Tag: COVID-19
U.S. President and First Lady both test positive for COVID-19
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and his wife Melania had tested positive for COVID-19 and were going into quarantine, upending...
COVID-19 and crime
New data from some of Canada’s biggest police forces show major COVID-19 lockdowns across much of the country in the spring led to a...
Keep politics out of it and let’s get the economy re-started
One wonders when exactly the coronavirus pandemic and the government’s response became a partisan issue. But that’s exactly what it has become. It seems...
Are you ‘overwhelmingly’ satisfied with the Trudeau Government?
A recent Macleans poll revealed 7 out of 10 Canadians are “overwhelmingly satisfied” with the Trudeau government’s response to the coronavirus.(True North)
Big government failed in COVID-19 pandemic
Contrary to myth, Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been an argument in favour of big government but a savage indictment of it.(Toronto...
Logic seems to have escaped many in Canada
Earlier this week, B.C. Premier John Horgan announced that all returning travellers to B.C. must demonstrate they can self-isolate or they’ll be escorted somewhere...
St. John’s funeral home a COVID-19 ‘mini-epicentre’ after more than 60...
Shannon Fleming and Edward Tobin died on the same day just two weeks ago in St. John’s, N.L.
Fleming died 12 days shy of her...
MP’s pass emergency aid bill after overnight compromise
OTTAWA - The COVID-19 Emergency Response Act passed third reading in the House just before 6 a.m. EDT Wednesday after significant delays caused by...
RCMP warn COVID-19 related scams are on the rise
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) is reporting scammers are setting up websites to sell bogus products, and using fake emails, texts, and social media...
Getting a handle on COVID-19’s economic fallout
The coronavirus crisis is complicated by the unusual state of panic that has possessed much of the world, and by the somewhat divergent concerns...
