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Concerns raised about COVID-19 quarantine rules for migrant workers
OTTAWA - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is raising concern about temporary foreign workers arriving in Canada to work on farms, saying he believes the quarantine rules for these wor...
Apr 11, 2020
35 new COVID-19 cases reported in BC; health officials urge residents to avoid unnecessary long weekend travel
VICTORIA - According to provincial health officials, there have been 35 new positive COVID-19 cases confirmed since Friday, for a total of 1,445 cases in B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henr...
Apr 11, 2020 (Image Credit: BC Government)
Week in Review — Week of April 6, 2020
Welcome to Week in Review.This week, healthcare workers resort to rationing masks, as nursing staff are asked to make them last.Where, and how to access medical advice during a pandemic.And a visitor ...
Apr 11, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Key events in Canada since WHO declared the COVID-19 pandemic
Saturday marks one month since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Here are some key developments for Canada since then: March 11: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pro...
Apr 11, 2020
Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave dies at age 25 after suffering brain bleed
TORONTO - Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died Saturday after suffering a brain bleed earlier this week.He was 25.The Oilers confirmed Cave's death with a statement from his family."I (Emily, Cave'...
Apr 11, 2020
Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave dies at age 25 after suffering brain bleed
TORONTO - Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died Saturday after suffering a brain bleed earlier this week. He was 25. The Oilers confirmed Cave's death with a statement from his family...
Apr 11, 2020
Singh calls for universal access to CERB
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he wants the government to lift all criteria for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to allow any Canadian who is in financial distress due to COVID-...
Apr 11, 2020
New York City schools closed for rest of year amid pandemic
New York City's 1.1 million-pupil public school system will be closed for the rest of the school year as the city struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Saturday...
Apr 11, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Cabin fever is turning ‘calm and kind’ into snarky and jealous
CABIN FEVER HAS SET IN as we sit chafing at home this long weekend and it's yielding some unattractive results.Despite all the friendly, kind and caring advice to each other in earlier weeks on how to...
Apr 11, 2020 Image credit: Miroslava Chrienova, Pixabay.
Swiss prosecutors intend to drop 1 FIFA case against Blatter
GENEVA - In a legal victory for former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, federal prosecutors in Switzerland plan to drop one of two cases open against him for suspected criminal mismanagement. The Swiss at...
Apr 11, 2020
