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A special commemorative medal to honour front-line workers is also helping to ensure kids across the country start their day with nutritious meals.
The Royal Canadian Mint announced last Monday that it had donated $600,000 to the Breakfast Club of Canada, all from sales of a medal of recognition for front-line workers that mint employees volunteered to create. Funding from the Mint will go to the club’s COVID-19 emergency fund, which is supporting myriad efforts such as partnering with food banks and other local resources to help distribute grab-and-go bags to provide meals to kids across Canada.
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Ottawa-Gatineau recorded only a small uptick in its unemployment rate last month as the Canadian economy shed 207,000 jobs on the heels of new pandemic restrictions in Ontario and elsewhere, according to new Statistics Canada figures released Friday.
The agency’s monthly labour force report showed that employment and unemployment rose by a few thousand in Ottawa-Gatineau, while the size of the area’s labour force grew even more, jumping from just over 812,000 people in March to 822,500 in April. Both employed and unemployed people looking for work make up the labour force.
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Only three city councillors have asked that parks in their wards close early under a new policy aimed at preventing large gatherings during the provincial stay-at-home order, according to a poll of council members conducted by this newspaper.
Coun. Jan Harder has ordered all parks in her Barrhaven ward to close at 9 p.m., while Carol Anne Meehan has requested the same in her neighbouring ward of Gloucester-South Nepean, their offices and city staff confirmed. Meanwhile, Eli El-Chantiry has only requested that Sheila McKee Park in his West Carleton-March ward close early.
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