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Urban Indigenous left behind by Ottawa's COVID-19 response
Canada's urban Indigenous population is being left behind by the federal response to the COVID-19 crisis, according to the The National Association of Friendship Centres.
Canadians trust their family doctor over PM on COVID-19, says poll
Canadians trust health professionals like their family doctor first and foremost when it comes to the COVID-19 crisis, a new poll suggests.
Death toll in NS could rise as investigation into rampage continues
The death toll from a killing rampage in Nova Scotia could rise today, April 21, 2020.
Negative oil price a short term anomaly: analysts
A Calgary energy analyst says the plunge by benchmark U.S. crude oil prices into negative territory for the first time on Monday, April 20, 2020, is a short-term anomaly that likely won't have a lasting effect on Canadian producers.
Calls grow for national rent subsidy in Canada
The federal government should consider rent relief for the precariously housed, or risk a wave of Canadians becoming homeless in the wake of COVID-19, advocates told MPs on Friday, April 17, 2020.
Canadian doctors don't know when masks are coming
Even as planeloads of supplies to protect Canada's medical workers arrive, many primary-care physicians say they are in the dark about when they're going to get what they need to keep helping patients.
House of Commons to re-open today amid COVID-19
The House of Commons is poised to re-open today, April 20, 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to an impasse between the four main political parties.
United States-Canada border to remain closed for another 30 days
Canada has extended its border closure with the United States for 30 days.
PM under pressure to top up pay for long-term care workers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be under pressure today to flesh out his promise to do more to protect seniors in long-term care homes, which have been hardest hit by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
SCC refuses to hear appeal of La Loche shooter
Canada's top court has refused to hear an appeal from a young man sentenced as an adult for a mass shooting in northern Saskatchewan when he was still a teenager.