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Canada-Switzerland News
January 2021
News About Switzerland and Canada (January 2021)
(Philipp Gysling)
A collection of recent, random articles about Switzerland and Canada!
- Jan 30, 2021
Canada’s Marie-Michele Gagnon stood on alpine skiing’s World Cup podium for the first time in nearly five years with a bronze medal, while Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami won her third straight super-G Saturday.
https://www.thestar.com/sports/2021/01/30/swiss-skier-lara-gut-behrami-wins-world-cup-super-g-canadas-gagnon-third.html
- Jan 21, 2021
Covid has made the home office a lasting feature of our new lives in the 2020s. Once the pandemic subsides people may be tempted to install their “home” offices farther afoot. “Digital nomads” have been around for a few years, they are people who travel around the world and really only need a laptop and an Internet connection to perform their work. “Business Insider Deutschland” has listed the top 10 countries for digital nomads and both Canada and Switzerland are in that list. With Canada being number 1, we might expect to see a bunch more out-of-town workers with home offices when we’re allowed to travel again.
https://www.businessinsider.de/karriere/digitale-nomaden-das-sind-die-besten-laender-zum-remote-arbeiten/ - Jan 19, 2021
“Laboratoire Suisse” a Quebec company has launched a "made in Canada" 100% recycled bottle. The company develops a range of natural products with natural ingredients and aims to reduce its footprint on the environment. [in French]
http://magazinemci.com/2021/01/19/laboratoire-suisse-devoile-sa-bouteille-100-recyclee/ - Jan 21, 2021 The Swiss running shoe manufacturer On is looking for brand ambassadors in Canada. According to the article in Ouest-France all you have to do is sign up on the On website to be considered.
https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/running/running-l-equipementier-on-recrute-des-ambassadeurs-7126224 - Jan 18, 2021
Well-known Swiss baby food company Hero Group (https://www.hero-group.ch/) has acquired the Canadian organic baby food brand Baby Gourmet (https://babygourmet.com/), based out of Calgary.
https://www.just-food.com/news/hero-group-acquires-canadas-baby-gourmet_id145049.aspx - Jan 18, 2021
Companies from both Switzerland (Green Motion, charging technology) and Canada (CAE, training) are involved in the upcoming air taxi testing project in Paris (June 2021). The air taxi/drone trials are being conducted on the outskrits of Paris and are supported by the French civil aviation authority as well as the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
https://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news/multimodal-systems/paris-to-launch-air-taxi-trials-in-june-2021.html - Jan 18, 2021
A Swiss village is for sale in Golden, BC. The six buildings in this “village” are over 100 hundred years old and were originally built by CP Rail for Swiss mountain guides and their families.
https://www.narcity.com/en-ca/real-estate/there-is-a-swiss-village-for-sale-in-bc-with-6-separate-homes-atop-50-acres - Jan 17, 2021
A new low-cost carrier may be on the horizon. Moov Airways is planning to operate out of Basle and fly to long distance destinations including Canada. But it still needs to clear some fund raising objectives first!
https://www.rustourismnews.com/2021/01/15/swiss-skies-rebrands-as-moov-airways/
