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Canada to announce extension of subsidies and aid for medical researchers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today, May 15 ,2020, an extension to the federal government's 75 per cent emergency wage subsidy — just as businesses across the country are taking the first cautious steps towards reopening after a two-month, pandemic-induced shutdown.
Fighting COVID-19 could set back fight against superbugs
Copious use of hand sanitizer and disinfectant is crucial in the fight against COVID-19, but it could be setting Canada back in the battle against superbugs.
B.C. $120 million plan to clean up inactive oil and gas wells revealed
British Columbia has announced details on how it plans to spend $120 million in federal funds earmarked for cleaning up inactive oil and gas well sites across the province.
Feds to unveil details of $1 billion in regional aid for small businesses
The federal government will disclose details today of nearly $1 billion in emergency aid to be doled out to small businesses through its six regional economic development agencies.
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.