Category Archives: Canada
NewsAlert: Manitoba government cuts some taxes, sets money aside for emergencies
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is keeping a tight leash on spending and delaying some promised tax cuts as the province prepares for the economic effects of a stock-market plunge and COV...
Mar 19, 2020
We won't know if isolation is working for weeks, months: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor says it could be weeks or even months until we know whether social distancing measures being employed across the country are slowing the spread of COVID-19. The numbe...
Mar 19, 2020
Some details on how to access federal financial help if affected by COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out $27 billion in new spending and $55 billion in credit to help families and businesses get past the COVID-19 pandemic, which has reduced consumer spending...
Mar 19, 2020 Photo courtesy Canadian Press
Some details on how to access federal financial help if affected by COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out $27 billion in new spending and $55 billion in credit to help families and businesses get past the COVID-19 pandemic, which has reduced consumer spending...
Mar 19, 2020
Vital but vulnerable, cleaners hold the line against a virus
NEW YORK - When hospitals need to prep a room for the next coronavirus test, when jetliners discharge their passengers at the gate, when suburbanites start to take sanitary precautions more seriously,...
Mar 19, 2020 Photo courtesy Canadian Press
Provinces urged to end newcomer waits for public health insurance amid pandemic
TORONTO - Hundreds of doctors, nurses and activists are calling on provincial governments to ensure immediate access to free health care for new arrivals in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an open ...
Mar 19, 2020
Fish fingers: Origin of human hand and land animals found in ancient fish fossil
Quebec researchers have found a fossil that they say is from one of the first animals to climb out of the ancient seas to live on land. They say the fins of the 350-million-year-old fish contain finge...
Mar 19, 2020
Tory leadership candidate says he's out of the race if deadlines don't move
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Rudy Husny is calling off his campaign, saying it is just not right to be asking people for money during a public health emergency. His announcement comes as...
Mar 19, 2020
NewsAlert: Canada-U.S. border closure likely to take effect Friday night
WASHINGTON - The Canada-U.S. border will likely be closed to all non-essential travel in both directions as of Friday night. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the expected timing of the closure ...
Mar 19, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):8:45 a.m.British Columbia's Municipal Affairs Ministry has cancelled three municipal byelections and a referendum in four communitie...
Mar 19, 2020 Photo courtesy Canadian Press