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Residential tenants, landlords face dilemma as rent comes due on April 1
As the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ripples across Canada, another wave may crest within the week as rent comes due for residential tenants. April 1 is a pressing deadline for tenants...
Mar 25, 2020
Canada to help world's poor cope with COVID-19, amid UN appeal: aid minister
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada will spend millions to help the world's most desperate people fight COVID-19 because it is in the country's long-ter...
Mar 25, 2020
Patients bumped by COVID face anxiety, as health system searches for alternatives
HALIFAX - For Canadians awaiting life-changing operations, the novel coronavirus is creating deepening distress as cancellations and delays roll through the public health system. Fifteen-year-old...
Mar 25, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on March 25, 2020: There are 2780 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. - Quebec: 1013 confirmed (including 4...
Mar 25, 2020
Good deeds, spirit of sharing spreads amid pandemic panic purchasing
VANCOUVER - While panicked shoppers have been buying stores out of toilet paper and flour stocks, two tables have appeared on streets in the Vancouver area stacked with essential items and a sign that...
Mar 25, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 3 a.m. Members of Parliament are close to voting on a deal that would see a unanimous approval for a COVID-19 bill delive...
Mar 25, 2020
Gunmen attack Sikh religious gathering in Kabul, killing 4
KABUL - Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan's minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of Kabul's old city on Wednesday, killing at least four people, a Sikh lawmaker said...
Mar 24, 2020
Asian shares jump after Dow sees biggest gain since 1933
BANGKOK - Shares advanced in Asia on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its best day since 1933 as Congress and the White House neared a deal on injecting nearly $2 trillion of...
Mar 24, 2020
Man fined $10K for cutting down tree holding bald eagle nest in Comox
COURTENAY - A stiff fine was levied against a man responsible for cutting down a tree in Comox which destroyed an active bald eagle's nest.Russel Frederick Vida, 54, pleaded guilty to the March 5, 201...
Mar 24, 2020 Russell Frederick Vida was convicted after pleading guilty to cutting down a tree home to a bald eagle's nest in Comox. The case was resolved recently in provincial court in Courtenay following the March 5, 2019 incident. (BC Conservation Officer Service)
Federal Court rules in favour of injured veteran's class-action suit
OTTAWA - Thousands of injured veterans could be in line for payments from the federal government after a Federal Court ruled in favour of a former special-forces soldier whose class-action lawsuit all...
Mar 24, 2020