Canada

Thompson Rivers University (TRU), Kamloops, BC today (22 May) released its preliminary Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 course schedules as below. Fall 2020: For the safety of students and faculty, the majority of courses scheduled for fall 2020 will be delivered in alternative formats. As such, the preliminary fall 2020 schedule has been published without buildings and room numbers. Where ...

The Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, has extended all emergency orders currently in force until May 29, 2020. That includes the closure of bars and restaurants except for takeout and delivery only, restrictions on social gatherings of more than five people, and staff redeployment rules for long-term care homes and congregate settings like retirement ...

Soon after taking off from the Kamloops, B.C. airport, an aircraft with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds demonstration team crashed in a nearby residential area, on Sunday, killing Capt. Jennifer Casey and seriously injuring Capt. MacDougall. The team was on a goodwill fly past over inner Kamloops commending the health care workers and in regards to city’s effective containing of COVID-19. ...

The Canada High Commission in India has helped to send back thousands of Canadian nationals who were stranded in India and Nepal due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as the Indian government imposed nation-wide lockdown and travel restrictions. They have closed their borders and even all domestic & international passenger flights have been suspended to stop the spread of COVID-19. ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced new support for Canadian scientists and medical researchers who are working against time to develop vaccine for COVID-19. “Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been working closely with Canada’s health experts and researchers, who are some of the most skilled and brightest in the world. We are making sure that Canada ...

The Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Justin Trudeau, has announced that Canada and United States have agreed to extend their border closure for another 30 days. The Canada–United States border is the longest international border shared between Canada and the United States. Nearly 200,000 people cross the border daily in normal times. Canada sends 75 per cent of its exports ...

Mr. Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, has announced some more key measures to help the businesses in Canada which are affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. He also announced to expand eligibility of loan and assistance with commercial rent. The previously announced loan program, which offers businesses up to $40,000 in a government backed loan, will now be ...

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is still spreading in the countries and territories across the world rapidly as people get in contact with an infected person. To curb the spread of this COVID-19 pandemic, the governments of countries are focusing and urging to its citizens to stay home, to maintain social distance and not to step out of the house for ...

On Thursday, the federal government of Canada cautioned that Canada would likely to face more and more deaths caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The number of deaths caused by COVID-19 will be double in next week and can be reached to thousands over the period of this pandemic. As of April 10, Canada has reported the number of 20,747 ...

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is affecting countries and territories around the world and caused many deaths and major disruption to the global economy. As of April 8, United Kingdom has reported 55,949 confirmed cases and 6,171 deaths due to COVID-19 pandemic, only 325 patients have been recovered. Even the Prime Minister of United Kingdom is also suffering from COVID-19. Mr. ...