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Canada Ranked Top Twenty in World’s Safest Countries in the COVID-19 Era

Deep Knowledge Network group has released a list of world’s safest countries during COVID-19 era. According to Deep Knowledge Network group, the report is based on 130 quantitative… Read more »

Trudeau Says China Made ‘Obvious Link’ Between Meng and Two Michaels

Trudeau Says China Made ‘Obvious Link’ Between Meng and Two Michaels

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Chinese officials it made clear in the days following their arrests of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor that their imprisonments were linked with Canada’s detaining… Read more »

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Alberta’s Top Baby Names for 2019

51,598 babies were born in Alberta in 2019 including 26,328 boys and 25,270 girls. When it comes to naming baby girls in Alberta, it seems no one can… Read more »

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Via Rail to Require Passengers to Wear Face Masks Starting June 23rd

Via Rail says passengers will be required to wear masks as of Tuesday to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 when physical distancing can’t be maintained. The… Read more »

Canada Launches Made-In-Canada Contact Tracing App; Ready for Testing in Ontario

Canada Launches Made-In-Canada Contact Tracing App; Ready for Testing in Ontario

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a made-in-Canada mobile app to alert Canadians who may have been exposed to a person infected with COVID-19 is ready for testing in… Read more »

Statistics Canada Says Wholesale Sales Posted Record Plunge in April

Statistics Canada Says Wholesale Sales Posted Record Plunge in April

Wholesale sales in Canada fell by a record 21.6 per cent to $49.8 billion in April, led by a plunge in the motor vehicle and motor vehicle… Read more »

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June 18: Canada’s COVID-19 Caseload Surpasses 100,000

Canada has officially recorded more than 100,000 cases of COVID-19 across the country. The 173 new cases of COVID-19 reported today in Ontario, one of two provinces at… Read more »

Experts: Providing for Aging Loved Ones Requires Knowledge of Resources Including Tax Credits

Experts: Providing for Aging Loved Ones Requires Knowledge of Resources Including Tax Credits

Canada Revenue Agency lists 134 different types of medical expenses that are eligible to reduce taxable income.

Jasper National Park Says Charges Possible If People Exit Vehicles Near Wildlife

Jasper National Park Says Charges Possible If People Exit Vehicles Near Wildlife

Jasper National Park says visitors must stay in their vehicles when viewing wildlife on roads. Officials in the Alberta park have issued a notice of restriction, which will be in… Read more »

Canada Buying 140,000 Blood Tests to Begin Immunity Testing of COVID-19

Canada Buying 140,000 Blood Tests to Begin Immunity Testing of COVID-19

Blood samples collected from tens of thousands of Canadians will soon be tested for signs of COVID-19 antibodies as the federal government seeks to learn how many people have already contracted the novel coronavirus.

Researchers Crack Mystery of the Missing Dinosaur Eggs

Researchers Crack Mystery of the Missing Dinosaur Eggs

Researchers believe they have cracked the mystery of why the fossilized eggs of only a few types of dinosaurs have been found. Hatched eggshells from the common snapping turtle, seen in an undated handout photo, which researchers say are similar to the eggshell of certain dinosaurs. Researchers say that Protoceratops and Mussaurus eggs would have looked very similar to these snapping turtle eggshells after hatching.

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List of Parks Canada National Parks Open for Camping From June 22

Parks Canada is allowing camping from June 22 at 31 national parks and national historic sites across the country. New online reservations for some campgrounds will be… Read more »

Tiff Macklem: Bank of Canada Has No Immediate Intentions to Raise Interest Rates

Tiff Macklem: Bank of Canada Has No Immediate Intentions to Raise Interest Rates

Canada’s new top central banker says the Bank of Canada has no intention to raise interest rates given the current economic circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic…. Read more »

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CERB Extended: $500-A-Week COVID-19 Benefit to Be Extended Eight Weeks

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government’s signature benefit for people whose jobs have vanished amid the COVID-19 pandemic will be extended by eight weeks. The Canada… Read more »

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Garth Brooks to Hold Concert at Select Drive-In Theatres Across Canada

Country Superstar Garth Brooks has announced that he will be hosting a live show that will be simulcast across 300+ drive-in theatres across North America on June… Read more »

May Home Sales up Compared With April, but Still Well Below Year-Ago Level

May Home Sales up Compared With April, but Still Well Below Year-Ago Level

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in May regained some of the ground they lost when they hit a record low in April, but remained… Read more »

Canadian Expert Says He Is Confident COVID-19 Vaccine Is Months, Not Years Away

Canadian Expert Says He Is Confident COVID-19 Vaccine Is Months, Not Years Away

One of Canada’s preeminent infectious disease experts says he is confident a vaccine for COVID-19 will be ready in months, not years. Dr. Gary Kobinger, director of the Research… Read more »

Cineworld Terminates $2.8-Billion Takeover of Cineplex

Cineworld Terminates $2.8-Billion Takeover of Cineplex

International movie theatre chain Cineworld PLC says its deal to buy Cineplex Inc. for $2.8 billion is off, claiming that “certain breaches” of the contract were made by the Canadian… Read more »

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Statistics Canada Says Key Household Debt Ratio Rose to 176.9 per cent in the First Quarter

Statistics Canada says a key measure of household debt rose in the first quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold of the economy. The agency says… Read more »

Bell Media Pulls Jessica Mulroney Series After Dispute With Influencer

Bell Media Pulls Jessica Mulroney Series After Dispute With Influencer

Bell Media pulled Jessica Mulroney’s reality series “I Do, Redo” off the air Thursday after the celebrity stylist was accused by Sasha Exeter of threatening the Toronto… Read more »

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Known Fraudsters Targeting CERB for Wrongful Benefits, Commons Committee Told

Harsh penalties for defrauding the Canada Emergency Response Benefit are needed because organized crime and identity thieves are trying to scam the program, a House of Commons… Read more »

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Alberta Licence Plates Become Targets for COVID-19 Fears in Some B.C. Towns

A British Columbia mayor says his community has embarked on a COVID-19 kindness campaign to counter concerns about animosity after reports of rudeness towards people driving vehicles with out-of-province… Read more »

Transat CEO Demands Financial Aid From Ottawa to Give Refunds to Passengers

Transat CEO Demands Financial Aid From Ottawa to Give Refunds to Passengers

The head of Transat AT is calling on government for financial support so the travel company can refund passengers whose flights were cancelled due to the COVID-19… Read more »

Immigration Application System Set for Massive Revamp in Wake of COVID-19

Immigration Application System Set for Massive Revamp in Wake of COVID-19

The federal Immigration Department says the “new normal” that will emerge after the pandemic requires a revamp of the technology used to handle millions of applications a year.