As pandemic rages, limits lifted on foreign students working in Canada's...
The government says the new work-hour exemption applies to international students who work in health care, critical infrastructure or food supply, and other areas critical to help battle the COVID-19...
View ArticleB.C. premier tells workers to stay home if sick after COVID-19 outbreak at...
"We can't have people putting others at risk for fear of economic consequences for themselves," John Horgan said.
View ArticleTTC announces temporary layoff of 1,200 workers; Scheer won't comment on...
Ontario public health units report 5% increase in new cases, 55 more deaths; Non-essential workplaces in Ontario to stay closed until at least May 6; Trudeau announces $750 million in new funding for a...
View ArticleMLSE turns Scotiabank Arena into one giant kitchen; Trump touts study on...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today significant rent relief to help businesses that can't afford to pay their landlords at a time when their operations are shut down; Spain...
View ArticleFrozen North gone forever: Study of Arctic Ocean shows top of the world changing
The area where climate change has bitten deepest may be changing faster than any other water body on Earth, lead scientist of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans says.
View ArticleQuebec plans to reopen all elementary schools and daycares by May 19
The premier said he is reopening elementary schools because COVID-19 infections in the province's hospitals are "under control" and the virus is not dangerous to young children.
View ArticleToronto passes 5,000 COVID-19 cases and 300 dead; 35 have died in Ontario...
Ontario public health units report 50 more deaths; Sixth resident dies at Participation House; Quebec stores outside Montreal will be allowed to reopen May 4.
View ArticleQueen's Park to expand list of workers to get child care; Ontario public...
Ottawa to provide up to $5,000 for volunteer students; Ontario paramedics added to list of front-line workers to get pay raise; Three staff test positive at Toronto daycare; CFL asks for $150 million.
View ArticleTwo more poultry plants in B.C. report workers who have COVID-19
Sofina Foods Inc. in Port Coquitlam and Fraser Valley Specialty Poultry in Chilliwack say each of their facilities has one worker who has tested positive.
View ArticleDeficit could hit $252.1 billion; Ontario health units report 2.8% jump in...
Orchard Villa in Pickering reports 52 deaths; Nunavut reports first case of COVID-19; China reports no new deaths; California to order closure of all beaches and state parks.
View ArticleCoronavirus closed the border. They won't let that keep them apart
Some residents of B.C. and Washington State have been stealing away to unguarded stretches of the Canada-U.S. border to meet with their significant others, close friends and family - all under the...
View ArticleWet'suwet'en agree to deal with government over rights and title
The Wet'suwet'en have invited B.C.'s Indigenous relations minister, Scott Fraser, and Carolyn Bennett, the federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister, to sign the agreement.
View ArticleHere's how Alberta plans to reopen its economy in three stages beginning May 4
On Monday, May 4, some health-care services will be allowed to resume if they follow strict public health guidelines, with the next stage happening as early as May 14.
View ArticleBurlington bans any parade larger than five vehicles; C.D. Howe council says...
China likes Canada's 'cool head' amid U.S. 'smears' over COVID-19, says envoy; Japanese PM says state of emergency will have to be kept in place for another month.
View ArticleOntario health units report 1.9% increase in cases; Five more dead at...
Trudeau announces $252 million aid package for agricultural industry; Four more dead at Meighen Manor; Detached house prices fall in Toronto.
View ArticlePolice launch investigation after officers respond to 'Star Wars'...
Lethbridge police Chief Scott Woods is calling for a service investigation into whether the officers acted appropriately.
View ArticleOntario to allow more businesses to reopen; Ford extends lower hydro rates;...
Ontario health units report lowest percentage increase in cases; Ontario's state of emergency, which had been slated to expire next Tuesday, has been extended to May 19.
View ArticleTrudeau extends wage subsidy program as Canada loses almost two million jobs...
Union calls for Toronto to make masks mandatory on TTC; Ontario health units report 2.3-per-cent jump in cases; fifth personal support worker dies in Ontario.
View ArticleDefence Department accused of using pandemic to withhold info from Parliament
The allegation by the Opposition Conservatives stems from the department’s failure in recent months to respond to a large number of questions on the order paper, which are one of the primary means for...
View ArticleDetails on federal food buy-back program coming soon, Bibeau says
The government announced the $50-million plan nearly a month ago as part of a suite of efforts to help the agricultural industry cope with the fallout from COVID-19.
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