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Trudeau announces suspended sun flights, mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers

Canada’s main airlines are suspending service to popular sun destinations while travellers returning from abroad will quarantine in a designated hotel as they await results of a COVID-19 test administered at the airport, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday.

Local business hiring caregivers as demand for in-home senior care goes up during pandemic.

Home Instead Senior Care in Greater Victoria is on the  lookout for new part-time caregivers  as demand for in-home care for seniors shoots up amid the COVID-19 pandemic “Things have become more active, we have lots of people calling, lots of families calling,” said Alistair Hicks, owner of the business. “They want to keep their…