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    Zane Schwartz

    Zane Schwartz

    Senior Reporter

    Zane Schwartz was a reporter at The Logic. Previously at the National Post and Maclean’s, he was the 2017 Michelle Lang Fellow in Journalism, building a searchable database of five million political donations. He won a Data Journalism Award from the Global Editors Network in 2018 for the project. In both 2017 and 2018 he won the Goff Penny Award, given to the best young newspaper journalist in Canada. In 2019, he won the Project of the Year award from the National Newspaper Awards and was named the Best Young Journalist by the Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.

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    Articles by Zane Schwartz

    COVID-19 roundup: A plan to reopen Ontario—but no ‘hard dates’

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-a-plan-to-reopen-ontario-but-no-hard-dates/

    By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Zane Schwartz and Murad Hemmadi   |   Apr 27, 2020

    Ontario announced that it will reopen its economy in a three-stage process that will begin only after it sees a “consistent two-to-four week decrease” in the number of new daily COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations

    OMERS Ventures launches US$750 million venture fund with mandate to invest globally

    https://thelogic.co/news/omers-ventures-launches-us750-million-venture-fund-with-mandate-to-invest-globally/

    By Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 26, 2020

    The firm has not yet been able to get others to back the fund

    COVID-19 roundup: Ottawa unveils its small-business rent-relief plan

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-ottawa-unveils-its-small-business-rent-relief-plan/

    By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre and Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 24, 2020

    Commercial landlords who agree to cut small businesses’ rent by 75 per cent and not evict them will be able to get forgivable loans worth 50 per cent of what they’d normally collect from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the federal government announced Friday

    A lone person walks past closed businesses in Kensington Market in Toronto in April 2020.

    Ottawa using Chinese drones grounded by Washington over national security concerns

    https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/ottawa-using-chinese-drones-grounded-by-washington-over-national-security-concerns/

    By Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 24, 2020

    The federal department is using seven drones from Shenzhen-based DJI

    COVID-19 roundup: Saskatchewan goes from hammer to dance

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-saskatchewan-goes-from-hammer-to-dance/

    By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre and Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 23, 2020

    The province's five-phase plan to reopen the province, released today, kicks in May 4

    New government program for COVID-19-affected startups capped at $847 weekly per employee

    https://thelogic.co/news/new-government-program-for-covid-19-affected-startups-capped-at-847-weekly-per-employee/

    By Zane Schwartz and Murad Hemmadi   |   Apr 23, 2020

    Eligibility for the IRAP program won’t guarantee funding

    Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains at Hibar Systems in Richmond Hill, Ont. in April 2019. The company received $2 million in funding from the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program.

    COVID-19 roundup: Because ‘Mom and Dad are stretched, too’

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-because-mom-and-dad-are-stretched-too/

    By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre, Murad Hemmadi, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin   |   Apr 22, 2020

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced almost $9 billion in new financial support for post-secondary students

    Canadian tech firms lobby governments with proposed COVID-19 solutions

    https://thelogic.co/news/canadian-tech-firms-lobby-governments-with-proposed-covid-19-solutions/

    By Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 22, 2020

    From faster testing kits to ultraviolet disinfection towers for hospitals, tech is trying to get government’s attention

    COVID-19 roundup: The rent is due in 10 days

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-the-rent-is-due-in-10-days/

    By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre, Zane Schwartz and Martin Patriquin   |   Apr 21, 2020

    Some of Canada’s largest commercial landlords are still waiting to hear what exactly Ottawa is offering them and their tenants

    COVID-19 roundup: Are all Ottawa’s cards now on the table?

    https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-are-all-ottawas-cards-now-on-the-table/

    By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Catherine McIntyre and Zane Schwartz   |   Apr 20, 2020

    On Friday, Ottawa put more cards on the table, with $250 million for the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program for R&D projects and $675 million for its six regional development agencies, reserved for companies that don’t qualify for the salary assistance

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