Premier Doug Ford urged Ontarians not to let their guard down for a second amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced 3M Canada would produce personal protective equipment, including N95 masks, at an expanded facility in Brockville. Ford called the announcement, first reported Thursday by CBCContinue Reading
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced changes to the Ministry: Chrystia Freeland, currently Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, becomes Minister of Finance. She will also remain Deputy Prime Minister. Minister Freeland had a long career working for major publications such as the Financial Times and TheContinue Reading
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) helps employers who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic to keep workers on their payroll or bring back previously laid-off employees. To ensure that Canadian workers and businesses are in a better position as our economy safely re-opens, the Government has recently implementedContinue Reading
A Red Deer, Alta., physician died Monday after he was attacked in an examination room at the Village Mall walk-in clinic. RCMP said one man is in custody and the major crimes unit has taken over what police called “an active homicide investigation.” “I’m sickened to learn that a member ofContinue Reading
North York, ON – On Monday, Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, Prabmeet Sarkaria and Don Valley North MPP, Vincent Ke and the Premier of Ontario Doug Ford hosted a virtual roundtable to hear from the small business community in North York and surrounding areas on how to respond to COVID-19 and helpContinue Reading
Ontario has reported fewer than 100 new daily cases of COVID-19 for two straight days, the Ministry of Health said this morning. Because of the holiday long weekend, figures for both Sunday and Monday were provided at the same time. Sunday saw 88 newly-confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus, whileContinue Reading
The federal government will provide provinces and territories with more than $19 billion in funding with some of that money earmarked for helping municipalities that have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement during a news conference in Ottawa on Thursday afternoon with PremierContinue Reading
The City of Toronto has saved hundreds of millions of dollars through a series of cuts but still faces a shortfall of $1.35 billion and may have to implement a series of “grim strategies” to balance its budget as early as later this summer, Mayor John Tory says. The cityContinue Reading
The federal government is for the second time extending its program to subsidize wages in companies hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, this time until at least December. But the government is being warned it may have to move the end date into 2021. The program is the heart ofContinue Reading
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will unveil plans to move forward to the next stage of the province’s reopening plan on Monday, CTV News Toronto has learned. Ford will make the announcement during his daily press briefing at Queen’s Park. CTV News Toronto has also learned Ontario will enter Stage 3Continue Reading
