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Large business, non-profits, charities eligible for wage subsidy, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says large and small businesses, non-profits and charities will all be eligible for a 75-per-cent subsidy on wages meant to cushion the blow from the COVID-19 pa...
Mar 30, 2020
Trudeau says he's 'proud' Canadians stepping up to challenge of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a measure of satisfaction from early indications that Canada's COVID-19 caseload is not on the same trajectory as that in the United States. While the ...
Mar 30, 2020
CHL coaches ponder what could have been after cancellation: 'Everybody lost'
Jim Hulton's lasting image of the 2019-20 season is a bus ride to nowhere. The head coach and general manager of the Charlottetown Islanders was travelling with his team for a pair of Quebec Major Jun...
Mar 30, 2020
Cruise ships carrying Canadians on the move toward Florida
Two cruise ships carrying nearly 2,700 passengers and crew, including 248 Canadians are on the move after being stranded off the coast of Panama following the deaths of four passengers ...
Mar 30, 2020
Macy's to furlough majority of its 130,000 workers
NEW YORK - Macy's will furlough a majority of its 130,000 workers with its stores dark. The company on Monday said it is transitioning to an ''absolute minimum workforce" needed to maintain basic oper...
Mar 30, 2020
Federal wage subsidy will be based on revenues lost, not number of employees
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed more details this morning on the wage subsidy announced last week.Trudeau said that if a business will be eligible if revenue has decreased by at least 30 per ce...
Mar 30, 2020
US pending home sales trended higher before virus outbreak
BALTIMORE - Americans signed more contracts in February to buy homes, but the gains are likely relics of a moment before the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy spiraling into a likely recessio...
Mar 30, 2020
Doctors say now is not the time for health-care changes
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A large group of concerned Alberta doctors has sent a letter to Premier Jason Kenney and Health Minister Tyler Shandro regarding proposed changes set to take place on April 1. The d...
Mar 30, 2020 CHAT News File Photo
Dubai Expo 2020 recommends postponing a year amid virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai's Expo 2020 should be postponed to next year over the new coronavirus pandemic, local organizers recommended Monday, pushing back a world's fair that the sheikhdom ...
Mar 30, 2020
As feds help businesses, charities seek help to keep services running
OTTAWA - Canada's charities say they have begun laying off staff and their services, which are usually in high demand during economic downturns, are being shut down as the sector feels the f...
Mar 30, 2020