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.
As the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ripples across Canada, another wave may crest within the week as rent comes due for residential tenants.
CALGARY - A COVID-19 scare at an oilsands staff lodge north of Fort McMurray, Alta., last week tested the pandemic preparedness of one of the many businesses that house, feed and transport workers at resource extraction sites.
VANCOUVER - While panicked shoppers have been buying stores out of toilet paper and flour stocks, two tables have appeared on streets in the Vancouver area stacked with essential items and a sign that says "free."
OTTAWA - The federal government will start enforcing 14-day quarantines on travellers returning to Canada to try to limit the spread of COVID-19.
OTTAWA - Canada will spend millions to help the world's most desperate people fight COVID-19 because it is in the country's long-term security interest as well as being the right thing to do, says International Development Minister Karina Gould.
TORONTO - A Toronto man who sexually assaulted and strangled a young woman hours after they met has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.