It’s not officially being called a layoff, but Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger says the scheduling of 1,200 non-essential, part-time employees is being discontinued until further notice. Eisenberger made the announcement as part of an Emergency Operations Centre update on Friday
Polish health minister says postal vote only option for two years
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s health minister said on Friday that elections scheduled for May 10 could go ahead safely despite the coronavirus pandemic if they were done by postal vote. A normal voting process could only take place without the
Thousands of dollars of equipment stolen from New Tecumseth, Ont., municipal building
Nottawasaga OPP are investigating a break-in at the New Tecumseth, Ont., municipal building, where thousands of dollars’ worth of gas-powered equipment was stolen. Officers say they responded to the break-in at the Mill Street West building on Wednesday, although police
Factbox: Canada offers C$2.5 billion for hard-hit energy sector as part of COVID-19 stimulus
(Reuters) – * Canada to invest C$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion) to clean up orphan and abandoned wells, set up C$750 million emission reduction loan fund and offer C$962 million to regional development agencies to help small businesses. * Bank of
Ford's three-part unsecured debt offering worth $8 billion: IFR
(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) will launch a three-part unsecured debt offering of $8 billion, yielding up to 9.6% on the 10-year loan, capital markets intelligence provider International Financing Review reported on Friday. Ford said earlier in the day
Belgium's traveller community adjusts to lockdown
Pont-a-Celles, Belgium (Reuters) – With travelling the roads a way of life for the Sinti community, Belgian Etienne Charpentier and his family say that having their freedom restricted due to the coronavirus epidemic is hitting them especially hard. “Life is
Protests against Colorado’s coronavirus stay-at-home order planned for Sunday at state Capitol
Multiple groups plan to descend on Colorado’s State Capitol on Sunday to protest what they argue is overreach and unconstitutional restrictions in the face of governmental efforts to stop the spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The protests — one
U.S. airlines sitting on $10 billion in travel vouchers, lawmakers say
(Reuters) – U.S. airlines are estimated to be sitting on more than $10 billion in travel vouchers that should have been cash refunds from canceled flights, a group of senators released on Friday. Many U.S. airlines are cancelling between 60%
UK was too slow to react to the coronavirus outbreak, professor says
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government was too slow to react on a number of fronts to the novel coronavirus outbreak that could cause the deaths of 40,000 people in the United Kingdom, a leading public health professor said on
Super-charged global stocks race towards second weekly gain
LONDON (Reuters) – World stock markets made a super-charged sprint towards a second straight week of gains on Friday after President Donald Trump laid out plans to gradually reopen the coronavirus-hit U.S. economy following similar moves elsewhere. The bulls were