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Homeless vulnerable to COVID-19 need help from governments: advocates
VANCOUVER - Homeless people staying in close quarters at shelters, tent cities and warming centres are especially at risk for COVID-19, says a community advocate who is working to ensure&nbs...
Mar 17, 2020

Homeless vulnerable to COVID-19 need help from governments: advocates
VANCOUVER - Homeless people staying in close quarters at shelters, tent cities and warming centres are especially at risk for COVID-19, says a community advocate who is working to ensure&nbs...
Mar 17, 2020

Ottawa to soon detail fiscal response to COVID-19 economic shock
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expected to soon announce the federal government's plan to help workers affected by COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that the det...
Mar 17, 2020

Ottawa to soon detail fiscal response to COVID-19 economic shock
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau is expected to soon announce the federal government's plan to help workers affected by COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that the det...
Mar 17, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic brings out the best in many Canadian communities
On a weekend when many Canadians were getting themselves ready to weather the COVID-19 pandemic, Jennifer Teufel-Shatilla was figuring out how to help others do so. Armed with hand sanitizer and disin...
Mar 17, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic brings out the best in many Canadian communities
On a weekend when many Canadians were getting themselves ready to weather the COVID-19 pandemic, Jennifer Teufel-Shatilla was figuring out how to help others do so. Armed with hand sanitizer and disin...
Mar 17, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic brings out the best in many Canadian communities
On a weekend when many Canadians were getting themselves ready to weather the COVID-19 pandemic, Jennifer Teufel-Shatilla was figuring out how to help others do so. Armed with hand sanitizer and disin...
Mar 17, 2020

Distilleries using high-proof alcohol to make hand sanitizer
NEW TRIPOLI, Pa. - A Pennsylvania distillery owner who grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of hand sanitizer has decided to do something about it: He's temporarily converting his ...
Mar 17, 2020

Military faces limitations in responding to virus outbreak
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is already helping combat the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and is considering ways to do more. But the military faces limits. Its health care system is geared mo...
Mar 16, 2020

Trump changes tone, gets real on virus threat
WASHINGTON - He called on the country to come together. He warned of pain to come. And he deferred to the nation's public health experts while at least momentarily putting aside petty squabbling. Afte...
Mar 16, 2020