Canadian PM wants small businesses struggling financially to apply for rent aid. Applications open on Monday May 25th.
Canadian PM wants small businesses struggling financially to apply for rent aid. Applications open on Monday May 25th.
The economic impact of the COVID-19 virus is difficult to estimate because the situation is rapidly changing and because shuttering large segments of the economy is unprecedented.
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. is cutting production and reducing capital spending as it deals with the COVID-19 outbreak.
TORONTO - The steadily growing case load of COVID-19 infections in Canada surpassed 4,000 and the death toll shot up on Friday amid questions about fatalities that may not be counted as resulting from the pandemic.
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog is projecting that the federal deficit for the coming fiscal year could be $112.7 billion, a jump of $89.5 billion from previous forecasts as government spending climbs to combat the economic fallout from COVID-19.
TORONTO - A Canadian family on a round-the-world trip plans to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic on a remote tropical island in the South Pacific despite the risk of dengue fever.
The B.C. government is providing $55,000 to the BCAFM to cover fees for individual farmers markets to join the online platform and set up their digital market store presence. Each participating farmers market will create its own virtual market store to best serve its communities.