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Analysis
Canadians want to know how bad this could get. Is anyone ready to tell us?
In his recent public statements about the pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken to using the language of war — appropriate for describing a threat so deadly and so fast-moving. But Canadians need more than metaphors. They need information.
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Aaron Wherry
Politics ||
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Ottawa nurse says pandemic panic has left her homeless
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Catherine Cullen
Politics ||
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Canada and the U.S. are implementing the non-essential travel ban in very different ways
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Elizabeth Thompson
Politics ||
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Reservists will be ready to fight COVID-19 in about a week, defence source says
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Murray Brewster
Politics |
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Idled industrial plants seen as an untapped source of protective equipment for health workers
A grassroots lobby made up of family members of frontline health care workers in Quebec is driving a campaign to get protective equipment from idled industrial plants into hospitals coping with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Murray Brewster
Politics ||
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Analysis
Like everything else in the pandemic plan, Morneau's economic package is chasing a moving target: Chris Hall
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic "unprecedented" and "the largest economic program in Canada's history." But he was far less conclusive Wednesday when asked just how long his government expects this package of wage subsidies and income support will be needed.
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Chris Hall
Politics ||
CBC Explains
What you need to know about the new COVID-19 emergency wage subsidy
Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced Wednesday a plan to backstop much of the Canadian economy through wage subsidies to prop up struggling businesses — and the workers they employ — during the COVID-19 crisis.
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
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Ottawa 'likely did not have enough' protective gear stockpiled: Hajdu
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Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
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Wear masks if you want — but keep up the hand-washing and physical distancing, say Tam and Hajdu
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Peter Zimonjic
Politics ||
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Trudeau to recall Parliament to unlock billions of dollars more in COVID-19 emergency aid
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Kathleen Harris
Politics ||
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INTERACTIVE
Air pollution eases in 4 Canadian cities as pandemic measures keep people home
David Thurton
Politics ||
Canadian suppliers won't have N95 masks ready for months, forcing government to look abroad
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Scott Anderson
Investigates ||
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THE LATEST
Canadian officials say isolation orders will be in place 'for a long time'
Canada ||
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'Out of time': How a pandemic and an oil crash almost sank Newfoundland and Labrador
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David Cochrane
Politics ||
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Canada's airline, tourism sectors facing 'catastrophic' decline due to COVID-19 pandemic
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
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New stats reveal massive plunge in cross-border movement between Canada and the U.S.
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Alexander Panetta
World ||
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Bill Blair asks prison, parole heads to consider releasing some inmates to stop spread of COVID-19
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Kathleen Harris
Politics ||
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Trudeau, Scheer, Singh among MPs to donate pay hike to charities during COVID-19 crisis
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Joan Bryden
Politics ||
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Revised NAFTA will not take effect on June 1, as Trump had hoped
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Janyce McGregor
Politics ||
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Analysis
'We are all in this together': Will Trudeau's actions match his words?
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Aaron Wherry
Politics ||
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Made-in-Canada ventilators, masks, test kits coming soon: Trudeau
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Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
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U.S. has dropped idea of placing troops near Canadian border: official
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Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
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6 flights set to repatriate Canadians stuck in India due to COVID-19
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Karin Larsen
Canada -British Columbia |
Some health experts questioning advice against wider use of masks to slow spread of COVID-19
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Evan Dyer
Politics ||
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Courts scramble to modernize to keep the system working in a pandemic
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Olivia Stefanovich
Politics ||
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Analysis
Partisan divisions on COVID-19 exist in Canada but they're deeper — and more dangerous — in the U.S.
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Éric Grenier
Politics ||
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Manitoba First Nations ask defence minister to set up military hospital
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Murray Brewster
Politics |
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Ralph Goodale appointed special adviser on Canada's response to downed Iranian flight
Canada -Saskatchewan ||
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