Canada

Hockey gear manufacturer to switch from protecting players to medical staff

MONTREAL - Canadian hockey equipment manufacturer Bauer is offering to modify its production line to make protective visors for doctors, nurses and first responders. The prote...

Mar 25, 2020

Pandemic-related supports coming for media and journalism, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to provide financial support to media organizations to keep journalists working and reporting on the COVID-19 crisis. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announce...

Mar 25, 2020

Trudeau reminds travellers returning to Canada to self-isolate at home

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reminding travellers who are returning to Canada that they are "required" to isolate themselves at home for 14 days. But Trudeau won't say if his Lib...

Mar 25, 2020

'Help is on the way': Financial Aid for workers affected by COVID-19

OTTAWA-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the media once again from Rideau Cottage where he is in self-isolation, saying that aid is on the way for those affected financially by COVID-19Trudeau A...

Mar 25, 2020

Liberals rejig benefits for workers affected by COVID-19

OTTAWA - The federal government is repackaging two previously promised benefits for Canadians whose working lives are disrupted by COVID-19.Instead, the Liberals say there will now be one benefit to p...

Mar 25, 2020

Canadians who have lost their jobs anxiously awaiting federal help

TORONTO - Canadians who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19 and are struggling to make ends meet anxiously awaited promised federal help with the Senate set to take up an emergency $82-billion f...

Mar 25, 2020

Newfoundland woman arrested for refusing to self isolate after talking to police

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police in western Newfoundland say a woman arrested for refusing to stay at home after she returned from a trip outside the province is expected to make a court ...

Mar 25, 2020

MP's sign off on bill in pre-dawn vote

OTTAWA- The bill that will free up $82-billion-dollars in COVID-19 relief measures has passed in the House of Commons and is on its way to the Senate. M-Ps began debating the bill early this morning a...

Mar 25, 2020

House of Commons passes legislation for COVID-19 help with unanimous support

UPDATE: The Bill has since been approved by the Senate and has received Royal Assent from the Governor General. ---OTTAWA - The House of Commons has passed emergency legislation to free up $82 billion...

Mar 25, 2020

Stars not aligned for astrologers and a grim find; In The News for Mar. 25

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Mar. 25. What we are watching in Canada ... Ho...

Mar 25, 2020