Apr 5 2020 — Global News — Canada has put a call out for volunteers to support frontline healthcare workers and is offering full-time jobs to Canadian Forces reservists, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced during an update to the country’s coronavirus response on Sunday. “For those of you with specialized skills looking to help our frontline workers, we do want to hear […]
Apr 5 2020 — Global News — The singer Pink had tested positive for COVID-19, she said Friday, also announcing that she is donating US$500,000 each to two emergency funds. In a pair of tweets, she said she and her three-year-old son were displaying symptoms two weeks ago, and she tested positive after accessing tests through a primary care physician.
Apr 4 2020 — Global News — Millions in funding will be going towards programs for vulnerable Canadians like sexual assault and homeless shelters amid the COVID-19 crisis, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Saturday. Trudeau, who spoke to reporters at a press conference in Ottawa, said $40 million will be slated for women’s shelters and sexual assault centres across the country, […]
Apr 4 2020 — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is not looking at retaliatory measures after U.S. President Donald Trump told a manufacturer of medical masks not to export them to Canada. Trudeau said he would be speaking with Trump in the coming days and looking for a positive solution on the issue. He made the remarks in […]
Apr 4 2020 — Global News — Canada is set to receive “millions” of medical masks from China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Saturday. Trudeau made the comments from Rideau Cottage, where he is currently self-isolating.
Apr 3 2020 — Global News — Robert F. Kennedy‘s granddaughter and her son are missing after a canoeing accident in Chesapeake Bay on Thursday. Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and son Gideon, who is 8, reportedly “popped into a canoe” to retrieve a ball that landed in the water, husband David McKean explained to the Washington Post.
Apr 3 2020 — Amanda Connolly — Global News — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will release “in the coming days” its projections of how many people could die from the novel coronavirus pandemic in Canada. That comes as Ontario released its projections for a two-year time span for the pandemic and the potential for 1,600 Ontarians to be dead by the […]
Apr 2 2020 — David Akin — Global News — The federal government will automatically move the 2.1 million Canadians who have applied for employment insurance benefits since March 15 to the government’s Canada Emergency Response Benefit program, a move that could see many EI beneficiaries get more money every week. The move is being done by a government less concerned with elegant program design […]
Apr 2 2020 — Matthew Fisher — Global News — Nearly 60,000 of Canada’s 68,000 troops are now in isolation in advance of COVID-19 operations, Canada’s top soldier says. Many of them have been ordered to do so to be ready to deploy across Canada to assist civil authorities to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, said Gen. Jon Vance said in an interview Thursday with […]
Apr 2 2020 — Sam Cooper — Global News — On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not answer a question about whether Canadian leaders have received the same intelligence assessment reportedly given to the United States government that China has been intentionally concealing the extent of its coronavirus outbreak.
Apr 2 2020 — Global News — O.J. Simpson has shared his thoughts on the Netflix true crime docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. The former football player suspects that Tiger King subject Carole Baskin was involved in the disappearance of her ex-husband Don Lewis.
Apr 2 2020 — Michael Smyth — Global News — Pity the poor opposition politicians across Canada nursing a severe case of pandemic politics. Their collective challenge: how do they do what opposition parties are supposed to do — oppose and criticize the government — at the same time frightened Canadians look to those in power to protect them? As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to […]
Apr 1 2020 — Global News — Tiger King subjects Bhagavan “Doc” Antle and Jeff Lowe are speaking out after the release of Netflix’s seven-part docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. Antle, who runs Myrtle Beach Safari, spoke to TMX.news to clarify details that he claims the Netflix series got wrong or exaggerated.
Apr 1 2020 — Global News — Prince Charles shared a heartfelt message after coming out of self-isolation following his COVID-19 diagnosis. On Tuesday, Clarence House shared a video of the Prince of Wales discussing his recovery and how the novel coronavirus pandemic is affecting older members of the community.
Apr 1 2020 — Global News — The federal carbon tax is increasing on April 1 despite the economic pain the coronavirus pandemic is having on Canadian workers and businesses. That scheduled rise from $20 per tonne to $30 per tonne is in keeping with the plan to raise it by $10 per tonne each year until 2022. For consumers, that translates […]