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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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Canada now has more than 4,000 COVID-19 cases tested positive

There are4,043 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 1,629 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 1 resolved) Ontario: 858 confirmed (including 15 deaths, 8 resolved) British Columbia: 725 confirmed Alberta: 486 confirmed (i...

67 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, Total cases-486

Alberta has identified 67 new cases of COVID-19, bringing its total to 486. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical health officer, says the cases include 13 at the McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre in Calgary. The vi...

Francois Philippe Champagne: Canada and its G-7 counterparts need to rely on science to make proper decisions

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois Philippe Champagne says Canada and its G-7 counterparts need to rely on science to make proper decisions in combating the COVID-19 outbreak now, and in the post virus recovery phase. He says there is concern about the spread of disinformation. His comments come a day after he and his G-7 counterparts met via videoconference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the wake of President Donald Trump's heavily criticized pledge to end the American pandemic lockdown by Easter Sunday. Champagne says they stressed the need to act in tandem to contain the virus, a...

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PM Justin Trudeau: Government is looking at extending lower-interest credit directly to consumers

With many Canadians struggling financially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government is looking at ways to help people pay their bills. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Finance Minister Bill Morneau is in tal...

Dr. Theresa Tam: Random checks will be done to ensure Canadians returning to Canada are following the mandatory 14 day quarantine

Canada's chief public health officer says random checks will be done to ensure Canadians returning to Canada from abroad are following the new mandatory 14 day quarantine. Dr. Theresa Tam says contact information about travellers...

Quebec has 1,629 COVID-19 cases

A 91 year old man from Quebec's Laurentians region is the eighth person to succumb to COVID-19 in the province. Regional health authorities confirmed the man, who lived in a seniors' home, died Wednesday. Quebec Premier Francois Legault says the province now has 1,629 confirmed cases of COVID-19, an increase of 290 from the day before. Provincial health authorities had confirmed two additional deaths Wednesday, and Montreal's public health department announced later in the day the city's first COVID-19 death. ...

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Delhi Schools up to 5th Standard Closed, Online Classes to Be Held: Atishi

In response to the escalating pollution levels in Delhi NCR, the government has issued orders for online classes for students up to class V until further notice. According to reports, Chief Minister Atishi announced today on X (f...

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