Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Officials say efforts by Canadians to flatten the curve of COVID-19 are working
Canada's top public health official struck an optimistic tone about the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday, saying that efforts to flatten the curve are working as provinces across the country reported mor...
May 02, 2020
Union trying to stop Alberta meat plant with COVID-19 outbreak from reopening
CALGARY - A union is trying to halt the planned reopening of an Alberta beef-packing plant that has been the site of a major COVID-19 outbreak. There have been 921 cases of the virus at th...
May 01, 2020
Not mandatory: Alberta launches COVID-19 mobile contact-tracing app
EDMONTON - Alberta is launching a voluntary mobile app to expand contact tracing for COVID-19 to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. It's believed to be the first of its kind in Nort...
May 01, 2020
COVID-19 outbreaks in 23 First Nations prompting concerns
OTTAWA - Federal officials say the next two weeks will be crucial in trying to determine the scope and severity of the spread of COVID-19 in First Nations communities. Cases of the virus have begun to...
May 01, 2020
Public transit prepping for new normal as cities and provinces start to reopen
The gradual reopening of Canada's economy will not mean business as usual for the country's public transit agencies. Despite the fact that a slowly growing number of workers will make their way b...
May 01, 2020
As world waits for COVID-19 therapy, U.S. warily eyes Canada's drug-price plans
WASHINGTON - The United States is keeping Canada and its plans to overhaul its drug-pricing system on a "watch list" of countries deemed a peril to American intellectual property rights...
May 01, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7:12 p.m. Royal assent has been given to legislation authorizing $9 billion worth of emergency benefits for students who ...
May 01, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: ...
May 01, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:03 p.m. on May 1, 2020: There are 55,061 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 28,648 confirmed (includi...
May 01, 2020
Canada takes baby steps toward normalcy; Quebec passes 2,000 COVID deaths
TORONTO - Canada took further baby steps toward post-pandemic normalcy on Friday as Atlantic provinces began easing rigid restrictions imposed to curb the COVID-19 scourge, while Quebec's death toll c...
May 01, 2020
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