Students Left Out Of CERB And Other Benefits Look For Income Help From Feds
Ally Lecky was surprised when she learned she wasn’t covered by the Canadian government’s COVID-19 emergency benefit. Last summer, the fourth-year Queen’s University physical education student worked two serving jobs. She made over $5,000, so she assumed she would qualify for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). But because she hasn’t lost her current source…
Quebec Walmart Employee Allegedly Hit By Driver Angry About COVID-19 Policies
SHERBROOKE, Que. — A Walmart security guard from southern Quebec was fighting for his life on Sunday morning after being struck and dragged by a driver who was allegedly enraged by social distancing policies aimed to curb the spread of COVID-19, local police said. Police in Sherbrooke, about 150 kilometres east of Montreal, said the incident…
Ontario Will Run Out Of Protective Health-Care Gear In A Week: Ford
TORONTO — Ontario will run out of personal protective equipment for health-care workers in one week, Premier Doug Ford said Monday, as he and other top officials pressed the United States to ease restrictions on cross-border shipments. A combination of delays in global shipments and the White House compelling U.S. manufacturers of equipment such as masks…
240K Canadians Apply For Emergency Relief Benefit Within 1st Few Hours
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says 240,000 people successfully applied for emergency relief amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the first few hours after the federal government opened the process this morning. Only people with birthdays in the first three months of the year can apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) today, with…
Rob Gronkowski Endorses CBD, Downplays Patriots Return
Former New England Patriots star tight end Rob Gronkowski is getting into the CBD business. Gronkowski implored the sports world to open up to using CBD to help athletes recover from pain and injuries in a much-hyped announcement about the “next chapter” of his career that turned out to be a free advertisement for the…
Gaithersburg Pastor Tried To Rape Girl, Blamed Her Demons: Police
GAITHERSBURG, MD — A Gaithersburg pastor is behind bars after police say he welcomed a young girl into his church, tried to rape her, and then blamed her demons for enticing him. Octavio Cantarero — the pastor at Iglesia Pentecostal Principe De Paz — was charged with a fourth-degree sexual offense (sexual contact), sexual abuse…
VIDEO. Aux Pays-Bas, un archipel d’îles artificielles construit pour restaurer la biodiversité
#AlertePollutionRivières ou sols contaminés, déchets industriels abandonnés… Vous vivez à proximité d’un site pollué ?Cliquez ici pour nous alerter !C’est l’une des plus grandes opérations de restauration de la nature en Europe. Sur le lac Markermeer aux Pays-Bas, un archipel de cinq îles artificielles est construit depuis 2016 afin de restaurer la biodiversité de la…
Deux publicités signées Wes Anderson [VIDEO]
Un sous-marin, des familles zinzins, plein de couleurs et des bruits bizarres… Pas de doute, on est dans l’univers de Wes Anderson ! Mais il s’agit de publicités, réalisées par l’auteur de “La Vie aquatique” et diffusées pendant la dernière Cérémonie des Oscars. En attendant de découvrir son nouveau long métrage, Moonrise Kingdom, dans les…
Anti-fraud fun
Anti-fraud fun From European Voice's Entre-Nous column 12/15/10, 9:02 PM CET Updated 4/23/14, 9:07 PM CET A new man at the helm of OLAF. As foretold on this page, the European Commission has duly appointed Giovanni Kessler, a former Italian anti-mafia prosecutor, now a member of Italy’s parliament, as the director-general of OLAF, the EU’s…
Europe’s big problems in 2020
2019 was the year that multiple European governments collapsed, Boris Johnson crushed his opponents with a promise to “Get Brexit done” and a 16-year-old from Sweden rallied environmental protests across the Continent. As the calendar clicks over into January 2020, POLITICO’s editors predict the major tensions that will shape the coming year. Spoiler: The outlook isn’t rosy…