Bars, cannabis sector eligible for $40B credit program from government bank
TORONTO — Devastated bars and lounges as well as the country’s hard-hit cannabis sector will have access to $40 billion in new credit being made...
Parents, teachers say transition to e-learning will be a learning process
TORONTO — As children in elementary schools prepare for online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers and parents say it’ll be an imperfect process as they figure...
Pandemic has shunted aside an array of Liberal initiatives, at least for now
OTTAWA — As a new year dawned, the government’s throne-speech commitments, unfurled just weeks earlier, were grabbing headlines and galvanizing the attention of federal policy-makers.
Then...
Ontario strikes deal with educational workers; urges two others to talk
TORONTO — Educational workers have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the Ontario government.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced the proposed deal in a...
The inexact science involved in predicting the likely path of COVID-19
TORONTO — Data experts are cautioning already on-edge Canadians against taking Ontario’s dire predictions about COVID-19 deaths literally, even as the revelation of stark data coincided with more physical distancing...
Essential workers talk about how COVID-19 affects them
Health-care workers, grocery store staff, transit drivers and food delivery workers are among those being hailed as heroes for providing much-needed services amid the COVID-19...
PM expected to unveil more help for most vulnerable to weather pandemic
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today more financial support aimed at helping the most vulnerable Canadians survive the COVID-19...
GST credit payments to low-income earners to arrive one month earlier
OTTAWA — The federal government is speeding up financial help to low-income earners hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with payments through the GST credit...
Patients paying higher dispensing fees as pharmacists limit prescription amounts
OTTAWA — A new policy that has pharmacists restricting patients to a 30-day supply of their medications means some people are having to pay dispensing...
Feds urge med students, retirees to volunteer in the fight against COVID-19
OTTAWA — The federal government is seeking volunteers with medical experience to provide backup support in the fight against COVID-19.
Health Canada is creating a database...
