Keystone XL: Work starts in Montana on disputed Canada-US oil pipeline

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Canadian company said Monday that it’s started construction on the long-stalled Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border, despite calls from tribal leaders and environmentalists to delay the $8 billion project amid the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesman for TC Energy said work began over the weekend at [...]

2020-04-07T18:14:08+00:00

Ottawa expand eligibility for COVID-19 emergency-relief program

OTTAWA — More than 300,000 out-of-work Canadians successfully applied for pandemic-related emergency relief in the first few hours after the application process began Monday, and Ottawa says it will soon change the rules to let hundreds of thousands more access the help. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not say how many people have thus far not been [...]

2020-04-06T17:13:49+00:00

COVID-19: Canadian banks gets half a million mortgage deferral requests

(Reuters) - Canada’s biggest banks have received nearly half a million requests from homeowners to hold off mortgage payments as the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic deepens, according to the Canadian Bankers’ Association. Since the banks announced a plan to provide financial relief over two weeks ago, almost 500,000 requests to skip or [...]

2020-04-03T16:26:40+00:00

Canadian Government Provides COVID-19 Relief to the Media Broadcasting Sector

Canadians rely on radio and television to stay up to date on matters related to COVID-19. The government knows that our Canadian broadcasters have been working around the clock to deliver news and information programming, while facing operational challenges and significant declines in advertising revenue. This is why, after discussions with the Government of [...]

2020-04-01T17:12:28+00:00
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