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Ottawa to address growing COVID-19 threat to First Nations, Inuit communities
The federal government will be under pressure today, May 1, 2020, to explain what it's doing to prevent COVID-19 from spreading like wildfire through First Nations reserves and remote Inuit communities in the North.
Local news media being 'kneecapped' by COVID-19
Local reporting is being kneecapped by pandemic-driven cuts to media outlets across B.C. at a time when community-specific, trustworthy reporting is vital to public health.
Supreme Court to hear provincial appeals of carbon tax to September
Canada's national fight over the carbon tax won't get sorted out at the Supreme Court of Canada until the fall.
A look at provinces plans to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have begun to release plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.
LGBTQ people more at risk in COVID-19 crisis?
Researchers at the University of Toronto are rapidly trying to educate health-care workers about the barriers LGBTQ people face to accessing care during the COVID-19 crisis.
Now Scheer is looking for more specifics from Justin Trudeau
The Conservative Party is poised to press the government on numerous issues during a modified version of a House of Commons sitting today, April 28, 2020.
Doctors say they see little progress on improving PPE supply
The Canadian Medical Association has called for greater government transparency about the available supply of protective equipment in light of a new survey that suggests most respondents have seen no improvements in the last month.
Feds expected to announce rent relief for businesses forced to shut down
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today, April 24, 2020, significant rent relief to help businesses that can't afford to pay their landlords at a time when their operations are shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
BC gangs changing tactics with closed borders and COVID-19 impact
Gangs and organized crime groups in B.C. are changing how they operate and run their illegal business due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, police forces say.
BC Attorney General rolling out First Nations justice strategy
Sparked in good measure by the disproportionate number of Indigenous people in B.C.'s jails and prisons, an ambitious plan to create a separate justice system for First Nations is in the works.