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Projections show between 3,000 and 15,000 could die from COVID-19 in Ontario
TORONTO - The steps the Ontario government has taken so far to limit the spread of COVID-19 have likely saved tens of thousands of lives, public health officials said Friday, but even with further act...
Apr 03, 2020
Feds to offer full-time work to all military reservists as part of COVID-19 response
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to offer full-time employment to all reservists in the Canadian Armed Forces until the end of the summer. The move is intended to make sure the military has...
Apr 03, 2020
With parks closed, Disney starts furloughs in 2 weeks
ORLANDO, Fla. - Saying they don't know when they'll be able to re-open many of their businesses with the coronavirus spreading, Walt Disney Co. officials announced they will start furloughing some wor...
Apr 03, 2020
Grassy Narrows signs deal with Ottawa on mercury poisoning treatment centre
OTTAWA - The federal government has signed an agreement with Grassy Narrows First Nation that will see a long-promised treatment centre for residents with mercury poisoning finally built in ...
Apr 03, 2020
Retail demand for beef products skyrockets, restaurant demand tanks
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Alberta and Canadian beef sector is continuing to see a unified message from cow-calf operators, feedlot associations, breeders, processors and marketing groups in response to t...
Apr 03, 2020 CHAT News File Photo
J.K. Rowling launches 'Harry Potter at Home'
Many schools across the world are out for the year -- but class is in session at Hogwarts.Author J.K. Rowling is trying to help make "home-schooling" a little more magical as millions spend most of th...
Apr 03, 2020 Associated Press File Photo
Member of Turkish band dies on 288th day of hunger strike
ANKARA, Turkey - A member of a popular folk music group that is banned in Turkey has died on the 288th day of a hunger strike protesting the government's treatment of the band, according to a post on ...
Apr 03, 2020
Northern residents embrace plan for unique beaded pin honouring COVID-19 workers
DAWSON CITY, Yukon - A made-in-Yukon initiative to celebrate front-line workers fighting COVID-19 is gaining momentum across the North. An administrative assistant at a health centre in Dawson Ci...
Apr 03, 2020
GST credit payments to low-income earners to arrive one month earlier
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will deliver more aid to low-income Canadians through the GST credit a month sooner than planned. The government initially announced the mone...
Apr 03, 2020
Tribeca Film Festival to proceed, in part, online
NEW YORK - The Tribeca Film Festival, postponed by the pandemic, is moving some elements of its annual New York event online. Tribeca organizers said Friday that much of its programming will be availa...
Apr 03, 2020