CANADA: BlogTO – 22 February 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made it abundantly clear that now is just not the time to travel, but new restrictions come into effect today (22 Feb 2021), for those who, for whatever reason, have to leave the country during a global pandemic.
Starting today, all international travellers entering Canada will be required to undergo a mandatory three-day quarantine period at an approved hotel while waiting for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results. Continue reading
CARIBBEAN: Can Medical Cannabis Save The Barbados Economy? – commentary
By newsamericas – February 16, 2021
By Felicia J. Persaud & Danielle Corbin
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Feb. 16, 2021: Over a year after the passage of Barbados’ Medicinal Cannabis Industry Act, the Caribbean island nation officially opened for business last month, January 2021.
The launch of the sector, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, comes at a time when the local Barbados economy, and wider regional Caribbean economy – long dependent on tourism for its ‘bread and butter’ – are being hammered, and facing an economic crisis of major proportion. Continue reading →
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