Month: May 2020

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led a united call for global co-operation at a major United Nations meeting Thursday aimed at mitigating the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. And UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tacitly endorsed Canada’s ability to convene larger groups of countries to serve the greater international good — […]

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TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says investors who are more worried about profit than people’s lives should sell their stakes in nursing home companies.  Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey The premier made the comments Thursday during his daily COVID-19 pandemic update in Toronto.  Watch:   BNN Bloomberg reporter David George-Cosh asked Ford what investors […]

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TORONTO ― Slashed interest rates and a widespread economic shutdown ate into second-quarter profits at Canada’s major banks, with financial institutions saying deep wells of cash are needed to protect themselves from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Big Six have collectively allocated about $10.9 billion in provisions for credit losses ― money set […]

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MONTREAL ― Members of Canada’s real estate and mortgage lending industries have lashed out at the head of the country’s government-run mortgage insurer for a forecast they say is far too pessimistic. Evan Siddall, CEO of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), told a parliamentary finance committee last week that he expects the Canadian Real […]

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being pressured by some of his own Liberal backbenchers to implement enforceable national standards for the operation of long-term care homes in Canada. The pressure came Thursday from five Toronto-area Liberal MPs, whose ridings are home to some of the facilities that have been devastated by COVID-19. And […]

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is making another plea to Justin Trudeau’s federal government in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. But rather than asking for support for the oil and gas industry, building a pipeline or cleaning up orphan wells, this time it’s about hockey. Specifically, for support to help Edmonton become one of two […]

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James Cameron et Sigourney Weaver se sont fendus de quelques déclarations concernant les suites d’ “Avatar” : au réalisateur les questions techniques, à l’actrice les révélations sur son personnage… Click Here: Cheap France Rugby Jersey Le 24 images/seconde est mort… pour James Cameron, en tout cas. Le réalisateur vient d’affirmer sa préférence pour le 60 […]

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The world’s a place of horrorsBecause each man thinks he’s right—Loudon Wainwright III As a teen, I loved spending time in musical-instrument shops. Now, with exceptions, the experience is reliably depressing. Last Saturday was exemplary: I walked into my local supermarket of sound to buy a set of guitar strings, and was at once assaulted […]

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