Month: March 2020

Keep up with the latest updates on the coronavirus at our live blog. President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had finally taken a test for the coronavirus, after he was near multiple people who had tested positive for it. UPDATE: The White House confirmed late Saturday that Donald Trump tested negative for COVID-19. Trump…

Click:Round Tea Packaging Machine EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney on Tuesday banned all gatherings of more than 50 people — including weddings and funerals — as he declared a state of public emergency due to the COVID-19 outbreak. His government also called off a fee fight with doctors that physicians have called an intolerable distraction…

TORONTO — Ontario health officials confirmed the province’s first death in a patient with COVID-19 on Tuesday, hours after Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency. The 77-year-old man in the Muskoka region was a close contact of another positive case and wasn’t listed a confirmed case before he died, rather he was under investigation for the…

Click:Feather hair extension TORONTO — Dave Auger’s dream restaurant was days away from its one-year anniversary when he had to lay off its entire staff, including himself — more than 20 people. 817 Sports Bar & Grill in Toronto was already operating on a skeleton crew after all major sports leagues suspended their seasons due…

TORONTO — About half of Ontario’s newest cases of COVID-19 can be traced to travel to the United States, public health authorities said Monday. The news comes on the same day the federal government announced stricter border measures — that still allow American citizens to cross into Canada.  “Basically, the numbers are going up very rapidly,”…

Emily Golem wasn’t nervous about the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic when she boarded a plane to Morocco late last week for an ocean-side yoga retreat.  That Thursday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told reporters that families should continue with their March break travel plans and “enjoy themselves.” There were no cases in the African country,…

OTTAWA — The deadlines for the Conservative leadership race will remain fixed, the party said Monday, over the objections of several contenders who say the rapid spread of COVID-19 demands a new approach. The June 27 election for the next party leader has been thrown into flux by the rapidly evolving crisis brought on by…

MONTREAL ― Marijuana retailers in many parts of the country are reporting a spike in sales as customers stock up ahead of potential sales disruptions during the COVID-19 outbreak. And they may not be wrong; Canada’s largest cannabis company on Tuesday announced it is temporarily shutting all its retail locations and focusing on online sales.…

Les dirigeants des pays du G7 vont débloquer “immédiatement”  une aide d’urgence d’au moins 20 millions de dollars pour soutenir les pays touchés par les incendies qui ravagent l’Amazonie, a annoncé lundi 26 août Emmanuel Macron. “C’est peu par rapport aux 80 000 départs de feu”, réagit Anne Bringault, responsable transition écologique à Réseau Action Climat,…

“Il faut croire que le drame similaire survenu dans la vallée de l’Ourika, en 1995, n’aura pas servi de leçon. Les inondations survenues dans cette vallée du Haut Atlas s’étaient soldées par le lourd bilan (officiel) de plus de 60 morts, quand l’oued qui traverse l’Ourika avait tout emporté dans sa crue. Un scénario dramatiquement…