Canada - Coronavirus COVID-19

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Service Canada to shut down all in-person centres over coronavirus concerns

Border towns in Canada ‘petrified’ by possibility of U.S. easing coronavirus measures

Coronavirus: Netflix lowers video quality in Canada as demand on bandwidth surges

Coronavirus: Canada Goose to start making medical gear for health-care workers

New report to outline potential fiscal, economic cost of coronavirus in Canada

Coronavirus: Okanagan snowbirds adapt to self-isolation upon return to Canada

Coronavirus: Canadian troops in Ukraine to return home, be replaced by smaller force

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Canada ramps up asset buying to backstop coronavirus-slammed economy

 

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Ontario:

Coronavirus: Oshawa, Ont., grocery store employee diagnosed with COVID-19 dies in hospital

Coronavirus: Ontario college sends respiratory therapists to work ahead of schedule

Coronavirus: Liquor licensed Ontario bars, restaurants can sell alcohol with takeout and delivery food

Coronavirus: Ontario woman seen in Peru news report sparks international act of compassion

 

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Quebec:

Coronavirus: Quebec public health officials closely monitoring situation in Côte Saint-Luc

Coronavirus: RV-driving snowbird expelled from two Quebec grocery stores | Montreal Gazette

Quebec clothing company sees rise in online shopping amid coronavirus pandemic

 

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BC:

Looking to help? B.C. will now match volunteers with isolated seniors

Liquor stores across B.C. see record sales during coronavirus pandemic

B.C. economy devastated by coronavirus pandemic | Vancouver Sun

Coronavirus: B.C. confirms 66 new cases, no new deaths

B.C. launches new 211 service to connect seniors, volunteers during coronavirus pandemic

Increased coronavirus cases spark B.C.-wide burning restrictions - Victoria News

Coronavirus: Health officials confirm case on Calgary to Kamloops WestJet flight

 

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Alberta:

‘Please stay home’: Alberta hospital workers plead with public amid COVID-19 pandemic

Alberta’s food supply chain remains strong, no need to panic buy: officials

Alberta looks to challenges ahead three weeks after COVID-19 arrived | Calgary Herald

Coronavirus: Alberta emergency isolation support website offline due to ‘high volume of traffic’

Coronavirus: Alberta students, parents adjust to class work being done online

Open houses banned, new safety measures recommended amid COVID-19 pandemic: Alberta Real Estate Association

Nearly 7,500 surgeries across Alberta postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic

Alberta truckers’ association asks you to #thankatrucker amid coronavirus outbreak

 

[Tadpole12]

There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas - Rush

 

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Ontario,

Worker at McDonald’s in Whitby tests positive for COVID-19

 

[LadyL]

did everyone get that emergency alert?

just got an emergency alert in Ontario, Canada that is usually used for amber alerts telling all returning travellers to go straight home, do not shop, do not visit, isolate for 14 days

 

[Bravo]

did everyone get that emergency alert?

just got an emergency alert in Ontario, Canada that is usually used for amber alerts telling all returning travellers to go straight home, do not shop, do not visit, isolate for 14 days

No we didn't get it and I know we live close to you. My cell is shut off but Husbands is on. TV is on American Dish. Did it come over the telly?

 

[dyannaON]

Hope this is allowed.
I haven’t got through to EI. I’m just going to wait and apply for the CERB benefit.

 

[dyannaON]

did everyone get that emergency alert?

just got an emergency alert in Ontario, Canada that is usually used for amber alerts telling all returning travellers to go straight home, do not shop, do not visit, isolate for 14 days

I was the chosen one to venture outside. I haven’t been out in over a week. I swear I had spies on me when that alert went out. I’m like I just need egggggssss. Lol.

 

[LadyL]

No we didn't get it and I know we live close to you. My cell is shut off but Husbands is on. TV is on American Dish. Did it come over the telly?

no cell phone

 

[Tadpole12]

did everyone get that emergency alert?

just got an emergency alert in Ontario, Canada that is usually used for amber alerts telling all returning travellers to go straight home, do not shop, do not visit, isolate for 14 days

Ya, I was busy for a bit and just checked the phone,
and ya.

 

[Tadpole12]

Hope this is allowed.
I haven’t got through to EI. I’m just going to wait and apply for the CERB benefit.

Ya, dig the Mr Rogers vibe.

 

[Sillybilly]

B.C. ‘cautiously optimistic’ about COVID-19 forecast, but warns hospitals could still be overwhelmed

B.C.’s top doctor says she is optimistic that social-distancing measures put in place are helping to “level off” the spread of the novel coronavirus, but warns hospitals could still be overwhelmed by a rapid increase in cases.

[...]

According to provincial data, B.C.’s transmission rate has dropped from 24 per cent to 12 per cent due to physical distancing and travel restrictions.

“That tells us we are cautiously optimistic. We are levelling off,” Henry said.

[...]

 

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Ontario:

Ontario announces 135 new cases of coronavirus - CityNews Toronto

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-coronavirus-friday-lcbo-1.5512014

135 new Covid-19 cases confirmed in Ontario, provincial tally now at 993

Coronavirus: Ontario’s ‘watered-down’ list of essential workplaces mostly symbolic, expert says

Coronavirus: Premier Doug Ford pleads for city residents to avoid rural cottages, properties

Coronavirus: Up to 3,250 ventilators ready to be deployed in Ontario, officials say

Ontario government issues emergency alert on COVID-19 due to coronavirus pandemic

 

[pugmom]

Hey guys...just checking in. We are up to 11 cases here in PEI now...102 in Newfoundland. A lady in my parent's town (in Newfoundland) has gotten arrested...twice....for breaking self isolation....twice. School here on PEI has been pushed back to May 11th at the earliest. We were supposed to resume on April 6th, but I wasn't going to send my daughter back that early...it's way too soon.
I had to take a little mental health break...the reality of all this got a little too heavy for me. I hope you all are doing well.

 

[Tadpole12]

Hey guys...just checking in. We are up to 11 cases here in PEI now...102 in Newfoundland. A lady in my parent's town (in Newfoundland) has gotten arrested...twice....for breaking self isolation....twice. School here on PEI has been pushed back to May 11th at the earliest. We were supposed to resume on April 6th, but I wasn't going to send my daughter back that early...it's way too soon.
I had to take a little mental health break...the reality of all this got a little too heavy for me. I hope you all are doing well.

Ty for checking in pugmom.
Be safe and protect your daughter.

 

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PEI:

Health officials announce 4 new cases of COVID-19 on P.E.I.

VIDEO: Two more cases of COVID-19 in P.E.I. confirmed on March 27 | The Guardian

11 confirmed cases as of Friday


Coronavirus: P.E.I.’s top doctor recommends schools stay closed until at least May 11

 

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Canada:

Canada’s Nunavut: Socially distanced, it’s one of the last places on Earth without coronavirus

Canadians have more faith in government to handle coronavirus than Americans and Brits—and less fear for their lives - Macleans.ca

My 14-day coronavirus self-isolation period is over. Now what?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/co...china-medical-supplies-isolationism-1.5513203

'Canada-first isolationism'


Canada in it ‘for the long haul’ with COVID-19, deputy health officer says

Bank of Canada ventures into uncharted territory to fight coronavirus fallout

"The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate to effectively zero, while pledging for the first time to create tens of billions of dollars to buy bonds, an approach to monetary policy called quantitative easing or QE."


Coronavirus: Canadians give ‘tremendous’ response to call for blood donors

‘Unlike anything we’ve seen before’: Coronavirus lockdowns strain critical supply-chains in Canada

Scammers have never had a more target-rich environment amid coronavirus pandemic: experts

How the coronavirus is making a bad year worse for the cannabis industry