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She launched Taylor’s Tacos Chicago, with her now wife, Maya, in 2018. The pop-up catering company specializes in street tacos. Because they don’t have a physical restaurant or any employees, Mason says they didn’t qualify for Paycheck Protection Program loans. “March 2020 was probably the scariest time of our business life," Mason said. “ We lost over 95% of our contracted gigs and business.” “Now this Restaurant Revitalization Fund is exactly what we’ve been waiting for and so...

Published Tuesday, April 20, 2021 8:59AM EDT Ontario’s auditor general says her office will be reviewing the provincial government’s selection of hot spot postal codes as it takes a closer look at the Ford government’s entire COVID-19 immunization plan. Last week, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath reached out to Ontario’s auditor general, Bonnie Lysyk, requesting that she investigate how hot spot postal codes were selected by the provincial government. “The governmen...

Ontario’s auditor general says her office will be reviewing data used to inform the provincial government’s vaccination distribution strategy as it takes a closer look at the Ford government’s COVID-19 immunization plan.

Last Updated Thursday, April 15, 2021 10:56PM EDT Ontario’s science table says its analysis used by the Ford government to determine hot spot postal codes was not meant to identify neighbourhoods that will be prioritized in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. The communications director for the advisory table said in a statement to CP24 Thursday evening that the postal codes were used in an analysis to look at the disparity between COVID-19 hot spots and other neighbourhoods. �...

Article content Ontario’s arms-length science advisory table says it had no direct input into the selection of COVID-19 hot spots across the province, something suggested by provincial officials this week. “We shared our scientific argument with the government, but we understand that the government itself decided which neighbourhoods to actually prioritize,” said Robert Steiner, communications director with the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. We apologize, but this video has fail...

Webinar to teach small businesses how to secure financial aid   Updated 2/8/2021 11:11 AM Small businesses facing financial losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are invited to join a webinar sponsored by State Senator Laura Murphy at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, to get help applying for financial aid. "With the vaccine distribution process now underway, theres a light at the end of the tunnel, but many small businesses are still feeling the pressure of the pandemic," Murphy said...

ALL ABOUT CONNECTION The winning entry in this year’s INA competition — StorySky, an app to connect grandparents and children — reflected the contests focus on technology to help overcome the isolation imposed by the COVID pandemic. Ed Tech TC’s student EdTech showcase yields tools for overcoming social distance When first-year students David Zikovitz (Instructional Technology & Media), Ying-Chen Lin (Instructional Technology & Media), Mulan Fu (Design & Development of Digital Games) a...

Waging Peace WAGING PEACE: Guest post by Sandy Nathan By Maud Easter on January 8, 2021 at 10:00 AM In 1966 I was among the first group of Peace Corps volunteers to serve in the Republic of Korea. We were young; we taught English, mainly to public middle and secondary schools students; we wanted to learn; and mostly we wanted to make a positive difference in the world. Although we arrived in Korea 13 years after the 1953 Korean War armistice, we found a very poor country still ...

WBGZ Radio 12/19/2020 | By Kevin Bessler - Illinois Radio Network A new report paints a bleak picture of the state of small businesses in Illinois and the rest of the country during the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released its fourth-quarter Small Business Index Report, and 74 percent of small business owners say they need further government assistance to weather the storm. Furthermore, only 40% of all small business owners believe their business can continue to operate...

that priest. len ramirez on how investigators describe the attack. len. >> reporter: well, dana, the suspect in this case william lynch of san francisco is still in custody here at santa clara countys main jail. however, he is expected to bail out sometime tonight on $25,000 bond. however, if he does bail out, he will be facing some very serious charges related to the beating of his former priest and alleged molester. the suspect 43-year-old william lynch of seven-day forecast surrende...