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Mandatory quarantines to apply to returning travellers, Freeland says

Mandatory quarantines to apply to returning travellers, Freeland says

Federal government repackages EI support benefit for workers affected by novel coronavirus

Federal government repackages EI support benefit for workers affected by novel coronavirus

Unemployed Canadians anxiously awaiting federal COVID-19 help

Unemployed Canadians anxiously awaiting federal COVID-19 help

Britain's Prince Charles tests positive for new coronavirus

Britain's Prince Charles tests positive for new coronavirus

Potential coronavirus treatment granted rare disease status

Potential coronavirus treatment granted rare disease status

Worst case scenario: Saskatchewan officials preparing for thousands to die

Worst case scenario: Saskatchewan officials preparing for thousands to die

Health authority said its plan's 30 per cent infection figure comes from modelling by other jurisdictions and is based on a worst case scenario of the virus spreading rapidly with no action to stop it.
Newspaper publishers in Quebec, Atlantic Canada laying off nearly 400 employees

Newspaper publishers in Quebec, Atlantic Canada laying off nearly 400 employees

Conservatives hold up speedy passage of emergency COVID-19 aid package

Conservatives hold up speedy passage of emergency COVID-19 aid package

Nearly 7,000 employees to depart WestJet as airlines continue to curb operations

Nearly 7,000 employees to depart WestJet as airlines continue to curb operations

It is not laying off any pilots after the Calgary-based carrier reached a deal with the Air Line Pilots Association to reduce flying hours, the company said.
Bombardier furloughs 12,400 workers, halts plane and rail production in Canada

Bombardier furloughs 12,400 workers, halts plane and rail production in Canada

"We give ourselves two weeks to relaunch everything," said Bombardier spokesperson Olivier Marcil. "The supply chain will have to adapt."
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