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Blaine Higgs tries to focus N.B. voters' attention on his COVID-19 response
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Progressive Conservatives delivered an election campaign announcement Wednesday about education, but not before Premier Blaine Higgs made a point of repeat...
Sep 02, 2020
Trudeau makes rounds in B.C.; says safe drug supply key to fighting overdoses
VANCOUER, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is moving forward "aggressively" on ensuring a safe drug supply amid an ongoing overdose crisis that's claimed more than 900 lives in B....
Sep 02, 2020
Statistics Canada preps new online inflation tool to better detail price impacts
OTTAWA - The national statistics agency is readying a new online tool to help Canadians track the impact of price changes on their spending during the pandemic. Statistics Canada already has a visuali...
Sep 01, 2020
Business rent aid to fall short of budget, PBO says as credit program expands
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals threw a credit lifeline to small businesses on the eve of rent coming due, extending a loan program as new figures showed a rent-relief effort is going to fall well ...
Aug 31, 2020
Federal deficit through June hits $120 billion, Finance Department says
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $120.4 billion during the first three months of its 2020-2021 fiscal year as the treasury pumped out aid to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Aug 28, 2020
Canadian economy posted record drop in Q2 due to pandemic
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy posted its steepest decline on record in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of non-essential businesses and slowed the economy t...
Aug 28, 2020 Statistics Canada building and signs are pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Canada says the economy posted its steepest decline on record in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of non-essential businesses and slowed the economy to a crawl. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canadian economy posted record drop in second quarter due to pandemic
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy suffered its worst three-month stretch on record in the second quarter as the economy came to a near halt in April before starting to recover in May and June. Statistics ...
Aug 28, 2020
Fitch Ratings issues new warning over federal spending, government debt
OTTAWA - A major global credit rating agency is issuing a new warning about federal debt that it says may become more difficult to tackle once the pandemic passes. Fitch Ratings downgraded Canada...
Aug 27, 2020
Macklem says central bankers must speak simply or risk losing public trust
OTTAWA - The head of the Bank of Canada made an international pitch to his fellow central bankers on Thursday to forge closer ties with average citizens to manage economic expectations through the pan...
Aug 27, 2020
Pandemic has brought Canada together, pushed Americans apart, poll suggests
WASHINGTON - Canadians believe the COVID-19 crisis has brought their country together, while Americans blame the pandemic for worsening their cultural and political divide, a new international pu...
Aug 27, 2020
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