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Air Canada to lay off 20,000 workers as pandemic collapses travel industry

15-05-2020 23:43 via cbc.ca

Air Canada plans to lay off at least 20,000 employees as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the airline industry.

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Air Canada to ask flight attendants to reduce hours, take leave or resign: union memo

15-05-2020 23:43 via cbc.ca

An internal bulletin to members from the Canadian Union of Public Employees says Air Canada will ask workers to slash their schedules, go on leave for up to two years or resign with travel privileges.

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Hong Kong leader rejects protesters' call for independent probe after review clears police

15-05-2020 23:08 via cbc.ca

The Beijing-backed leader of Hong Kong on Friday ruled out an independent inquiry into allegations of police brutality against pro-democracy protesters, though she did accept a watchdog's recommendations on tear gas and training.

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9 P.E.I. communities to have new signs in Mi'kmaq language

15-05-2020 22:00 via cbc.ca

Nine communities across P.E.I. will soon have heritage signage in a new language: Mi’kmaq.

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Different pay methods for urban vs. rural deliveries unfair, says Canada Post union

15-05-2020 21:00 via cbc.ca

With all the online ordering going on during the pandemic Canada Post is extremely busy delivering parcels, and CUPW says the way some carriers are being compensated for those deliveries is unfair.

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Two Canadian soldiers serving in Quebec nursing homes test positive for COVID-19

15-05-2020 18:42 via cbc.ca

Two Canadian soldiers have contracted coronavirus while serving in Quebec nursing, according to a veterans advocate who has been tracking the pandemic deployment.

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5 soldiers serving in Quebec, Ontario nursing homes test positive for COVID-19

15-05-2020 18:42 via cbc.ca

Five Canadian Forces soldiers have been infected with the novel coronavirus while serving in Quebec and Ontario nursing homes — four in Quebec and one in Ontario — the Department of National Defence confirms.

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5 Canadian soldiers serving in Quebec, Ontario nursing homes test positive for COVID-19

15-05-2020 18:42 via cbc.ca

Five Canadian soldiers have been infected with the novel coronavirus while serving in Quebec and Ontario nursing homes — four in Quebec and one in Ontario — the Department of National Defence confirms.

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Scheer wants in-person Parliament to resume on May 25, demands a fiscal update

15-05-2020 18:03 via cbc.ca

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said today Parliament should reconvene on May 25 for regular in-person sittings.

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U.S. narrows down candidates in major push for COVID-19 vaccine

15-05-2020 17:51 via cbc.ca

President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. government would invest in all the top coronavirus vaccine candidates and said a list had been narrowed to 14 promising possibilities with a plan to narrow further.

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U.S. considering dozens of candidates in push for COVID-19 vaccine

15-05-2020 17:51 via cbc.ca

The U.S. government plans to stockpile hundreds of millions of doses of vaccines that are under development to combat the novel coronavirus, with the goal of having one or more vaccines ready to deploy by the end of the year, the country's health secretary said on Friday.

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B.C. announces part-time, voluntary return to school June 1

15-05-2020 16:33 via cbc.ca

B.C. Premier John Horgan says some children will start to return to classrooms on a part-time, voluntary basis beginning June 1. Horgan said the gradual reopening will pave the way for a return to full-time classes in September.

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Trudeau expected to provide more details on COVID-19 wage-subsidy program extension

15-05-2020 15:47 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to reveal more details about how much longer the emergency wage-subsidy program will be extended for to help employers facing plummeting revenues due to pandemic measures.

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More details coming on COVID-19 wage-subsidy program extension

15-05-2020 15:47 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to reveal more details about how much longer the emergency wage-subsidy program will be extended for to help employers facing plummeting revenues due to pandemic measures.

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Emergency COVID-19 wage-subsidy program extended until end of August

15-05-2020 15:47 via cbc.ca

The government's emergency wage-subsidy program will be extended until the end of August to help employers keep their workers on the payroll during the coronavirus pandemic, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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Emergency COVID-19 wage subsidy program extended to end of August

15-05-2020 15:47 via cbc.ca

The government's emergency wage subsidy program will be extended to the end of August to help employers keep their workers on the payroll during the pandemic, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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Ozone layer deal may have led to new contaminant problem, researchers say

15-05-2020 15:43 via cbc.ca

A landmark environmental agreement that helped close the ozone hole in the 1990s has led to new chemical contaminants forming in the atmosphere and accumulating on land, researchers say.

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COVID-19 pushed Canadian home sales to their lowest level for April since 1984

15-05-2020 15:38 via cbc.ca

Canada's residential real estate market plunged dramatically last month, as the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 pushed buyers and sellers to the sidelines.

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Canadian home sales had their worst April in 36 years, but prices holding steady for now

15-05-2020 15:38 via cbc.ca

Canada's residential real estate market plunged dramatically last month, as the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 pushed buyers and sellers to the sidelines.

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Gen Z and millennial Canadians are really digging gardening right now

15-05-2020 15:30 via cbc.ca

Mary, Mary, quite contrary: how does your garden (centre) grow? Gardening has grown in popularity so much that one seed company had to temporarily halt online sales to deal with the backlog of orders. So why are many younger Canadians suddenly interested in growing their own food?

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OPINION | Alberta 'war room' selling positive oilpatch pitches, but investors aren't buying

15-05-2020 15:00 via cbc.ca

Alberta's government-sponsored "war room" apparently failed to make an impression on Norway's $1-trillion US sovereign wealth fund, which announced this week it had divested its investments in four Canadian energy companies.

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Slovenia is 1st in Europe to call an end to its coronavirus epidemic

15-05-2020 13:48 via cbc.ca

The Slovenian government late on Thursday called an official end to its coronavirus epidemic, becoming the first European country to do so, after authorities confirmed fewer than seven new coronavirus cases each day for the past two weeks.

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OPINION | For Alberta, the potential of geothermal energy is clear, if it's done right

15-05-2020 13:00 via cbc.ca

The failure to launch a robust geothermal sector in the province, despite decades of discussion, points to real barriers that need to be addressed if Alberta wants to capitalize on this clean growth opportunity.

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Chief, mother say 'discriminating' travel bans make Sask. northerners feel like 'caged animals'

15-05-2020 12:06 via cbc.ca

Residents of northern Saskatchewan say the way the provincial government has gone about its COVID-19 travel bans and highway checkpoints has led them to feel alienated and like they can't be trusted during the pandemic.

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Hudson's Bay Company has 350 years of history — but does it have a future?

15-05-2020 12:00 via cbc.ca

May 2 should have been an epic 350th birthday party for one of the longest continuously running companies in the world. Instead, HBC's iconic department stores were shuttered because of COVID-19. As it reopens, analysts are questioning the company's future as it navigates a complex post-pandemic retail environment.

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Hospital procures half a million N95 masks from China in 'wild west' style deal

15-05-2020 12:00 via cbc.ca

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, with supply chains strangled, Windsor Regional Hospital CEO David Musyj says attempts to secure N95 masks on the global market felt like a 'drug deal.'

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Middle and high school students to process lobster after temporary foreign worker ban

15-05-2020 10:30 via cbc.ca

With lobster processing set to begin Sunday, desperate New Brunswick seafood plants are turning to high school and even middle school students to fill the gap left by temporary foreign workers.

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Middle and high school students in N.B. to process lobster amid temporary foreign worker ban

15-05-2020 10:30 via cbc.ca

With lobster processing set to begin Sunday, desperate New Brunswick seafood plants are turning to high school and even middle school students to fill the gap left by temporary foreign workers.

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With Ontario courses set to open, here's how golf has changed as province eases restrictions

15-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Golf has been given the green light in Ontario, with courses set to open on Saturday. But the need to physical distance during the pandemic means some changes are being made to the grand old game.

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Why Canada should ban the sale, ownership of handguns

15-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

There is no conceivable reason why an ordinary person needs a handgun, writes Tony Keene.

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Veterans advocates lament sudden departure of ombudsman Craig Dalton

15-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

With all due respect to the people of Lethbridge, a lot of people in the veterans community were gobsmacked when the federal veterans ombudsman — the person tasked with looking out for their welfare — decided halfway through his term to become a city manager in the southern Alberta municipality.

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There's a lot of buzz about 'green' hydrogen, but actual projects are slow in coming

15-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the promise of 'green' hydrogen, Elon Musk's attitude to the COVID-19 lockdowns and what the federal government is doing to protect killer whales.

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Rail safety expert warns of more mountain crashes due to faulty brakes if Transport Canada doesn't act

15-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

The Transportation Safety Board warned this week that standard rail inspections are missing a majority of brake defects and called on Transport Canada to come up with a better system to ensure brake safety, but an ex-TSB director says the regulator has known about the problem for years.

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Mixed messages, frustration with lockdowns fuel some skepticism about pandemic

15-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Skepticism about the coronavirus pandemic is not widespread, but psychologists say there are several reasons some people have doubts - including inconsistent messaging about public health measures and frustration with prolonged shutdowns of the economy.

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Is it safe to borrow library books? Your COVID-19 questions answered

15-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

We're answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to [email protected] and we’ll answer as many as we can. We’ll publish a selection of answers every weekday online, and also put some questions to the experts during The National and on CBC News Network.

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COVID-19's devastating toll on Montreal's poorest neighbourhoods

15-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Sony Innocent, 39, who died in his apartment while paramedics donned protective equipment outside, is likely one more victim of the coronavirus, which is ravaging his Montréal-Nord neighbourhood — and of the stark health inequalities the pandemic is revealing.

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COVID-19's devastating toll on families in Montreal's poorest neighbourhoods

15-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Sony Innocent, 39, who died in his apartment while paramedics donned protective equipment outside, is likely one more victim of the coronavirus, which is ravaging his Montréal-Nord neighbourhood — and of the stark health inequalities the pandemic is revealing.

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‘Big companies getting bigger’: The post-pandemic future of retail

15-05-2020 06:00 via cbc.ca

We're still a long way away from getting back to the pre-pandemic normal. As shutdowns drag on in some cities across North America, some business owners are starting to close up shop for good. Today, the owner of the Storm Crow Tavern in Vancouver on why he gave up one bar to save his two others. And, writer Derek Thompson with the Atlantic on how the pandemic now could change retail - and by extension, urban streetscapes - going forward.

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The politics of pandemic spending | At Issue

15-05-2020 04:28 via cbc.ca

The At Issue panel discusses the political and economic costs of the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis and the calls for more fiscal transparency. Plus in this extended edition, the panellists look at the concerns about fraudulent CERB claims.

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Lufthansa prepares to resume flights to Canada in June

15-05-2020 02:35 via cbc.ca

Lufthansa plans to offer three weekly non-stop flights from Toronto to Frankfurt and back starting on June 3, officials with the German airline say.

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Decisions about Indigenous ceremonies lie with community leaders, says Trudeau

15-05-2020 02:08 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has responded to concerns about police attending a traditional ceremony at a Saskatchewan First Nation over compliance with a public health order, for which Premier Scott Moe says there should be no exceptions.

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Liberal finance chair says government hasn't been clear enough about risks of pandemic benefit fraud

15-05-2020 00:22 via cbc.ca

The Liberal chair of the Commons finance committee says the federal government hasn't been clear enough with Canadians about the sanctions they could face for improperly receiving the COVID-19 emergency response benefit — and Ottawa should do more to actively discourage bogus applicants.

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