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Former CFL coach/GM Rita feeling sad for Italy's COVID-19 pandemic anguish
TORONTO - Adam Rita's heart aches over the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on Italy. Italy, which had over 97,000 confirmed cases of the disease with more than 10,000 fatalities as of S...
Mar 30, 2020
Grocery cleanliness during the pandemic
PRINCE GEORGE-Grocery shopping through the COVID-19 pandemic has been, different, to say the least but should we be taking extra measures when we bring our grocery haul home?According to the province,...
Mar 30, 2020 Photo Courtesy of loonyhiker via flickr.
Trump defends extending virus guidelines as spread continues
WASHINGTON - Siding with public health experts' dire projections, President Donald Trump on Monday defended his decision to extend restrictive social distancing guidelines through the end of April, wh...
Mar 30, 2020
Large business, non-profits, charities eligible for wage subsidy, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says large and small businesses, non-profits and charities will all be eligible for a 75-per-cent subsidy on wages meant to cushion the blow from the COVID-19 pa...
Mar 30, 2020
Trudeau says he's 'proud' Canadians stepping up to challenge of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a measure of satisfaction from early indications that Canada's COVID-19 caseload is not on the same trajectory as that in the United States. While the ...
Mar 30, 2020
CHL coaches ponder what could have been after cancellation: 'Everybody lost'
Jim Hulton's lasting image of the 2019-20 season is a bus ride to nowhere. The head coach and general manager of the Charlottetown Islanders was travelling with his team for a pair of Quebec Major Jun...
Mar 30, 2020
Cruise ships carrying Canadians on the move toward Florida
Two cruise ships carrying nearly 2,700 passengers and crew, including 248 Canadians are on the move after being stranded off the coast of Panama following the deaths of four passengers ...
Mar 30, 2020
Macy's to furlough majority of its 130,000 workers
NEW YORK - Macy's will furlough a majority of its 130,000 workers with its stores dark. The company on Monday said it is transitioning to an ''absolute minimum workforce" needed to maintain basic oper...
Mar 30, 2020
Trudeau announces eligibility for business subsidy
OTTAWA-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the country this morning from his home in the country's capital, announcing up to $847 a week available to Canadians who's workplaces have been impacted ...
Mar 30, 2020
US pending home sales trended higher before virus outbreak
BALTIMORE - Americans signed more contracts in February to buy homes, but the gains are likely relics of a moment before the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy spiraling into a likely recessio...
Mar 30, 2020