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• Canadian passengers on coronavirus-stricken cruise ships hope to be home soon 03 Apr 2020 00:44 680News Passengers stranded aboard two COVID-19-stricken cruise ships said they’re finally hopeful their ordeal is nearing its end as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Thursday to ensure the Canadians would stay in isolation upon their return. Trudeau said a …
• On capitalism, the coronavirus pandemic and the next great crisis 03 Apr 2020 00:38 Rabble A new article in the Monthly Review by two epidemiologists, a disease ecologist and a PhD in human geography, provides significant political and economic context to the coronavirus pandemic that has been missing in mainstream media coverage. The article …
• 'Shocking' and 'indefensible': Feds should release national COVID-19 modelling information, experts say 03 Apr 2020 00:22 National Post Justin Trudeau’s reluctance to release projections that model the COVID-19 outbreak was called “indefensible” on Thursday. After several days of facing questions about releasing the models, the prime minister hinted on Thursday that Canadians would see …
• Mattawa receives $2.3M in flood relief 03 Apr 2020 00:21 North Bay Nugget Water from the Mattawa River pushes against a dike set up along Mattawan Street in Mattawa, May 10, 2019. Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli announced, Thursday, the province would provide the town with nearly $2.3 million in assistance to help offset the costs of …
• CP 02 Apr 2020 23:54 CBC An internal audit of outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's expenses has found he spent $18,000 a year of party money on private parochial school for four of his children. The special examination also determined Scheer spent party funds on hiring …
• New clinic for respiratory illnesses to open Monday 02 Apr 2020 23:54 CBC In an effort to divert mild to moderate COVID-19 patients away from family doctors and emergency rooms, a new clinic is opening to diagnose and treat people with respiratory illnesses in Ottawa. The new clinic, led by Queensway Carleton Hospital, opens on …
• Canadians had better brace themselves for an alarming new post-COVID economic world 02 Apr 2020 23:18 National Post Justin Trudeau’s reluctance to level with Canadians by releasing the government’s death-toll projections has understandably led to nervousness. Are the forecasts so bleak the prime minister is worried we can’t handle the truth? Yet key decision-makers …
• Local COVID-19 tally rises to 40; outbreak in Carleton Place 02 Apr 2020 23:14 Recorder and Times This handout illustration image created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the coronavirus, COVID-19. HANDOUT / CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL The number of area residents with COVID-19 rose to 40 on Thursday, with a third …
• Alberta couple helps stranded Canadians get home 02 Apr 2020 23:05 CBC After two weeks of worry, fear and frustration, hundreds of Canadian tourists are now on their way home from Peru. But many are critical of Ottawa's airlift effort, and say they might still be stuck in South America if it wasn't for the work of …
• Students raise concerns over CERB qualifications: ‘I see it as a deliberate exclusion’ 02 Apr 2020 22:50 CIHF Kathleen O’Brien is completing her final year of studies with the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. Her final exam is on April 17 and then she will officially graduate in May. But in order to become a practicing lawyer, O’Brien must first …