Credit to Author: Anya Zoledziowski| Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:59:34 +0000
Youth between 15 and 24 were hit the hardest as the national unemployment rate increased by 2.2 percent in March and now sits at 7.8 percent, said Statistics Canada on Thursday.
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Credit to Author: Anya Zoledziowski| Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 12:56:57 +0000
The revelations come after calls for more transparency surfaced las week. Plus, Justin Trudeau is expected to announce more financial aid for students, unemployed on Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: Anya Zoledziowski| Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000
Homeless people could be forced to urinate and defecate in public—which can increase COVID-19 risk for everyone.
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Credit to Author: Anya Zoledziowski| Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0000
Homeless people could be forced to urinate and defecate in public—which can increase COVID-19 risk for everyone.
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Credit to Author: Anya Zoledziowski| Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:37:54 +0000
COVID-19 subsidies make up the “largest economic program in Canada’s history,” the prime minister told reporters on Wednesday, as confirmed infections increase to more than 8,500.
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Credit to Author: Anya Zoledziowski| Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 18:02:06 +0000
So far, Canada’s coronavirus cases are doubling at a slower rate than elsewhere, and hospitals are not yet overwhelmed.
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Credit to Author: Anya Zoledziowski| Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 12:39:16 +0000
Plus, the Bank of Canada is slashing interest rates, all Service Canada centres are shutting down, citing COVID-19 fears, and Donald Trump drops his plan to militarize the U.S.-Canada border.
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Credit to Author: Anya Zoledziowski| Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:55:41 +0000
The Canadian government called border militarization “entirely unnecessary.”
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Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 01:25:21 +0000
“How are people going to find places to rent with social distancing and all the restrictions?” — Tommy Thomson, who has to be out the apartment he shares with his husband on April 1
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Credit to Author: Anya Zoledziowski| Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:29:54 +0000
The Liberals are expected to table legislation that allows them to make economic decisions quickly during the COVID-19 crisis, while Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to slash hydro rates.
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