Pandemic has shunted aside an array of Liberal initiatives, at least...

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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

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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

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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...

Ontario sees 27 more COVID deaths as cases jump; 94 now...

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TORONTO — Another 27 people with COVID-19 have died in Ontario, where the total number of cases surged to at least 3,630 as another provincewide...

Essential workers talk about how COVID-19 affects them

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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...

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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

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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

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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...

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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...

Crimes and policing change amid COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario forces say

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COVID-19 has changed both criminal behaviour and policing in Ontario. Some of the crime trends, such as a surge in domestic violence, have been predictable....

Mortgage deferrals at big Canada’s big banks pile up, association says

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TORONTO — The Canadian Bankers Association says the country’s six largest banks have allowed customers to defer payments on more than 10 per cent of the...

The race to trace the spread of COVID-19 in Canada using...

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TORONTO — Increasingly frustrated health officials say they are prepared to take more aggressive measures to track and contain people with COVID-19 as the...

Trudeau calls first ministers meeting on COVID-19, promises better data soon

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OTTAWA — Federal projections of the toll COVID-19 could take in Canada are not yet ready for public consumption but will be coming soon, Prime...

Stock market crash may force some investors to postpone retirements, say...

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TORONTO — The biggest market downturn in more than a decade has rattled nerves and may ultimately force some investors to postpone their approaching...

NewsAlert: Ontario reports 16 more COVID-19 deaths

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TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 401 more COVID-19 cases today, including 16 more deaths. A Bobcaygeon nursing home is also reporting two more deaths of...