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Learning to live with COVID-19 requires permanent fixes to vulnerable settings
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says stopping COVID-19 and any future outbreaks will require not only a permanent increase to how often we wash our hands, but a rethinking of how we...
Apr 27, 2020

Farmers markets looking for ways to stay afloat during the pandemic
Canada's farmers markets, traditionally reliant on bustling crowds paying cash for locally produced food, seem particularly ill-suited to the age of physical distancing. But those in the ind...
Apr 27, 2020

COVID-19 spreads in homeless shelter, WHO seeks funds; In The News for April 25
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 25 ... ---...
Apr 27, 2020

Hayley Wickenheiser and Ryan Reynolds hear N.S. rampage widower's plea for PPE
Two famous Canadians have heard a man's plea to protect Nova Scotian health-care workers like his wife who was killed in a murderous rampage. Hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser tweeted Friday that...
Apr 27, 2020

Volunteers use 3D printers to make personal protective equipment during pandemic
TORONTO - Groups of volunteers across Canada are using 3D printers to produce personal protective equipment and other essential supplies at a breakneck speed - an effort some say could have a lasting ...
Apr 27, 2020

N.S. mass murder shows the public threat of domestic violence, say experts
Before blazing a trail of carnage across Nova Scotia, the man behind one of Canada's worst mass killings attacked his longtime girlfriend - a story domestic violence experts say is eerily familiar. Po...
Apr 27, 2020

Mixed messages as Ontario, Quebec prepare to unveil tentative plans to reopen
OTTAWA - Residents of Canada's two largest provinces are expected to learn this week what the path to a new normal might look like when the governments of Ontario and Quebec unveil their ini...
Apr 27, 2020

NBA 2K League to start third season May 5 with at least six weeks of remote play
The NBA 2K League's third season, whose original March 24 tipoff was delayed by the global pandemic, will start May 5. The esports campaign will open with at least six weeks of remote game play, the l...
Apr 27, 2020

Fake injury, glitches: Madrid Open tennis tries COVID gaming
So here's a dose of realism - or surrealism - for the first video game tournament of the coronavirus pandemic involving professional tennis players: A match supposedly was postponed Monday because of ...
Apr 27, 2020

Businesses can now apply for wage subsidy
Close to 10,000 businesses across Canada have already applied for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy since it opened this morning, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau."Whether you're a charity that empl...
Apr 27, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (The Canadian Press)