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"Contagion" stars reuniting for a series of public service announcements

The 2011 film “Contagion” has seen a huge surge in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and now its stars have reunited for a series of public service announcements. Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Ehle have teamed up with scientists from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health on four videos. The PSA's stress washing your hands, keeping two metres apart from one another, and staying at home. “Contagion” is about a lethal and fast-moving influenza that spreads around the world. ...

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Approximately 5200 employees of Indigo Books & Music Inc. being laid off

Approximately 5200 employees of Indigo Books &Music Inc. are being laid off as of today. The Toronto-based book seller has decided to keep its stores closed indefinitely during the COVID-19 outbreak. Indigo had paid its st...

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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. ...

British Prime Minister Johnson tests positive for virus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for COVID-19 but is showing only mild symptoms.He is self-isolating and is still on the job thanks to what he calls the wizardry of technology. In a video message, Johnson says he had a fever and persistent cough.Earlier this week, Prince Charles announced that he too had tested positive, but only has mild symptoms....

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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