Covid-19

Parliament's spending watchdog says the estimated deficit for the year has likely risen to about $260 billion, leaving the government with little fiscal firepower to stimulate an economic rebound. Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux said the last time the PBO looked at basic income, it estimated the federal cost at between $76 billion and $86 billion…

(CNN)Antibody tests used to determine if people have been infected in the past with Covid-19 might be wrong up to half the time, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance…

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The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.8:50 a.m.: A heat wave engulfing large swaths of Ontario and Quebec is forcing cities such as Toronto to rethink how they offer relief in light of restrictions meant…

Scotiabank posted a profit of $1.32 billion in the three months up to the end of April, a fall of more than 40 per cent from last year's level as the bank had to set aside twice as much money for bad loans.Scotiabank says it set aside $1.85 billion for bad loans in the past quarter,…

Quebec reported its sixth consecutive daily decrease in the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 on Monday, as retail stores across the Montreal area reopened following weeks of shutdowns to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Here's a look at what's happening in Canada on Tuesday.CBC News Network showcases the best of CBC journalism,…

Sanjay Nirupam said Uddhav Thackeray keeps changing decisions (File)Mumbai: Amid firefighting in the Congress following Rahul Gandhi's comments about "supporting, not running" the Maharashtra government, sidelined party leader Sanjay Nirupam went all out against Uddhav Thackeray, deepening the coalition crisis. The Chief Minister should communicate more with his coalition partners than the media, Mr Nirupam…

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Barbara Lalonde holds a portrait of her parents. Her father, Arthur Harek, was a 95-year-old resident of Anson Place Care Centre in Hagersville, Ont., where he contracted COVID-19 and was rushed to hospital four times before his death on March 16. Kate Dockeray/Globe and Mail The first inkling that COVID-19 was inside Anson Place Care…

OpinionIf life were a morality tale, the COVID-19 antics would turn Brazilians against the populist president. But it's not that simple.Gideon RachmanColumnistOn a visit to Brazil last year, I had a chat with a prominent financier about the parallels between Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro.“They are very similar,” she said, before adding: “But Bolsonaro is…