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Alberta now has 42 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 301

Alberta now has 42 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total in the province to 301. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical health officer, says 18 people are in hospital. She also says 11 of 47 people, many of them physicians, have tested positive for the virus since attending a curling bonspiel in Edmonton earlier this month. She says some of those doctors returned to work and saw patients before they were notified that they had been exposed. ...

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there's ``a special place in hell'' for hoarders and scammers during this crisis

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says there's ``a special place in hell'' for hoarders and scammers during the COVID-19 crisis. Kenney says officials are continuing to hear about cases of hoarding food and other vital supplies, along...

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Ontario and Quebec to close all non-essential businesses

Canada's most populous province says that non-essential businesses must close for at least 14 days starting at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday in efforts to stem the new coronavirus pandemic. Ontario Gov. Doug Ford said Monday he will release...

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PM announces new flights to Peru, Americas to repatriate stranded Canadians

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing multiple new flights to bring stranded Canadians home from abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Trudeau says Air Transat, WestJet and Sunwing airlines all have flights planned this week....

Ontario reports 78 new COVID-19 cases; total at 503

Ontario is reporting 78 new COVID-19 cases today, bringing the provincial total to 503.It's the largest increase in a day so far.The total includes six deaths and eight cases that have fully resolved.At least six of the new cases...

Air Transat laying off 70% of its workforce

Air Transat says it has temporarily laid off about 3,600 staff including all flight crew personnel.That's about 70 % of its workforce in Canada.The company says the final Air Transat flight prior to the full suspension of its operations is scheduled for April 1st.Non-essential travel around the world has come to a near standstill as governments close borders in an effort to slow the COVID-19 pandemic....

Canada not sending team to Olympics unless Games postponed

Canada won't be at this summer's Tokyo Olympics unless the Games are postponed by a year. The Canadian Olympic Committee sent out a statement Sunday evening saying it's refusing to send a team to Tokyo unless the Games, which are scheduled to start on July 24, are pushed back by 12 months. The COC's statement comes amid a chorus of criticism aimed at the International Olympic Committee's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. IOC president Thomas Bach said earlier Sunday that they'd set a deadline of four weeks to determine the fate of the Games, and that the global organization is considering opt...

O’Toole calls for suspension of Conservative leadership race.

Conservative leadership candidate Erin O'Toole is calling for the race to be suspended. O'Toole is the latest contender to suggest the party needs to delay the June 27 vote. He says he wants his volunteers and organizers to be abl...

Trudeau says Canada is not at the point of declaring a federal emergency

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is not at the point where the federal government needs to take emergency measures to force people to stay at home during the COVID-19 outbreak. Trudeau says that provinces and local govern...

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B.C. tribunal orders $9,755 payout to taxi driver over caste-based discrimination

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered that a taxi driver be paid more than $9,000 in compensation because his caste was insulted during a physical altercation at a staff Christmas party.The tribunal's March 15 dec...

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