Canadian businesses whose revenue has decreased by 30 per cent or more due to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will qualify for the government’s 75 per cent wage subsidy program, regardless of the number of employees they have,…»
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Canadian Football League postpones 2020 training camps
The Canadian Football League (CFL) announced the postponement of the 2020 training camps due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement released today. According to the CFL, training camps were originally scheduled to start on May 17. “As of…»
Canadian military gearing up for COVID-19 response
The Canadian military is gearing up to help civilian authorities in the fight against COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. The Canadian military has drawn up plans to mobilize 24,000 full-time and part-time soldiers to support civilian authorities across…»
Quebec’s health institute warns against use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
Quebec’s health institute has warned against using hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for patients who are suffering from a COVID-19, according to a statement released on Sunday. The Institut National d’excellence en santé et en service sociaux, or INESSS, said that despite…»
COVID-19: Federal help on the way to children, seniors and the homeless
Canada’s federal government has announced funding to help seniors, children and homeless people cope with the COVID-19 outbreak. At his daily press briefing on Sunday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Ottawa will contribute $9 million through United Way Canada to…»
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau is out of isolation
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau emerged from isolation on Saturday, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will continue to work from home–likely for the next two weeks. “I have a clear bill of health by medical professionals,” Grégoire Trudeau wrote in a French…»
Nearly one-in-eight Canadians think threat of COVID-19 is ‘overblown’: survey
Even as the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Canada continues to climb over 6,300 cases, resulting in at least 67 fatalities, nearly-one-in-eight Canadians believe the threat posed by the new coronavirus is “overblown,” according to a new survey. The…»
Montreal declares local state of emergency over COVID-19 outbreak
The City of Montreal declared a local state of emergency Friday in an effort to contain the further spread of COVID-19 among the homeless population of Quebec’s largest metropolis. That emergency went into effect at 4 p.m. local time (20:00…»
Canadian charities ask Ottawa for $10B to survive the pandemic
A coalition of 150 Canadian charities is urging the federal government to offer an urgent $10-billion financial lifeline to prevent the “irreparable collapse” of the struggling sector and the programs it offers to vulnerable Canadians and abroad. In an open…»
IOC says athletes who have already qualified are going to 2021 Olympics
There’s some good news today for Olympic athletes–those amazing beings who periodically make their way into our collective consciousness, whetting our collective imagination about the World of Possibility and Excellence. Earlier this week, the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese…»
