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PM Trudeau: It will take months of determined effort to avoid a COVID-19 worse-case scenario

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it will take months of a continued and determined effort to avoid a COVID-19 worse-case scenario. Trudeau is commenting on models released this morning forecasting how the continued spread of th...

COVID-19: 41 more deaths reported in Quebec, total deaths rise past 200

Quebec is reporting 41 new deaths today linked to COVID-19, bringing the total to 216 in the province. Provincial health authorities say they have identified 10,912 confirmed cases of the virus, with 679 hospitalizations and 196 ...

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B.C. lost 132,000 jobs last month, jobless rate 7.2%

B.C. Finance Minister Carole James says the province lost 132,000 jobs last month, but it's going to get worse before it gets better due to the COVID-19 pandemic.She says the latest Statistics Canada Labour Force numbers indicate ...

Control measures critical to keeping Canadian COVID-19 deaths under 22,000, health agency says

Even with strong containment measures, as many as 22,000 Canadians could die of COVID-19 in the coming months.That's the worst-case scenario set out by federal public health officials this morning at a briefing in Ottawa.The Publ...

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WestJet bringing workers back on payroll with help of wage subsidy program

WestJet says it plans to bring back nearly 6,400 employees on to its payroll with the help of Ottawa's emergency wage subsidy program.WestJet chief executive Ed Sims made the announcement in a video posted to Twitter.He says emplo...

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Punjab govt to set up task force to look into lifting of lockdown

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced that a task force would soon be set up to find ways for the state to gradually get out of the unprecedented lockdown. Addressing a video conference of the state...

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COVID-19: Total cases rise past 19,000 in Canada, 435 total deaths reported

There are 19,291 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 10,031 confirmed (including 175 deaths, 827 resolved) Ontario: 5,276 confirmed (including 174 deaths, 2,074 resolved) Alberta: 1,423 confirmed (including 29 ...

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart asking the province for an emergency grant of up to $200 million

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says local governments across Canada are facing significant financial pressures due to COVID-19. He says Vancouver is bleeding money and the city expects to see a 50 per cent reduction in non-city ...

5 more COVID-19 related deaths in BC, total number rises to 48

Provincial health officer Doctor Bonnie Henry is reporting five more deaths from COVID-19 in B.C. including three residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities. Henry says another resident has died amid an outbreak at...