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Northwood seeks private rooms after COVID tragedy, but will N.S. fund the fix?
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's largest nursing home is planning for a future of private rooms to keep residents safe, but it has taken a wrenching pandemic death toll to cr...
Jun 03, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jun 03, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on June 3, 2020: There are 92,410 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 51,593 confirmed (includ...
Jun 03, 2020
Defence Department accused of using pandemic to withhold info from Parliament
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence is being accused of trying to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to withhold information from Parliament and Canadians. There has been widespread ...
Jun 03, 2020
On first day of Tiff Macklem's term, Bank of Canada to make rate announcement
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged this morning on the first day of governor Tiff Macklem's tenure. Economists expect the central bank will maint...
Jun 03, 2020
Federal aid for care home systems needed ahead of second wave, advocates say
OTTAWA - The Ontario Long Term Care Association says the federal government must do more to help provinces prepare nursing and retirement homes for the next wave of COVID-19. Its CEO Donna Duncan is c...
Jun 03, 2020
Trudeau positions Canada as champion of co-ordinated global recovery plan
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will continue today to make the case for a co-ordinated global response to cushion the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world's poorest countries....
Jun 03, 2020
Westpark Middle School playground gets $250,000 in provincial funding
Westpark Middle School is getting $250,000 for a new playground from the provincial government. It's one of 26 projects across Alberta that were previously unfunded and are now sharing in $5 million f...
Jun 02, 2020
Kootenay MLAs call out anti-Albertan attitudes in southeastern B.C.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - MLAs in southeastern BC are calling out anti-Albertan behavior in their ridings.Kootenay-East MLA Tom Shypitka and Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Doug Clovechok are responding to repo...
Jun 02, 2020
Traffic disruption on 32 Street for sidewalk construction
Motorists and pedestrians are advised of a multi-day traffic disruption on 32 Street from Taylor Drive to 47 Avenue starting tomorrow. City crews will be performing sidewalk construction in the area f...
Jun 02, 2020