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COVID-19: 4,768 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada

There are 4,768 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 2,021 confirmed (including 18 deaths, 1 resolved) Ontario: 993 confirmed (including 18 deaths, 8 resolved) British Columbia: 792 confirmed (including 16 deaths, 2...

Alberta: province is forcing non-essential business, such as salons, dine-in restaurants, clothing stores and furniture stores to close

The Alberta government says landlords will not be able to evict anyone for not paying rent until at least the end of April while the province deals with the economic fallout of COVID-19. The government says landlords will also ...

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Approximately 5200 employees of Indigo Books & Music Inc. being laid off

Approximately 5200 employees of Indigo Books &Music Inc. are being laid off as of today. The Toronto-based book seller has decided to keep its stores closed indefinitely during the COVID-19 outbreak. Indigo had paid its st...

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Ontario reports 135 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths reported

Ontario is reporting 135 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the provincial total to 993. There are three new deaths, meaning 18 people have died of the virus in Ontario. No information is available for any of the new cases, with all of them listed as ``pending.''

Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland: Canadian officials are urgently following up, if US may deport asylum seekers turned away by Canada

Deputy Prime Minister Freeland says Canadian officials are urgently following up with American counterparts following reports the U.S. may deport asylum seekers who are turned away by Canada and may be at risk in their native co...

COVID-19: 10 more deaths in Quebec, total cases rise past 2,000

Quebec is announcing 10 more COVID-19 deaths in the province, bringing its total to 18. Premier Francois Legault said today the province recorded another 392 positive COVID-19 test results, for a total of 2,021 cases. Legault says another 35 people have been hospitalized since yesterday, including seven more people who are in intensive care. The premier is also asking Quebecers to avoid travelling to Montreal and to the Eastern Townships area, which he says are the two regions of the province with the highest number of COVID-19 cases. ...

Small business wage subsidy increased to 75%

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government is increasing a payroll subsidy to small business from 10 to 75 per cent to halt layoffs due to COVID-19. The subsidy will be retroactive to the middle of this month. Trudeau says ...

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Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 0.25 per cent

The Bank of Canada is cutting its key interest target by half a percentage point to 0.25 per cent in an unscheduled rate announcement. In a statement on its website, the central bank says its decision to lower rates is aimed at ...

PM Trudeau: Canada is now enforcing the Quarantine Act

The Quarantine Act is now in effect. The prime minister says people ignoring orders to stay isolated after returning from trips outside the country are endangering lives. Justin Trudeau says most people seem to be heeding the advice to self-isolate. But the P-M says others are not complying and the federal government is now taking the next step and is threatening serious consequences. Canada is now enforcing the Quarantine Act order for international arrivals to Canada to stay away from others for at least 14-days. ...

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Highlights: Trudeau - Biden meet in Ottawa

President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau say in a joint statement they are bolstering Norad, updating a treaty on cross-border asylum seekers and launching a one-year energy transformation task force.They are also poi...

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