Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau delivered a keynote speech today at the Canadian fruit and vegetable industry’s first-ever virtual Fall Harvest event, where she spoke of the importance, strength and resiliency of Canada’s fruit and vegetable producers and processors amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Day: November 2, 2020
The government is taking targeted action to support Canadians and Canadian businesses, non-profits and charities that continue to face uncertainty and economic challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hundreds of Indigenous women are being notified that they’re part of a new class-action lawsuit that challenges decades of discrimination they have faced from their own First Nation.
Quebec will invest $100 million in mental health services, a funding announcement that was expected next week, but pushed up as the provincial capital mourns two of its residents, who were stabbed to death in the historic old city on Halloween night.
With much of the world struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still some good-news stories to report. Here’s a brief roundup.