Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Canadians held in China / China tensions
Trudeau's delay of decision on Huawei jams up 'Two Michaels'
The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)
How to end the COVID-19 lockdowns? Slowly and carefully, it appears
Return to work will be graduated and likely months off, Trudeau says
Doug Ford calls Ontarios' low coronavirus testing rate 'unacceptable'
Seafarers in Canadian ports unable to return home - or come to shore - during pandemic
New York, New Jersey report highest single-day spikes in coronavirus deaths
The latest on the coronavirus: Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador release coronavirus projections
It's a long road to economic recovery, Canadian bank CEO's warn
Why Canadian dairy farmers are dumping milk
Why Canada's emergency response benefit rollout might be a mistake
Teck Resources facing calls to shut down coal mines in British Columbia over COVID-19 fears
BC urges people to seek help if symptoms worsen after man dies at home
Trudeau ends self-isolation, announces changes to summer jobs program
Ontario is fighting a pandemic while wearing a blindfold. That has to change
Saskatchewan projects COVID-19 cases could surpass 400,000 with between 3,000 and 8,300 deaths
Federal small business loan program set to launch Thursday, but wage subsidy faces political impasse
NDP MP praises Nunavut for taking steps to prevent COVID-19 territory
Trudeau says physical distancing has been 'effective' - but it's not clear when pandemic will peak
More help on the way for youth, businesses taking financial hit from COVID-19: PM
Number of COVID-19 cases reported in Indigenous communities more than doubles
23 Canadians being held at federal quarantine sites, government says
Postal workers' union raises concerns about safety of Amazon workers
Ottawa boosts student job wage subsidy to 100% as March unemployment data expected to shatter record
Pandemic equipment snarls will rewrite Canada's definition of national security needs, say experts
Air Canada to rehire 16,500 laid-off workers with help of federal government's wage subsidy
Canada's plan for COVID-19 international aid just beginning, minister says
Air Canada to immediately rehire more than 16,000 workers
'Frustrated' Doug Ford brings in troubleshooter to ramp up Ontario's COVID-19 response
Faulty medical masks were worn by staff in two Toronto seniors' homes hit by COVID-19 outbreaks
Canadian doctor is caught in the middle as Trump attacks WHO's response to COVID-19
Normal is still a long way off, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warns
COVID-19 is killing jobs across Canada. So how will we get back to work?
Canadians take it upon themselves to import masks from China
Documents on COVID show feds slow to respond to threat
WHO's blunder led to global spread of COVID-19
City's COVID-19 park enforcement blitz to continue
Ford demands more COVID-19 testing
Spike in kids reaching out for help amid COVID-19 crisis
TPA giving COVID bonus to suspended cops those on frontlines
Feds quarantined some, not all, air passengers from virus epicentre
India now faces 'virus jihad'
The Liberals need to admit China's role in all of this
The civil liberties concerns continue
Canadian company says authorities not interested in app that could help with virus
Doug Ford loses his 'patience' over inadequate testing in Ontario
Canada has almost 19,000 confirmed cases, death toll passes 420
Awaiting the worst in the world's great slums
While some health workers get ovations for COVID-19 work, others are coming under attack
UK's Boris Johnson 'improving' as he fights virus, now 'sitting up' in ICU bed
First Canadian troops return from Ukraine, put into quarantine at Ontario base
BC and Alberta show progress in flattening the curve, while Ontario and Quebec still in tough
The birth of a pandemic: How COVID-19 went from Wuhan to Toronto
Two cheers for the World Health Organization
Kevin Chong wrote a novel about Vancouver in a Plague. Then it came true
Alberta's coronavirus projections: Radically ramping up ICU capacity
The folly of hope during the COVID-19 pandemic
BC reports 5 new deaths, lowest number of hospital cases since March
82 First Nations on lockdown as BC records first COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities
BC to require people returning to Canada to have self-isolation plan
'Today I held his hand': BC nurse pens heartbreaking poem after COVID-19 patient dies
International flights to stop Friday at YLW
WestJet to rehire nearly 6,400 workers through federal wage subsidy
Armstrong BC fitness centre fined for remaining open during COVID-19 pandemic
'It's devastating': BC widow speaks out about deadly consequences of COVID-19
Small Okanagan wine producers worried about future
Crews of cargo ships being denied leave for longer periods during coronavirus pandemic
Nearly half a billion people may end up in poverty due to coronavirus crisis: report
BC Federal prison has highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada
BC Parks closed, international travel requirements, self-isolation deaths, and more
Five more deaths in BC from COVID, but hospitalizations down
British Columbians returning from abroad could face quarantine
Surrey's new pandemic shelter highlights desperation of homeless people
COVID-19 drugs trials start Thursday
Expanded officers' duties bring calls for public caution
Globe and Mail
Bloc Québécois Leader blocks Conservative MPs and staff on Twitter
Canada-US ties getting 'constant gardening' to protect supply lines: Chrystia Freeland
CBC
Yes, we can have a 'virtual' Parliament - but we shouldn't get used to the idea
Toronto Star
COVID-19 changed the premier. Will the new Doug Ford stick around?
Their clubhouses are closed, travel is out and gambling has fried up. How COVID-19 is changing organized crime in the GTA
Scheer, MacKay fail crisis leadership test during COVID-19 crisis
Faced with COVID-19 crisis, Trudeau forced to shift on immigration
Toronto Sun
National Post
Wage subsidy legislation delayed while Liberals and Tories negotiate over virtual parliament
'So easy I thought it was fake': CRA's CERB system gets stellar review in first days of operation
'We will know who got too much': Don't try to double dip with CERB, federal government warns
Maclean's
Coronavirus won't hit Alberta as hard as others. But its economic wallop will be brutal
If the coronavirus emergency legislation is any indication, Parliament must remain open
Global
Miscellaneous
Justin Trudeau says companies can get wage subsidies by documenting 15 percent decline in revenues in March
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