Families of nursing home residents and seniors’ advocates are stressed after learning that some Toronto long-term care homes are thinking of leaving the city rather than rebuild to meet new provincial standards. CBC | Health News
Tag: Closures
‘Pollution season on’: Smog shrouds Beijing & suburbs, causes roads closures (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Published time: 27 Oct, 2017 08:26 Authorities have issued a yellow smog alert in and around the Chinese capital Beijing, as dense fog caused road closures in the country. People have taken to social media, posting pictures of blanketed sites and of themselves wearing masks. On Friday, air pollution levels in Chinese cities, including Beijing, […]
Coal power plant closures ramp up in spite of White House plans
The Trump administration may hope that it can reverse coal power’s decline by ending the Clean Power Plan and other eco-friendly efforts, but the industry’s moves suggest otherwise. Luminant has announced plans to close three major coal plants in Texas (in Freestone, Milam and Titus counties) between January and February of 2018. The shutdowns will […]
Google Maps update brings latest Hurricane Irma storm closures to the app
GETTY • APPLE Google Maps will no include up-to-date information about the latest Hurricane Irma closures Google Maps will now include information about road closures in real-time to aid evacuation efforts as Hurricane Irma continues to plot a path towards Florida. Florida Governor Rick Scott confirmed the collaboration between state officials and Google during a […]
Houston Airport Closures Extended, More Flights Cancelled Because of Harvey
Houston Airport Closure Extended, More Flights Cancelled Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include all […]
The Consequences of Factory Closures Last for Generations
Justin Williams, now 24, was a teenager when the Indiana manufacturing plant where both of his parents worked shut down in 2007. He still works in the eastern Indiana town where he was raised, but told me he didn’t feel that there was a very supportive network for him growing up. “It’s hard to do […]
Flying Qatar Airways on a Route Affected by the Recent Airspace Closures
Flying Qatar on a Route Affected by Recent Airspace Closures Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]
Amid coal plant closures, coal mines open (but not for electricity)
Enlarge / Railroad tracks sit in front of mounds of coking coal piled behind a barbed wire fence at the AK Steel Holding Corp. mill in Middletown, Ohio, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit: Getty Images) On Friday, just a day after President Trump announced his intention to withdraw […]
‘THIS IS A DEATH SPIRAL’: The tsunami of store closures is doubling in size
Skye Gould/Business Insider Nicholas Eckhart Retailers are closing stores at a staggering rate. About 2,000 store closures have been announced just within the last six weeks, bringing the total number of planned closures this year to nearly 5,100. That number is expected to keep growing, and reach more than 8,600 before the end of the year, […]
Thomas Cook closures: Travel agent shuts down MORE branches including Co-operative stores
The travel provider has announced plans to shut down 17 branches, which will affect 62 jobs. Four Thomas Cook and 13 Co-operative Travel stores are set to close after a proposal from the British company. A Thomas Cook spokesperson said: “As part of our continued review of the UK retail network to make sure we […]
