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In both cases, the executives were allowed to enter the country and skip the two-week self-isolation period on the grounds that they were "essential" workers — decisions that the federal government now characterizes as mistakes made by front-line Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers.

If your washing machine is on the blink and you're looking for appliance repair, be wary — new evidence reveals that you can't always trust Google when it comes to finding a reliable local appliance repair person. A months-long investigation by CBC's Marketplace found questionable business practices such as fake Google Maps addresses and bogus company names are plaguing the appliance repair industry.

In some areas, as many as 50 per cent of the local appliance repair companies returned in a Google Maps search appeared to be fake.

Fake company names and locations change all the time, so a phoney company listing that appears on Google Maps one day may be gone the next, the investigation found.

Experts in online searching question why Google hasn't been doing more to combat fraudulent map listings. "I think it decreases consumer trust in how to find businesses," said Mike Blumenthal, a U.S.

search engine consultant and Google Maps local search expert.

She was laid off from her job in the airline industry in June and collected the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) — the benefit replaced by the CRB — throughout the summer.

Pittman said that when she first tried to apply for the new benefit on Monday, she got an error message telling her she was ineligible without explaining why.

It took hours of phone calls with the Canada Revenue Agency, she said, before a CRA agent suggested that the fact she collected parental leave benefits might be causing confusion in the CRB process.

Pittman said she has now requested a letter from Service Canada clarifying her status. Read more about the issues with the new benefit applications.

Last month's throne speech promised "further support for industries that have been the hardest hit, including travel," and the federal government's consultations on support for the air sector apparently were due to start this week. While demands for government aid to the air travel sector have been building for months, WestJet's regional retreat will drive those demands to a new level, writes CBC Parliamentary bureau reporter Aaron Wherry.  For the federal government, the case for doing something to prop up airlines and airports might be stronger than the case for doing nothing.

This week, the Alberta government announced cuts to the province's health service, including up to 11,000 layoffs.