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Easing restrictions and ; In The News for May 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 4 ... --- CO...
May 4, 2020
Provinces must give emotional support to returning students: education advocates
VANCOUVER - Bored and isolated students are spending too many hours online and some have started using more substances, but all students will need extra emotional support ...
May 4, 2020
B.C. rally calls for safe release of prisoners
MISSION, B.C. - A justice advocacy group says it wants prisoners at a federal institution in British Columbia ravaged by a COVID-19 outbreak to know there are people in the community fighting for...
May 3, 2020
Fort McMurray cleans up from flood on anniversary of 2016 wildfire evacuation
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - As residents of Fort McMurray continued to assess their flood-damaged homes and businesses and began the difficult task of cleaning them this weekend, they also marked the ...
May 3, 2020
12 new COVID-19 cases reported in Sask, 8 of those split between North and Far North regions
Saskatchewan is reporting 12 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. Eight of those are in the northern areas, with four cases in the North region and another four in the Far North region.Both nort...
May 3, 2020 COVID-19. (Canadian Press file photo).
High school grads-to-be grapple with possible ceremony cancellations
Urmila Persaud spent months picturing herself walking across a stage to collect her high-school diploma in front of friends and family. But the COVID-19 pandemic has replaced that vision with a big qu...
May 3, 2020
Trudeau: NHL players would need to follow quarantine before season could resume
The NHL could face another hurdle if the league decides to continue the 2019-20 season in the near future - getting non-Canadian resident players across the border to join their respective t...
May 3, 2020
Trudeau says legislation on municipal handgun bans coming
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government plans to move ahead with legislation letting municipalities ban handguns within their borders, though he isn't giving a timeline. The Trudeau...
May 3, 2020
Feds investing in online health-care, Vancouver company studying COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is investing millions to boost online access to health services and to support a Vancouver biological company's research into treatment and prevention of COVID-19. Prim...
May 3, 2020
Lawsuits over COVID-19 handling in nursing homes raise questions about standard of care
TORONTO - As the deadly toll of COVID-19 on Canada's nursing homes gives rise to a growing number of proposed class-action lawsuits, some legal experts say the cases will turn on what's considere...
May 3, 2020