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Canada's arts and culture organizations getting a clearer picture on divide of $500 million support

Canada's arts and culture organizations are getting a clearer picture of how the federal government plans to divide 500 million dollars of COVID-19 support. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault says the temporary relief plan aims ...

TransLink suspends previously announced layoffs and service reductions

People in Metro Vancouver can rest assured that they will be able to get back to work as the Province of B.C. and TransLink announced their commitment to ensure transit service is available as British Columbians safely restart the...

Former N.S. guard faces 13 charges including sex assaults at women's prison

A year-long police investigation has resulted in 13 criminal charges against a former correctional officer whose alleged assaults of inmates at a federal prison for women in Nova Scotia are also the subject of a civil lawsuit. Tru...

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Huge job losses in B.C. indicate a 'hard road ahead': Carole James

British Columbia Finance Minister Carole James says she doesn't want to sugar coat what will be a hard road ahead as labour force figures show the province lost a quarter of a million jobs in April. Combined with jobless figures i...

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Wage-subsidy program to be extended as steep job losses continue : Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government's emergency wage-subsidy program will be extended beyond its early-June endpoint.The program covers 75 percent of worker pay up to $847 a week to try to help employers keep...

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Statistics Canada says nearly two million jobs lost in April

The Canadian economy lost almost two million jobs in April, a record high, as the closure of non-essential services to slow the spread of COVID-19 forced businesses to shutter temporarily. The loss of 1,993,800 comes on top of mo...

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COVID-19: Number of cases rise to 64,922 in Canada

There are 64,922 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 35,238 confirmed (including 2,631 deaths, 8,673 resolved) Ontario: 19,121 confirmed (including 1,477 deaths, 13,569 resolved) Alberta: 6,017 confirmed (including...

India: PM Modi holds high-level meeting on Vizag gas leak tragedy, FIR registered

Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to take stock of the steps being taken in response to the gas leak incident in Vishakhapatnam. The Prime Minister discussed at length the measures be...

One of US President Donald Trump's valets tested positive for the coronavirus

A member of the military serving as one of US President Donald Trump's valets has tested positive for the coronavirus. The White House says Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have since tested negative for the virus and remain i...