Day: June 13, 2022

The federal government is set to announce Tuesday an end to the COVID-19 vaccine mandates for domestic travel on planes and trains, as well as outbound international travel, CBC News has learned. The government may reinstate the vaccine requirement if there’s a new variant of the virus, according to sources with direct knowledge of the decision who […]

The federal government will be shutting down the COVID Alert app and may do so as early as this week, government sources have told CBC News. The sources spoke to CBC News on the condition they not be named because they’re not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The Globe and Mail first reported the news. The […]

Nearly one in four homeowners say they will have to sell their home if interest rates go up further, according to a new debt survey from Manulife Bank of Canada. The survey, conducted between April 14 and April 20, also found that 18 per cent of homeowners polled are already at a stage where they […]

For the second time this year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive for COVID-19. The prime minister, who was travelling recently in the U.S. for the Summit of the Americas, tweeted Monday morning that he feels “okay” and will be isolating according to public health guidelines. The fully vaccinated Trudeau previously tested positive in January […]

Statistics Canada says the amount Canadians owe relative to their income pulled back in the first quarter from the record level set in the fourth quarter of 2021, as incomes grew faster than debt. The agency says, on a seasonally adjusted basis, household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income fell to […]

A report commissioned by the Quebec government — and then kept hidden — lays out in detail why many newcomers are likely to require more than six months to learn French, contrary to new rules put forward in the province’s updated language law. The study was ordered by the province’s Immigration Ministry in 2019 and […]