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Ottawa relaxes wage subsidy eligibility requirements
The federal government has relaxed rules around the wage subsidy so that more businesses can qualify.Announced last week, the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy initially required a business show 30 per ce...
Apr 08, 2020
Alberta government introduces bill to protect human trafficking survivors
The Alberta government introduced a new bill Tuesday aimed at empowering survivors of human trafficking.If passed, the government says Bill 8, the Protecting Survivors of Human Trafficking Act, will:-...
Apr 08, 2020 Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Hockey equipment manufacturer CCM and its players donate half a million masks
MONTREAL - CCM has joined the list of hockey equipment manufacturers contributing supplies to front-line health care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. The Montreal company and its player end...
Apr 08, 2020
Wall Street climbs as volatility keeps squeezing markets
NEW YORK - Stocks are climbing again on Wall Street Wednesday. Maybe this time it will last. The S&P 500 was up more than 2% in midday trading, a day after an even bigger gain suddenly vanished in...
Apr 08, 2020
WCLC extends lottery ticket claim periods in support of COVID-19 distancing
Lottery players have an additional six months to claim prizes on tickets that would otherwise have expired between March 17 and September 17, 2020.This change is being made by Western Canada Lottery C...
Apr 08, 2020
UK truck driver pleads guilty in deaths of 39 Vietnamese
LONDON - A truck driver accused in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found inside a refrigerated container that had been hauled to England pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday...
Apr 08, 2020
Toronto company expands ventilator production tenfold to meet demand
OTTAWA - One of the companies making ventilators for the federal government is expanding its production capacity more than tenfold to meet demands posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thornhill Medical CEO...
Apr 08, 2020
Sanders drops 2020 bid, leaving Biden as likely nominee to challenge Trump
WASHINGTON - Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party's establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on W...
Apr 08, 2020
Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre announces new executive director
Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre has announced that JoAnne Hayden has accepted the position of Executive Director, effective May 1. Hayden has spent the last 17 years being an integral part of the...
Apr 08, 2020 JoAnne Hayden
Watchdog: Syrian air force responsible for chemical attacks
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The global chemical weapons watchdog issued a report Wednesday blaming the Syrian air force for a series of chemical attacks using sarin and chlorine in late March 2017 on the...
Apr 08, 2020