Our top story takes a look at the COVID-19 crisis hitting care homes across Canada. Frustrated workers at Participation House in Markham, Ontario have walked out on their jobs after a COVID-19 outbreak. As Ross Lord reports, families must now choose between leaving the fate of their loved ones in care homes, or taking on the role of caregivers themselves.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has warned Canadians that physical distancing measures won't be relaxed for months, but some premiers are already making post-pandemic plans. Mike Le Couteur looks at where the leaders stand on evoking the Emergencies Act, enforcing the Quarantine Act, and the historic emergency aid Parliament is set to review Saturday.
The U.S. government's new pandemic projections suggest that easing current restrictions would result in a summer spike of COVID-19 cases. But as Jackson Proskow reports, President Donald Trump would like the economy restarted sooner rather than later.
There are signs Italy and Spain have passed the peak of the pandemic, but the crisis is worsening in the United Kingdom and France. As Redmond Shannon reports, the world's new reality also means the Pope's Good Friday mass had to be very different this year.
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Meanwhile, Erik Sorensen examines Sweden’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.
And finally, Mike Drolet on the Canadians staying abroad for Easter during the pandemic.
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