Month: April 2020

Many Canadian dairy farmers are being asked to dump raw milk amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to a decline in overall demand for key dairy products. While grocery stores have seen sales of dairy products soar as consumers engaged in panic-buying, the widespread closure of restaurants, coffee shops and cafeterias across Canada has…

Click:how to cook bacon in air fryer The number of COVID-19 cases in prisons is rising, prompting Canada’s criminal lawyers and an inmate advocacy group to call on the federal and provincial governments to reduce the number of people in the institutions. The number of cases jumped from 21 to 35 on Wednesday at four…

MONTREAL — A crowdfunding campaign to support a Quebec security guard allegedly injured by a driver angry about Walmart’s social distancing policies has been suspended after new details about the incident emerged. Sherbrooke police said that Philippe Jean had refused to let both Nacime Kouddar and his girlfriend into the store on Saturday, as only…

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians Thursday that the current social distancing and self-isolation measures may be in place for another year and half, telling the public it will have to remain vigilant for another 12 to 18 months. “What I am saying is until there is a vaccine available, the reality of…

OTTAWA — When Premier Stephen McNeil told Nova Scotians to “stay the blazes home” Friday, some people heard a stern, coronavirus-related public service announcement — others heard a song. Jon Landry, front man for the Halifax-based rock band The Stanfields, said he was watching McNeil’s press conference with his wife, Shannon, when they heard the…

OTTAWA — Kim Troy feels forgotten by the federal government. For the past 13 years, the Edmonton resident has run a daycare in her home. She works 10 hours a day looking after other people’s young children. She feeds them, crafts with them; nothing in her daily routine has changed. Except, the number of children…

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned to Parliament Hill Wednesday to attend a cabinet meeting after nearly a month in self-isolation. The prime minister has been working from his Ottawa home at Rideau Cottage since his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, tested positive for COVID-19 on March 12. She has since recovered from the respiratory…

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government says 23 Canadians were being held at federal quarantine sites as the week began to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The newly released figure, the most current available, provides a glimpse into how the federal government is using its considerable powers under the Quarantine Act in an effort to contain…

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal wage subsidy program for employers hit by COVID-19 will have looser standards than previously announced. After speaking with stakeholders and workers, Trudeau says his government is ready to refine the parameters of some of the emergency aid programs announced in recent days and weeks. “We want…

OTTAWA — Even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knows moist is a gross word. During his daily press conference outside his Ottawa home at Rideau Cottage Tuesday, after reiterating that he’s no medical expert, Trudeau advised Canadians to respect physical-distancing rules and to avoid “speaking moistly” with others. Trudeau uttered the horrendous phrase after being asked…