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Airports now a challenging 'Petri dish' for officials trying to prevent spread of virus
OTTAWA - For one traveller returning to Toronto from Vietnam, the way officials handled arrivals to Canada was startling when compared to strict COVID-19 guidelines in the southeast Asian country...
Mar 24, 2020
Environment groups, churches, unions ask oil bailout for families, not companies
Some Canadian organizations are asking the federal government to focus any bailout of the oil industry on workers and families, not corporations. The request comes in an open letter to Prime Mini...
Mar 24, 2020
Preparing for battle: Doctor on front lines shares how health-care is changing
TORONTO - Each morning when Dr. Seema Marwaha is preparing for work, she thinks about her husband, her 15-month-old son and the possibility she could bring home a dangerous virus. Like health-care pro...
Mar 24, 2020
Provinces tighten freedoms, police get help from citizens in fight against COVID-19
MONTREAL - Police forces in Canada are getting extra powers, more flexibility and even help from citizens reporting on one another as governments seek to enforce decrees aimed at stoppi...
Mar 24, 2020
One in five Canadians think COVID-19 pandemic blown out of proportion: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests one in five Canadians weren't taking the deadly COVID-19 pandemic seriously as recently as last weekend.In a Leger poll conducted between Friday and Sunday, 16 per cent of...
Mar 24, 2020
Parliament to debate emergency spending and government powers in COVID-19 fight
OTTAWA - The House of Commons sits today to deal with an emergency bill to spend billions of dollars to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and cushion some of its economic harms. The opposition parties have ...
Mar 24, 2020
Thailand decrees state of emergency to control coronavirus
BANGKOK - Thailand's prime minister says his government has agreed to declare a state of emergency to implement stricter measures to control the coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ...
Mar 24, 2020
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
BEIJING - Chinese authorities are lifting a lockdown in most of its virus-hit Hubei province. People who are cleared will be able to leave the province after midnight Tuesday. The city of Wuhan, where...
Mar 23, 2020
Tories won't give feds unilateral powers to spend, borrow, tax during health crisis
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says his party will not give the Trudeau government "a blank cheque" to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis. While Conservatives are prepared to ...
Mar 23, 2020
Clippers name Kyler Kovich team captain for 2020-21 season
NANAIMO - The Clippers have unveiled their captain for the next BCHL season.18-year-old Kyler Kovich will wear the 'C' in his third campaign in Nanaimo.Kovich will be one of a handful of Clippers to b...
Mar 23, 2020 Heading into his third season in Nanaimo forward will become the Clippers captain. The 18-year-old is looking forward to is excited for the opportunity to wear the 'C'. (Gary Dorland)