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Why some non-essential businesses are open and others are closed
While Canada's response to the COVID-19 outbreak has taken off drastically in the last week, some have found it lopsided across the country.
Canadian travellers trying to return trapped by COVID-19 border closures
As the federal government urges Canadians overseas to return, some travellers in countries where borders are closing don't know how they're going to get home.
Supreme Court postpones hearing on federal carbon tax
The Supreme Court of Canada has postponed until at least June hearing a constitutional challenge of the federal government's carbon tax.
Ottawa to announce plan to help with COVID-19 economic shock
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expected to soon announce the federal government's plan to help workers affected by COVID-19.
Hundreds descend on Ottawa COVID-19 assessment centre, only a few tested
Many of the hundreds of people descending on one of Canada's first dedicated COVID-19 assessment centre went home without being tested on Saturday, March 14, 2020, as they fell short of the criteria requiring them to be screened for the virus.
Teck Resources commits to cut carbon intensity by a third in the next decade
Teck Resources Ltd. is doubling down on its greenhouse gas emissions targets, announcing it will aim to reduce carbon intensity in its operations by 33 per cent over the next 10 years.
MPs may suspend Parliament in COVID-19 fight
Parliamentarians will consider today, March 13, 2020, whether to take the unprecedented move of suspending Parliament because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
TC Energy buys Pioneer Pipeline for $255 million
TransAlta Corp. and its partner Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. have signed a deal to sell the Pioneer Pipeline to a subsidiary of TC Energy Corp. for $255 million.
March 30 set for federal Liberals to deliver 2020 budget
The federal Liberals will deliver the first budget of their minority mandate at the end of the month.
Trudeau government rolls out $1 billion package for COVID-19 research, resilience
The federal government is rolling out a $1-billion funding package to help the country's health-care system cope with the increasing number of new coronavirus cases and to help Canadian workers who are forced to isolate themselves.