: Vaccine hesitancy poses challenge for public health advocates
Jan. 7: On the first day that federal rules requiring passengers to produce a negative COVID-19 test result go into effect, at least 18 travellers are denied from boarding their flights