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Bail considerations, releases need to adapt to COVID-19 threat, lawyers say
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Olivia Stefanovich
Politics ||
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Opinion
COVID-19 is helping to unite Canadians like nothing else in years - and we'll need unity for what's to come
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Peter Loewen
Canada ||
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PODCAST
Party Lines April 9 episode : To project, or not to project?
Politics |
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Trudeau says physical distancing has been 'effective' — but it's not clear when pandemic will peak
The federal government doesn't know when the COVID-19 caseload will peak in Canada, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that the country's physical distancing efforts are making a difference.
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Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
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Video
Power & Politics April 8 : PM Trudeau says 30,000 ventilators on the way
Power & Politics speaks to Procurement Minister Anita Anand about the government's efforts to secure critical personal protective equipment and other needed medical supplies. Also on the show, the U.K. High Commissioner to Canada and the president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions.
Politics |
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Updated
More help on the way for youth, businesses taking financial hit from COVID-19: PM
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced more measures to support businesses and young Canadians taking a financial hit from the global pandemic — while Conservatives warn of catastrophic consequences if the money doesn't get out the door soon.
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Kathleen Harris
Politics ||
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Number of COVID-19 cases reported in Indigenous communities more than doubles
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Jessica Deer
Indigenous |
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23 Canadians being held at federal quarantine sites, government says
Politics ||
Postal workers' union raises concerns about safety of Amazon workers
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Peter Zimonjic
Politics ||
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Ottawa boosts student job wage subsidy to 100% as March unemployment data expected to shatter record
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Pete Evans
Business |
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Analysis
Pandemic equipment snarls will rewrite Canada's definition of national security needs, say experts
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Murray Brewster
Politics ||
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Air Canada to rehire 16,500 laid-off workers with help of federal government's wage subsidy
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Pete Evans
Business |
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Canada's plan for COVID-19 international aid just beginning, minister says
Elise von Scheel
Politics ||
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Analysis
Yes, we can have a 'virtual' Parliament — but we shouldn't get used to the idea
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Aaron Wherry
Politics ||
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Doctors, nurses demand government fill 'unacceptable' gaps in protective gear on front lines
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Kathleen Harris
Politics ||
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Deputy foreign affairs minister tests positive for COVID-19
Politics |
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Canada's top doctor says she'll wear a mask when physical distancing isn't possible
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
Updated
Masks and COVID-19: When, how and why you'd wear them
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Emily Chung
Health ||
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Canada working to produce up to 30,000 ventilators domestically: Trudeau
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Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
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Nearly 1M Canadians applied for emergency COVID-19 benefits on Day 1
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Kathleen Harris
Politics ||
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Outpouring of support after COVID-19 fears leave Ottawa nurse homeless
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Catherine Cullen
Politics ||
'Cast aside': Student job seekers say they've been forgotten in federal pandemic plan
David Thurton
Politics ||
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Global lockdowns might reduce CO2 emissions but won't halt climate crisis, scientists say
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Nicole Mortillaro
Technology & Science ||
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Opinion
Scheer is a zombie Opposition leader for the zombie apocalypse
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Kory Teneycke
Opinion ||
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Ottawa reports progress in talks with U.S. over medical supplies as 3M strikes deal to send masks to Canada
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Catharine Tunney
Politics ||
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Canada's top doctor says non-medical masks can help stop the spread of COVID-19
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
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Technical glitch stalls some emergency loans for stranded Canadians
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Bonnie Allen
Canada |
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