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Large business, non-profits, charities all eligible for wage subsidy, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says large and small businesses, non-profits and charities will all be eligible for a 75 per cent subsidy on wages meant to cushion the blow from the COVID-19 pa...
Mar 30, 2020 Image Credit: Government of Canada
US pending home sales trended higher before virus outbreak
BALTIMORE - Americans signed more contracts in February to buy homes, but the gains are likely relics of a moment before the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy spiraling into a likely recessio...
Mar 30, 2020
Dubai Expo 2020 recommends postponing a year amid virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai's Expo 2020 should be postponed to next year over the new coronavirus pandemic, local organizers recommended Monday, pushing back a world's fair that the sheikhdom ...
Mar 30, 2020
As feds help businesses, charities seek help to keep services running
OTTAWA - Canada's charities say they have begun laying off staff and their services, which are usually in high demand during economic downturns, are being shut down as the sector feels the f...
Mar 30, 2020
CFL postpones the start of training camps due to COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO - The CFL has postponed the start of training camps due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The league announced the move in a statement and didn't provide an indication of when camps might open.Some roo...
Mar 30, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 9:25 a.m. Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting its first death from COVID-19. The Department of Health and Community Se...
Mar 30, 2020
Red Bull's Marko says he proposed F1 coronavirus camp
VIENNA - Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko has proposed holding a training camp where Formula One drivers could get infected by the new coronavirus - an idea rejected by the team. Marko told Au...
Mar 30, 2020
Sports make political point for Belarus amid virus outbreak
MINSK, Belarus - With most sports around the world shutting down because of the coronavirus pandemic, longtime Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is proudly keeping soccer and hockey arenas open. ...
Mar 30, 2020
Longtime soap opera actor John Callahan dies at 66
LOS ANGELES - Actor John Callahan, known for playing Edmund Grey on "All My Children" and also starring on other soaps including "Days of Our Lives," "Santa Barbara" and "Falcon Crest," has died. He w...
Mar 30, 2020
City at centre of China's virus outbreak gradually revives
WUHAN, China - Shopkeepers in the city at the centre of China's virus outbreak were reopening Monday but customers were scarce after authorities lifted more of the anti-virus controls that kept tens o...
Mar 30, 2020
