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Category: Canada

Canada

Health experts urge Ottawans to roll up their sleeves for a flu/COVID-19 double vaccination

This year, many Ottawa residents are rolling up their sleeves to get a flu shot in one arm and an updated COVID-19 vaccine in the other. At Whole Health Pharmacy on Bank Street and Fifth Avenue, owner and pharmacist Renu Pillay says he’s been busy preparing appointments for people getting their COVID-19 and flu vaccines. “[We need to] stem the...
Arts & Culture

Unveiling of returned Roaring Lion portrait underlines its importance to Château Laurier, Ottawa and ‘free world’

Unveiling of returned Roaring Lion portrait underlines its importance to Château Laurier, Ottawa and “free world. Ottawa’s Fairmont Château Laurier threw a homecoming party Friday to celebrate the return of a famous Winston Churchill portrait by renowned photographer Yousuf Karsh that was stolen in 2022.
Canada

Fuelling the Strain: Rising gas prices force students to rethink budgets

With gas prices fluctuating wildly in recent years, students have been feeling it at the pump and some are having a hard time managing their budgets. Finley McHattie, 18, drives to school almost every day from his parents’ house in Stittsville to Carleton University. On a good day, it takes him 30 minutes, but often, with traffic, it takes him...
Canada

Young immigrants finding it tougher to land a job than their Canadian-born counterparts

After uprooting his life in Saudi Arabia and relocating to Canada, Omar Hussein spent two years of his teenage life handing out resumes anywhere he could.  Hussein arrived in Canada with his family in 2018 at 15. By 2020, 17 year old Omar got his a permit and was ready to search for work.  Hoping to find a source of...