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Article content Manitoba continued to post strong employment recovery numbers in March, a key indicator to economic recovery, with the second-lowest unemployment in the country. Finance Minister Scott Fielding, while trumpeting the 6.8% mark only Quebec was lower at 6.4% he did buffer his response with the third wave of the pandemic that has shut down several provinces in the last week and is now creeping into the Keystone province. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Manitoba posts good employment numbers for second straight month Back to video “We’re optimistic with this, but we’re also cautious with the fact that you can have further health restrictions that have an impact on this,” he said. ....
Article content Permanent changes in how people work and shop as a result of COVID-19 will mean a major loss of passengers and revenue for TransLink, a new study suggests. The study by Moody’s Public Sector Europe projected the financial futures of four large transit authorities in Europe and North America and, finding cost-saving service cuts unpalatable, argued in favour of increased and sustained funding from governments to prop up mass transit. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Post-pandemic plunge projected for TransLink ridership and revenue Back to video Included in the study were TransLink and the much larger Transport for London, Île de France Mobilités, which coordinates transit in metropolitan Paris, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City. TransLink has a fraction of the annual ridership of the other three and per capita utilization is also far lower. But a common theme ....