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Ottawa firm hired to review workplace complaints at Rideau Hall

An Ottawa-based consulting firm with a history of reviewing allegations of workplace harassment on Parliament Hill is being tasked to do so again at Rideau Hall.The Privy Council Office says it has hired Quintet Consulting Corp. t...

Increase in COVID-19 cases in Alberta and B.C., more than 100 cases reported in Ontario and Quebec

There are 128,948 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 62,492 confirmed (including 5,760 deaths, 55,353 resolved) Ontario: 42,309 confirmed (including 2,811 deaths, 38,277 resolved) Alberta: 13,902 confirmed (including 239 deaths, ...

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Liberals announce extension of the CEBA until October 31

The Liberals have announced an extension of the Canada Emergency Business Account until the end of October. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is also working with financial institutions to expand eligibility t...

Canada signs deal with Novavax and Johnson & Johnson for COVID-19 vaccine

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has signed agreements with two more American suppliers to reserve millions of doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccines for Canadians.Deals are now in place for Canada...

Federal government extends travel restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19

The federal government has once again extended travel restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says existing restrictions on international travel to Canada will be extended one more month to September 30th. Blair says Canadian citizens and permanent residents who are returning home to Canada will continue to be subjected to strict quarantine measures. New arrivals are required to quarantine for 14 days if they don't have symptoms, or isolate for 14 days if they do. ...

Quebec reduces isolation period for confirmed COVID-19 cases from 14 days to 10

Quebec is reducing the mandatory isolation period required for people infected with COVID-19 from 14 days to 10.From now on, people can end their isolation period 10 days after their first symptoms appear -- but only if they no longer have symptoms, like a fever. The new rules apply only to confirmed COVID-19 cases involving people who are isolated at home and whose symptoms are considered mild or moderate.People who are in preventive isolation due to being in contact with a confirmed case must still isolate for 14 days to see if symptoms develop. ...

Plan for inevitable COVID-19 cases in schools, says chief public health officer

Canada's chief public health officer says families should expect to see cases of COVID-19 in schools as children head back to class in the coming weeks. Dr. Theresa Tam says it is important that each school have a plan and that everyone knows what to do when there's an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. At a media briefing in Ottawa today, she says it is normal to feel stressed about the fact many students are returning to classrooms.But she emphasizes that planning and awareness can help ease anxiety. Tam says while Canada generally has quite low levels of COVID-19, it doesn't mean families w...

Federal deficit through June hits $120 billion: Finance Department

The federal deficit soared to 120.4-billion-dollars in the first quarter of Ottawa's fiscal year, up from a deficit of 85-million a year ago. The Finance Department says the treasury was pumping out emergency aid to businesses and...

Canadian economy posted record drop in Q2 due to pandemic

Statistics Canada says the economy posted its steepest decline on record in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of non-essential businesses and slowed the economy to a crawl.The agency says real gross d...

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Delhi Assembly Elections: Congress Releases Second List

The Congress has released its second list of candidates for the Delhi Assembly elections, featuring 26 names. Notably, both Congress and AAP, allies in the India Alliance, are contesting against each other in Delhi. In the latest...

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