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From potato salad to fireworks: how COVID-19 disruptions affect Victoria Day
OTTAWA - The Victoria Day weekend has long been the unofficial kick-off to outdoor season in Canada. But the COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every element of Canadian life, as physical ...
May 15, 2020
Ottawa ready to help co-ordinate provincial testing, contact tracing: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces looking to reopen their economies will need to massively scale up and co-ordinate testing and contact tracing to contain future outbreaks of COVID...
May 15, 2020
Premier Ford releases 'Cooking with Doug' video of cherry cheesecake recipe
TORONTO - Ontario's premier has released a "Cooking with Doug" video showing how he makes cherry cheesecake. On a tangent during a news conference this week, Doug Ford boasted about making the best ch...
May 15, 2020
Federal COVID-19 wage subsidy to last through summer
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a federal wage subsidy for employees in businesses hit hard by COVID-19 will last at least until the end of August. The subsidy was set to expire in the fir...
May 15, 2020
Europe relaxes virus restrictions but cases flare elsewhere
BERLIN - Several European countries where coronavirus infections have slowed moved ahead Friday with relaxing border restrictions, while the U.S. reported a record drop in retail sales that threatened...
May 15, 2020
FDA giving White House new guidance on rapid COVID-19 test
WASHINGTON - The head of the Food and Drug Administration said Friday his agency has provided new guidance to the White House after data suggested that a rapid COVID-19 test used by President Donald T...
May 15, 2020
Next Conservative leader will inherit party on a solid footing: Scheer
OTTAWA - Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says whomever replaces him will inherit a party in a strong position. Scheer's time at the top of the Tories is coming slowly to an end, with his pa...
May 15, 2020
Parliament must resume to guide recovery, Conservative Leader Scheer says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is renewing his call for Parliament to find a new normal that looks more like the old normal. The Opposition chief says as the country begins a slow recovery...
May 15, 2020
U.S. layoffs surged to record high of 11.4 million in March
WASHINGTON - U.S. layoffs soared in March to a record 11.4 million after state and local governments closed restaurants, bars, movie theatres and other nonessential businesses in response to the inten...
May 15, 2020
Ontario government not looking to provide financial bailout for the CFL
TORONTO - If CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie is expecting financial assistance from the Ontario government, it seems he best think again. Lisa MacLeod, Ontario's Minister of Heritage, S...
May 15, 2020
