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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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Canada now has more than 4,000 COVID-19 cases tested positive

There are4,043 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 1,629 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 1 resolved) Ontario: 858 confirmed (including 15 deaths, 8 resolved) British Columbia: 725 confirmed Alberta: 486 confirmed (i...

67 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, Total cases-486

Alberta has identified 67 new cases of COVID-19, bringing its total to 486. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical health officer, says the cases include 13 at the McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre in Calgary. The vi...

Francois Philippe Champagne: Canada and its G-7 counterparts need to rely on science to make proper decisions

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois Philippe Champagne says Canada and its G-7 counterparts need to rely on science to make proper decisions in combating the COVID-19 outbreak now, and in the post virus recovery phase. He says there is concern about the spread of disinformation. His comments come a day after he and his G-7 counterparts met via videoconference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the wake of President Donald Trump's heavily criticized pledge to end the American pandemic lockdown by Easter Sunday. Champagne says they stressed the need to act in tandem to contain the virus, a...

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NDP calls for permanent residency for defrauded Punjabi international students facing deportation

NDP Critic for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East) released a statement and said that following concerning reports of Punjabi international students facing deportation orders due to a targeted exploit...

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