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Funds to fight COVID-19 in meat plants might not move for months
Tens of millions of federal dollars aimed at helping food processors deal with a rash of COVID-19 outbreaks might not move until the end of September, and there are no details about what the requirements will be to qualify.
Provinces begin reopening amid COVID-19 pandemic
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Ottawa and Washington are working on plans to deal with an increase in cross-border traffic as states and provinces begin reopening.
Archaic paper records hold up real-time COVID-19 data
The old-fashioned way Canada records deaths means the country could be missing out on data important to addressing the COVID-19 crisis.
Wet'suwet'en elected chiefs call on Carolyn Bennett to resign
The elected leadership of several First Nations split over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia are calling for the immediate resignation of Crown–Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett.
Quebec reopens some elementary schools, daycares
Quebec children have begun heading back to class today, May 11, 2020, for the first time since March as the province reopens elementary schools and daycares outside the Montreal area.
Adequacy of federal emergency aid measures to be tested by jobless numbers
The adequacy of federal emergency benefits to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis is bound to come under scrutiny today, May 8, 2020, as the country gets the first real glimpse of the economic devastation wrought by the pandemic.
Peter MacKay suggests Magnitsky Act should be used against China
Conservative leadership hopeful Peter MacKay is calling for use of the Magnitsky Act if specific individuals in China can be identified as having suppressed information related to COVID-19
COVID-19 apps come with privacy risks?
Governments that want to use smartphones to trace the movements of Canadians during the COVID-19 crisis should handle personal information with care, privacy watchdogs from across the country warned on Thursday, May 7, 2020, in a united call for caution.
Feds to unveil agreements with provinces to build up essential workers' pay
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today, May 7, 2020, cost-sharing agreements with a number of provinces to top up the wages of essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ontario calls for national strategy on contact tracing of COVID-19
Ontario's premier is calling for a national strategy on contact tracing.