CanadaJun 05, 2020
National unemployment rate hits new record even as economy adds jobs
Statistics Canada reports a record high unemployment rate as the economy added 289,600 jobs in May, with businesses reopening amid easing public health restrictions.
The unemployment rate rose to 13.7 per cent, topping the previous high of 13.1 per cent set in December 1982 in more than four decades of comparable data.
The increase in the unemployment rate came as more people started looking for work.
The average economist estimate was for a loss of 500,000 jobs in May and for the unemployment rate to rise to 15.0 per cent, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv.
The increase in t
IndiaJun 05, 2020
With 1,359 cases, Delhi's COVID-19 count mounts to 25,004
With 1,359 new cases, Delhi's COVID-19 count on Thursday moved to 25,004.22 deaths were also reported, said the Delhi government in a daily bulletin."Delhi has reported 1,359 new COVID-19 cases and 356 patients have been recovered/ discharged/migrated on Thursday," added the government. Currently, the cumulative COVID-19 active cases stand at 14,456 in the national capital.According to the Union Health Ministry, India has 2,16,919 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
CanadaJun 05, 2020
644 COVID-19 cases and 139 deaths reported in Canada
There are 93,726 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 52,143 confirmed (including 4,885 deaths, 17,098 resolved) Ontario: 29,403 confirmed (including 2,357 deaths, 23,208 resolved) Alberta: 7,091 confirmed (including 146 deaths, 6,611 resolved) British Columbia: 2,632 confirmed (including 166 deaths, 2,265 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,058 confirmed (including 61 deaths, 995 resolved) Saskatchewan: 648 confirmed (including 11 deaths, 608 resolved) Manitoba: 287 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 284 resolved), 11 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 261 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 2
BCJun 05, 2020
Modelling information shows new confirmed cases could be eliminated next month, no new COVID-19 deaths reported
Provincial health officer Doctor Bonnie Henry is reporting five new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths. That leaves the province with a total of 26 hundred and 32 cases but just 201 remain active, with 26 people in hospital. Modelling information released today shows new confirmed cases could be eliminated next month if social interactions are kept at the current level of 50 per cent of normal. There would be just a small number if that were increased to 60 per cent but a big surge would occur if people return to 80 per cent of normal contact with others.
WorldJun 04, 2020
$750K bail for 3 ex-officers accused in Floyd's death
A judge has set bail at $750,000 apiece for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the death of George Floyd. Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng made their first appearances Thursday in Hennepin County District Court. The Minneapolis Police Department fired them last week and they were arrested Wednesday. Bystander video shows a fourth officer, Derek Chauvin, pressing his knee to Floyd's neck until he stops moving. Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's May 25 death. If convicted of aiding an
BCJun 04, 2020
Home invasion in Langley, man stabbed several times: Langley RCMP
Mounties in Langley are looking for two people who burst into a home in the community, demanded money from a man and then stabbed him several times before fleeing. Investigators describe the June 2nd attack as a targeted home invasion. They say two other people were home but were not hurt when the masked intruders broke into the house. Police were only notified when the victim, who remains in stable condition, arrived at Langley Memorial for treatment and officers then searched the house for evidence they hope will lead them to the suspects.
CanadaJun 04, 2020
New Brunswick police ask for independent review after officer shoots, kills B.C. woman
A 26 year old woman from British Columbia has been shot and killed by police in northwestern New Brunswick. The Edmundston Police Force says it received a request to check on a woman's well-being at an apartment building early Thursday morning. The force says the officer who responded to the call encountered a ``woman holding a knife who made threats.'' It says the officer fired a weapon and attempted to resuscitate the woman, who was from Port Alberni, B.C., but she was pronounced dead at the scene. The force says it's asking for an independent review of the incident, and New Brunswick RCMP
CanadaJun 04, 2020
Dr. Theresa Tam warns about relaxing public health restrictions too quickly
Dr. Theresa Tam is warning that relaxing public health restrictions too quickly or too soon could lead to a rampant resurgence of COVID-19. The chief public health officer delivered a new report today that shows most of the country has seen the spread of the disease diminish substantially. But Tam is pointing out hot spots of community transmission in Toronto and Montreal that she says are concerning. New short-term projections say as many as 1,857 more Canadians could die of COVID-19 in the next 11 days. Chief Public Health Officer says by mid-month there could be as many as 107,500 cases of
WorldJun 04, 2020
Family, celebrities, activists, others gather to remember George Floyd
The golden casket containing George Floyd's body is surrounded by floral arrangements and pictures. The black man died after a white police officer pressed a knee into his neck last month in Minneapolis. The first of three memorial services is being held in the Frank J. Lindquist sanctuary at North Central University. Organizers of this memorial and two others want the services to acknowledge the meaning Floyd had in life to his large family and the broader meaning he has assumed in death.
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