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2 Ontario LTC operators got $157M in COVID-19 aid. They also paid $74M to shareholders

This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during the first...

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Distillers scrambled to make hand sanitizer for free. Then the federal government moved on

This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during...

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Indigenous tourism group paid CEO $25K bonus days after it was tasked to distribute COVID-19 relief funds

This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during...

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Provinces should adopt surveillance testing to battle COVID-19, long-term care home review says

One of the largest operators of Canadian seniors’ residences and long-term care homes is calling for provinces to adopt widespread surveillance testing as...

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Not even the COVID-19 crisis can hold back Christmas shoppers with ‘savings hoard’ to unload

Boarded-up shop fronts and well-publicized cries of pain from retailers might leave you thinking the pandemic is the Grinch that stole Christmas shopping....

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Tracking the not-so-clear trail of $240B in federal COVID-19 spending

This story is part of The Big Spend, a CBC News investigation examining the unprecedented $240 billion the federal government handed out during...

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Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Sunday

The latest: Quebec, Ontario and Alberta report record increase in new cases Saturday. Chief public health officer warns of ‘long road ahead,’ despite upcoming vaccine rollout. Manitoba...

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Singer’s live performance in computer-generated nightclub could be a model for concerts in a COVID world

How’s this for a pandemic performance: a Vancouver singer recently gave a live concert at a downtown supper club to an estimated 4,000...

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Manitoba First Nations disproportionately hit by COVID-19 with 11 deaths, 625 cases in past week

COVID-19 continues to disproportionately affect First Nations people in Manitoba, with 625 new cases and 11 deaths related to the illness in the past...

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Canada reaches grim milestone of 400,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases

The latest: Long-term care workers, residents should be first in line for COVID-19 vaccine, committee says. Quebec reports 1,345 new COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths, day after province cancels plans to allow...

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Federal COVID Alert app wasn’t working for some users for much of November

The developers of Canada’s COVID Alert app fixed a glitch last week that left some users without exposure notifications for much of November. An update to...

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Cold weather brings wet masks and other pandemic-related challenges

There is a COVID-19 vaccine on the horizon. But first, winter.  We’ve been hearing the warnings for weeks. It’s going to be a...

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Why some travellers get permission to cross the Canada-U.S. border and others don’t

Kim Zavesky is desperate to return to her home in Golden, B.C. After retiring last year, she and her husband — both Americans...

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Alberta planning COVID-19 field hospitals for 750 patients, internal document shows

An internal Alberta government document shows the province has been planning for more than a week to set up indoor field hospitals to...

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On the edge of a bleak pandemic winter, Freeland offers a vague plan for recovery

The central metaphor of Chrystia Freeland’s speech to the House of Commons on Monday was seasonal. “We know the winter ahead will be...

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Families say valued possessions still missing years after bank emptied their safety deposit boxes

If there’s one thing Sheila Levy-Bencheton took for granted, it’s that the safety deposit box her father rented from a big bank was...