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Watchdogs warn COVID-19 apps come with privacy risks to Canadians
OTTAWA - Privacy commissioners from across the country are warning of potential risks associated with government COVID-19 apps used to trace the movements of Canadians. Some provinces have already int...
May 07, 2020

Feds to partly cover 'top ups' for front-line workers on minimum wage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says th...
May 07, 2020

Trudeau says he does not share view that oil and gas sector is beyond saving
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not agree that oil and gas in Canada is dead. Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and Green parliamentary leader Elizabeth May both claim t...
May 07, 2020

Canadian farmers expect to plant more wheat, oats, corn for grain in 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Farmers across the country are busy getting their crops planted and have told Statistics Canada what to expect.While they are planning to plant more wheat, oats, and corn for grain th...
May 07, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta’s Colleges launch taskforce to support COVID-19 economic recovery efforts
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB - An economic recovery taskforce has been launched by Alberta's 11 Comprehensive Community Colleges (CCC).The taskforce will help local, provincial and federal governments, and indu...
May 07, 2020 The institutions represented in the taskforce (Photo courtesy GPRC)

Feds to partly cover 'top ups' for front-line workers on minimum wage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says th...
May 07, 2020

Federal wage top up and CFL head in the spotlight; In The News for May 7
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 May 7 ... --- CO...
May 07, 2020

Canadians trust doctors, scientists and government more since pandemic began
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests the COVID-19 pandemic has given Canadians almost absolute trust in doctors. The Proof Strategies annual trust index is usually completed in January but when Canada went ...
May 07, 2020

Nintendo marks profit jump as people stay home amid pandemic
TOKYO - Japanese video-game maker Nintendo Co. scored a 33% jump in annual profit, as people stuck at home turn to playing games. Kyoto-based Nintendo, which did not break down quarterly numbers, said...
May 07, 2020

Greyhound Canada to shut down temporarily all bus routes as ridership plunges
TORONTO - Greyhound Canada is temporarily slamming the brakes on all of its busing routes and services as ridership plummets amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The transportation company says starting May 13...
May 07, 2020