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.
OTTAWA - Federal plans to speedily approve legislation freeing up billions in aid to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 pandemic have been held up over Opposition objections that the Trudeau government is attempting a power grab.
But the prime minister adds that all options are on the table to keep Canadians safe during exceptional times.
OTTAWA - One in five Canadians weren't taking the deadly COVID-19 pandemic seriously as recently as last weekend, a new poll suggests.
MONTREAL - Police forces in Canada are getting extra powers, more flexibility and even help from citizens reporting on one another as governments seek to enforce decrees aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19.
Some Canadian organizations are asking the federal government to focus any bailout of the oil industry on workers and families, not corporations.
TORONTO - Each morning when Dr. Seema Marwaha is preparing for work, she thinks about her husband, her 15-month-old son and the possibility she could bring home a dangerous virus.