Feds pledge one-time benefit top-up to seniors in COVID-19 aid
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the possibility of extending emergency federal aid programs to ease the economic burden from COVID-19 as his...
Feds unveil new COVID-19 stream for provincial infrastructure program
OTTAWA — The federal government is preparing to spend more than $3 billion in infrastructure money on projects to make facilities more pandemic-resistant and...
Ontario expected to extend state of emergency to June 2
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 308 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 35 more deaths.
That brings the province to a total of 20,546 cases,...
Ontario asks long-term care homes for plan to stem the spread...
TORONTO — Ontario's government is asking its hardest-hit long-term care homes to come up with a plan to stabilize the spread of COVID-19 within...
Ontario government to prop-up child-care providers with financial supports
TORONTO — The provincial government said it will help cover operating costs for child-care providers and waive their licensing fees in an effort to...
Peter MacKay suggests Magnitsky Act should be used against China for...
OTTAWA — Conservative leadership hopeful Peter MacKay is calling for use of the Magnitsky Act if specific individuals in China can be identified as...
Adequacy of federal emergency aid measures to be tested by jobless...
OTTAWA — The adequacy of federal emergency benefits to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis is bound to come under scrutiny today as the...
Ontario wants to change PPE directive for long-term care workers, union...
TORONTO — Ontario is trying to "water down" guidelines that give health-care workers in long-term care homes access to N95 masks, the union representing them...
Need to think longer-term on debts, finances as downturn set to...
TORONTO — The initial economic shock from the COVID-19 outbreak may start to ease as provinces reopen, but experts say it's important for those...
COVID-19 kills scores more in Canada; Greyhound to shut down all...
TORONTO — Scores more people in Canada have succumbed to COVID-19, authorities reported Thursday, as one of the country's major inter-city bus carriers announced...
Shopping Shift: How indoor malls will look different under new COVID-19...
TORONTO — Consumers should get ready for a new world of retail as indoor shopping mall operators across the country prepare to reopen their doors with an...
Feds to partly cover ‘top ups’ for front-line workers on minimum...
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in...
Ontario allowing curbside pickup for retail, reopening of garden, hardware shops
TORONTO — Ontario announced small steps Wednesday toward reopening the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic as the growth in new cases slows, including allowing...
Ontario allowing curbside pickup for retail, reopening of garden, hardware shops
TORONTO — Ontario announced small steps Wednesday toward reopening the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic as the growth in new cases slows, including allowing...
Canadian Paediatric Society eyes mysterious syndrome for suspected COVID links
TORONTO — The Canadian Paediatric Society is closely monitoring reports that COVID-19 may be linked to a strange inflammatory syndrome in some children.
The society says...















































