WATCH: Drug Overdose crisis sees 175 deaths for July, Trudeau invests $2B in schools, Canucks win against Vegas
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 26 Aug, 2020 08:07 PM
WATCH: Drug Overdose crisis for BC Up by 136% - 175 deaths in July 2020, hospitalizations on the rise in BC due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pumps $2 Billion dollars in time for schools re-opening in the Fall, Vancouver Canucks showed they could do better as they win Tuesday night's game against the Golden Vegas Knights.
Surrey RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing young male. Arnav Naphar was last seen at 06:15 PM on May 04, 2020 in the 6500 block of 138 Street in Surrey. He has not been seen or heard from since.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday more than $77 million to help keep workers in the food-processing industry safe. The news comes as a Cargill meat-packing plant in High River, Alta., south of Calgary, reopened Monday after a two-week shutdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak. More than 900 of its 2,000 workers have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Federal scientists are predicting a higher than average wildfire hazard for almost the entire country this summer. Their annual forecast says the risk will be highest in early summer in Western Canada.
A new online poll suggests COVID-19 has damaged the trust Canadians have in their American neighbours, while U.S. residents have more faith in their northern counterparts than they do in themselves. The poll from Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies finds only 34 per cent of respondents expressed trust in Americans, compared with 58 per cent from a similar survey in November of last year.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau deflected questions Tuesday about why it took more than 12 hours for the Canadian Armed Forces to confirm a military helicopter had crashed and when he found out that horrified crew members on board a Halifax-class frigate had watched it go down.
Canada's health research granting agency has postponed its usual funding competition due to COVID-19, sparking concern the lack of money could disrupt regular health research. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research put off its regular $275 million competition this spring to focus on delivering federal grants related to the novel coronavirus.
