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LIVE: Trudeau announces $1.1B for COVID-19 research strategy

LIVE: Trudeau announces $1.1B for COVID-19 research strategy

Federal government looking to develop coronavirus vaccine in Canada; Trudeau confirms military support in Ontario long-term care homes
COVID-19: Make an effort to videochat with the older adults in your life during isolation

COVID-19: Make an effort to videochat with the older adults in your life during isolation

Video chats can ease social isolation for older adults, who will likely have to engage in physical distancing longer than the general population
COVID-19: Uncertain fall ahead for colleges and universities as pandemic continues

COVID-19: Uncertain fall ahead for colleges and universities as pandemic continues

The president of Colleges and Institutes Canada said schools will need more resources to improve the quality of their courses if they are forced to move all of them online
COVID-19: Ticketmaster's TicketWeb among portals selling access to cancelled concert dates

COVID-19: Ticketmaster's TicketWeb among portals selling access to cancelled concert dates

Ticketmaster has already faced backlash for how its handled customers affected by COVID-19 cancellations
COVID-19: WestJet announces 3,000 layoffs and domestic flight cancellations

COVID-19: WestJet announces 3,000 layoffs and domestic flight cancellations

The company said it will remove some 600 daily flights from its schedule between May 5 and June 4
COVID-19: Four reasons why play is vital for kids during isolation

COVID-19: Four reasons why play is vital for kids during isolation

Adults sometimes trivialize play when we say children are ‘just playing’ or when we use play as a reward for when the so-called ‘real work’ is done
ONTARIO: Preparing for 'heartbreaking' COVID-19 outcomes at long-term care homes

ONTARIO: Preparing for 'heartbreaking' COVID-19 outcomes at long-term care homes

'We understand this is heartbreaking, but it is important that we communicate the circumstances as we know them so that you may consider and decide in advance what measures might be acceptable to you should your loved one suffer from COVID-19 or require hospitalization'
WORLD: How are negative oil prices even possible? Oil crash explained

WORLD: How are negative oil prices even possible? Oil crash explained

Oil prices have plunged into negative territory due to the glut created by the COVID-19 global economic shutdown
ONTARIO: Barrie Colts coach finishes chemo, hopes to be back behind the bench this fall

ONTARIO: Barrie Colts coach finishes chemo, hopes to be back behind the bench this fall

'There's some tough days, but you know what? You wake up and when you see that sun come up over the rise, it's a privilege'
COVID-19: Pandemic raises question: Is it time for a basic income?

COVID-19: Pandemic raises question: Is it time for a basic income?

Economic havoc wreaked by the coronavirus has led some to ask whether it’s time for a basic income.