Senators Set to Question Freeland on Bill to Provide New Rent Relief, Business Aid
OTTAWA—Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will face questions today from senators scrutinizing the government’s latest bid to provide pandemic aid to hard-hit businesses. Freeland is scheduled to testify early this afternoon to the Senate’s national finance committee that is reviewing the aid bill, known as C-9. The House of Commons agreed last week to pass the proposed package of measures quickly, but none can be enacted until the Senate passes it as well. Bill C-9 would extend the federal wage subsidy until next summer, cancelling a previously planned decline in its value, as well as expanding a popular business loan program. The legislation would also redo a program for commercial rent relief that was widely criticized because its original design needed buy-in from landlords, many of whom did not participate. And…
YouTube said late on Wednesday it was fixing an error, which outage monitoring website Downdetector.com said affected about 250,000 users.
“Our team is aware of the issue and working on a fix. We’ll follow up here with any updates,” YouTube tweeted.
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Focus News: YouTube Outage Affects 250,000 Users, Says Fixing Error on Platform
Twenty-Nine Residents of Toronto Long-Term Care Home Died in Latest COVID-19 Outbreak
TORONTO—A long-term care operator says 29 residents have died in a COVID-19 outbreak at an east Toronto facility that began last month. Revera, which owns and operates a range of homes, says public health officials have confirmed 92 residents of its Kennedy Lodge home have tested positive since the outbreak began on Oct. 2. The company says 30 of them remain active cases and 32 have recovered. It says public health officials also confirmed 35 staff members tested positive for COVID-19, with 17 considered resolved and the rest currently isolating at home. Revera says it continues to do everything it can to ensure the safety of residents and staff, including monitoring residents for symptoms twice daily and asking them to self-isolate in their rooms. It says all staff are screened…
