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The latest COVID-19 numbers in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. on June 8, 2020.
Unionization likely at Vancouver care home with deadly COVID-19 outbreak
Care aides at the Lynn Valley Care Centre are looking to unionize in the wake of a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at the North Vancouver facility, signalling workers’ appetites for better working conditions and compensation in the beleaguered sector.
Special payments to seniors scheduled to arrive in early July
A special one-time payment to millions of seniors will arrive in early July, a delay the Liberals say is the result of ensuring there isn't any fraud in the pandemic-related top-up.
Trudeau to offer premiers billions to assist reopening economy safely
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to offer premiers billions in federal funding to help them safely reopen provincial and territorial economies without triggering an explosive second wave of COVID-19 cases.
Trudeau joins third pandemic summit amid campaign for Security Council seat
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking part in his third international summit in a week as Canada campaigns for a coveted United Nation's Security Council seat on a platform of helping to rebuild the post-pandemic world.
Trudeau makes the case for co-ordinated global recovery plan
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will continue today, June 3, 2020, to make the case for a co-ordinated global response to cushion the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world's poorest countries.
Trans Mountain pipeline construction begins in B.C.
Trans Mountain says it has reached another "key milestone" in the project to triple capacity of a pipeline moving oil from the Edmonton area to port in Burnaby, B.C.
Quebec families struggle to mourn those lost to COVID-19 in the hard-hit province
July Mak's 68-year-old father contracted the novel coronavirus and died at the end of March.
Feds looking to pull military out of care homes, Que appeals for them to stay
Ottawa and the Canadian Armed Forces have started looking for an exit strategy amid talks with Quebec about the continued provision of military personnel to long-term care homes hit hard by COVID-19.
Calgary mayor warns city: 'Don't be like Toronto'
Calgary's mayor is warning citizens "don't be like Toronto" and congregate in large numbers in parks.