COVID-19 News (April 16–20, 2020) Revues de presse - COVID-19 (du 16 au 20 avril 2020)

Article Source Date P/T Municipality

Communications and Technology / Communication et technologie Mayor's Task Force launches #StonyPlainTogether Stony Plain (Alberta : Town) 2020-04-20 AB Stony Plain

social media campaign

COVID-19 business support hotline is open! Quesnel (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-20 BC Cariboo Quesnel Delta mayor asks B.C. government to support local Agassiz-Harrison Observer 2020-04-16 BC Delta

media City launches dashboard to highlight COVID-19 Vancouver (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-17 BC Vancouver

issues and response CBRM's struggle with virtual council meetings may be CBC News 2020-04-20 NS Cape Breton over: IT director says bandwidth, existing technology

have conspired against livestreaming A dedicated webpage regarding COVID-19 has been The Blue Mountains ( : 2020-04-16 ON The Blue Mountains

created for the Town of The Blue Mountains Town) Richmond Hill launches hotline for reporting COVID- Richmond Hill 2020-04-17 ON Richmond Hill

19 complaints Socialization for seniors only a phone call away with St. Catharines (Ontario : City) 2020-04-16 ON St. Catharines

new Seniors' Centre Without Walls program

La Ville lance sa carte interactice : On M acheter local Mirabel (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-16 QC Mirabel

Economics, Trade and Economic Development / Économie, commerce et développement économique City of Wetaskiwin builds local economic recovery Wetaskiwin (Alberta : City) 2020-04-17 AB Wetaskiwin

plan City of Rossland to provide $5000 to Trail and District Rossland News 2020-04-16 BC Rossland Chamber of Commerce: City councillors approved the Trail

decision at a meeting on April 6 Municipalities want Ottawa to put them at centre of iPolitics 2020-04-17

post-pandemic recovery

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Article Source Date P/T Municipality In COVID-19 measure, Gjoa Haven bans sale of Nunatsiaq News 2020-04-20 NU Gjoa Haven

homemade baked goods Durham's business community unites during COVID- Durham (Ontario : Regional 2020-04-20 ON Durham

19 Municipality) Mayor announces task force on economic recovery: Guelph (Ontario : City) 2020-04-16 ON Guelph Task force will support Guelph businesses impacted

by COVID-19 County to establish economic recovery team; help for Countylive.ca 2020-04-17 ON Prince Edward County

businesses under way City of Windsor and Workforce WindsorEssex launch Windsor (Ontario : City) 2020-04-20 ON Windsor (City)

Essential Worker Registry Close to $4 million in emergency assistance for small Longueuil (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-17 QC Longueuil and medium-sized businesses in the Longueuil

agglomeration Près de 4 M$ en aide d'urgence pour les PME du Longueuil (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-17 QC Longueuil

territoire de l'agglomération de Longueuil

Finance, Taxation and Revenue / Finances, taxation et revenu City of projects $400M in revenue losses CTV News 2020-04-16 AB Calgary

without financial support Council passes borrowing bylaw to cash flow Cold Lake (Alberta : City) 2020-04-16 AB Cold Lake

operations County reduces municipal tax rate by 1.2 per cent for EverythingGP 2020-04-18 AB Grande Prairie

2020 Council approves economic recovery package in RDNewsNow 2020-04-17 AB Penhold

Penhold

City to provide tax relief and deferrals Kimberley (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-16 BC Kimberley City of Maple Ridge responds to provincial property Maple Ridge (British Columbia : 2020-04-17 BC Maple Ridge

tax framework announcement City)

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Article Source Date P/T Municipality Vancouver mayor says B.C. relief not enough to ward Star 2020-04-16 BC Metro Vancouver

off layoffs, service cuts Vancouver Victoria COVID-19: Sooke eliminates community grants Goldstream News Gazette 2020-04-16 BC Sooke

program for 2020 Summerland council revisiting budget: Municipality Vernon Morning Star 2020-04-16 BC Summerland examining figures, property taxes and utility

payments as COVID-19 continues

2020 property tax payment deadline extension Trail (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-16 BC Trail Province's tax-relief measures will hurt city cash flow, Times Colonist 2020-04-16 BC Victoria Victoria mayor says: Helps says delayed tax payments will have a significant impact on the

municipality NDP calls for federal support for municipalities coping New Democrat Party of Canada 2020-04-16 Canada

with COVID-19 Le NPD demande du soutien fédéral pour les Nouveau Parti démocratique du 2020-04-16 Canada

municipalités aux prises avec la COVID-19 Canada City of losing $12M each month due to CBC News 2020-04-17 MB Winnipeg COVID-19 pandemic, mayor says: lost $6M from low ridership, another $6M lost

'elsewhere': Bowman COVID-19: the City of Dieppe offers financial relief to Dieppe (New Brunswick : City) 2020-04-17 NB Dieppe

its residents Cities and towns in Atlantic Canada feeling cash Kamloops This Week 2020-04-17 NB Fredericton

crunch from COVID-19: HRM mayor NS Halifax Regional Municipality Moncton Yarmouth Nunavut gives $2M to hamlets to help with COVID-19 Nunatsiaq News 2020-04-20 NU

prevention

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Article Source Date P/T Municipality COVID-19 impacts Cambridge's city coffers by Cambridge Times 2020-04-16 ON Cambridge

$625,000 monthly Small GTA council becomes first to offer property tax CBC News 2020-04-20 ON Clarington rebate in wake of COVID-19 crisis: Clarington set to give back up to $2M to residents who've lost income

due to pandemic City trying to balance essential services with BayToday.ca 2020-04-16 ON North Bay declining revenues: Delaying the opening of the

marina will save approximately $1,250 per week takes more cautious approach to tax BradfordToday.ca 2020-04-16 ON Simcoe County relief, during pandemic: County is monitoring the Bradford West situation, waiting for input from the province and its Gwillimbury

Economic Development subcommittee

Tillsonburg looks to reduce operational costs Woodstock Sentinel-Review 2020-04-16 ON Tillsonburg

Council-approved tax rates and ratios (1) Timmins (Ontario : City) 2020-04-17 ON Timmins 'One of the greatest financial challenges this city has Toronto Star 2020-04-17 ON Toronto ever faced': COVID-19 outbreak to cost Toronto at

least $1.5 billion this year The cost of COVID: City of Windsor 'in the hole' $4M Windsor Star 2020-04-18 ON Windsor (City)

per month Federation of P.E.I. Municipalities concerned over CBC News 2020-04-18 PE

potential for 'substantial revenue losses' Cornwall budget passes with projected surplus, CBC News 2020-04-18 PE Cornwall (Town) COVID-19 contingency fund: Residents will see no increase in municipal taxes and water and sewer

rates, mayor says $1 million COVID-19 relief fund announced [for Cameco 2020-04-20 SK

Saskatoon and northern ]

City postpones property tax payment deadline North Battleford (Saskatchewan : 2020-04-16 SK North Battleford City)

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Article Source Date P/T Municipality

Housing / Habitation New homes on the way for Squamish's vulnerable British Columbia. Ministry of 2020-04-20 BC Squamish

residents Municipal Affairs and Housing The City of London puts out a call for additional London (Ontario : City) 2020-04-20 ON London

affordable housing options during COVID-19 City to invest $11.4 million in COVID-19-related Ottawa 2020-04-20 ON Ottawa

social services La Ville d'Ottawa investira 11,4 millions de dollars Ottawa 2020-04-20 ON Ottawa

dans les services sociaux liés à la COVID-19 Motel rooms available for homeless, marginalized CBC News 2020-04-20 ON people who need place to self-isolate in Thunder Bay, Ont.: District Social Services Administration Board working with Salvation Army to oversee operations at

motels front line workers, mayor seek permanent Saskatoon StarPhoenix 2020-04-18 SK Saskatoon

housing for homeless

Infrastructure / Infrastructures

Street sweeping starts today in Red Deer Red Deer (Alberta : City) 2020-04-20 AB Red Deer Select Kelowna crosswalks contactless during COVID- Kelowna (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-17 BC Kelowna

19 response City implements interim bike lanes to promote safe 2020-04-17 ON Brampton active transportation opportunities during COVID-19

pandemic Federal government should use Hamilton LRT as a CBC News 2020-04-17 ON Hamilton post COVID-19 job-creation project, mayor says: Ottawa says it will be looking for shovel-ready infrastructure projects to jump start a post-COVID

economy

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Article Source Date P/T Municipality COVID-19: Montréal and its boroughs are adding Montréal 2020-04-17 QC Montréal

several safety corridors across the city COVID-19 : La Ville de Montréal et ses Montréal 2020-04-17 QC Montréal arrondissements ajoutent plusieurs corridors

sanitaires sur le territoire

Municipal Governance and Administration / Gouvernance et administration municipales

Stony Plain COVID 19 response requires staff lay-offs Stony Plain (Alberta : Town) 2020-04-20 AB Stony Plain

Rethinking municipal power in the time of COVID-19: The Province 2020-04-18 BC

opinion COVID-19 could stall amalgamation efforts between CTV News 2020-04-16 BC Saanich

Victoria and Saanich Victoria Summerland issues staff cuts and layoffs due to Kelowna Capital News 2020-04-16 BC Summerland COVID-19 pandemic: One-quarter of municipal staff

affected as municipality restructures its operations Vancouver mayor to take 10 per cent pay cut during Business in Vancouver 2020-04-16 BC Vancouver

pandemic 'Challenging time' as St. John's revenue down $12M, The Telegram 2020-04-16 NL Mount Pearl 179 city layoffs: Mount Pearl lays off 67 part-time St. John's

city staff due to COVID-19 pandemic St. John's hiring summer staff, but mayor says CBC News 2020-04-17 NL St. John's programming may not happen: City hoping to be

prepared if public health restrictions lifted

Municipal job cuts doubtful in CBRM Cape Breton Post 2020-04-17 NS Cape Breton Emergency orders made regarding municipal work Hicks Morley 2020-04-17 ON

deployment and staffing in light of COVID-19 [Letter from Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs 2020-04-17 ON

to heads of council in Ontario] and Housing

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Article Source Date P/T Municipality City temporarily lays off 55 more employees due to (Ontario : City) 2020-04-17 ON Barrie

extended closures [and] cancellations Extended City closures and cancellations result in Brampton 2020-04-17 ON Brampton temporary suspension of employment in non-

essential services City hires more bylaw officers to deal with COVID-19 Expositor 2020-04-17 ON Brantford

rule violators COVID-19 forces City to place 127 full-time Guelph (Ontario : City) 2020-04-17 ON Guelph

employees on declared emergency leave

Municipality lays off twelve Town Hall workers Strathroy-Caradoc (Ontario : 2020-04-17 ON Strathroy-Caradoc Township) City of Gatineau announces second round of layoffs CTV News 2020-04-17 QC Gatineau

due to COVID-19 pandemic

Planning and Development / Aménagement et développement Planning and Building Department presses forward Timmins (Ontario : City) 2020-04-20 ON Timmins

with application processing

Protective Services and Emergency Management / Services de protection et gestion des situations d'urgence Town of Banff continues checkstops during COVID-19 Banff 2020-04-17 AB Banff

crisis Ontario takes further action to protect vulnerable Ontario. Office of the Premier 2020-04-17 ON people from COVID-19: Province makes it easier to

reassign staff where they are needed most L'Ontario prend de nouvelles mesures pour protéger Ontario. Cabinet du premier ministre 2020-04-17 ON les plus vulnérables de la COVID-19 : La province facilite la réaffectation des travailleurs et travailleuses essentiels là où on a le plus besoin

d'eux

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Article Source Date P/T Municipality

Two more municipal councils support MMA messages Manitoulin Expositor 2020-04-17 ON Burpee and Mills Gordon/Barrie Island

Municipal facilities to remain closed until June 15 Countylive.ca 2020-04-17 ON Prince Edward County COVID-19: City cemeteries to close until further Thunder Bay (Ontario : City) 2020-04-16 ON Thunder Bay

notice Curfew in place in La Loche, 6 new cases recorded in CBC News 2020-04-18 SK La Loche province on Saturday: Province releases guidance for religious organizations that wish to hold drive-in

services City launches app contest to showcase civic (Saskatchewan : City) 2020-04-16 SK Moose Jaw

perseverance during COVID-19

Recreation and Culture / Loisirs et culture Town of Banff provides residents safe recreation Banff 2020-04-20 AB Banff

programming City of Nanaimo Park Ambassador Program expands: Nanaimo (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-17 BC Nanaimo Meeting the needs of parks users during the COVID-

19 pandemic Rocky Point Boat Launch to re-open with restrictions Port Moody (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-18 BC Port Moody

and physical distancing measures in place COVID-19: B.C. municipalities receiving hundreds of Vancouver Sun 2020-04-16 BC Richmond complaints about people ignoring physical-distancing Surrey

measures Vancouver Township extends facility closures and cancels Centre Wellington (Ontario : 2020-04-20 ON Centre Wellington

programming up to July 3 Township) Municipal Council approves the cancellation of all Cobourg (Ontario : Town) 2020-04-17 ON Cobourg

Canada Day activities

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Article Source Date P/T Municipality Celebrations, plant sale and spring programing Windsor (Ontario : City) 2020-04-17 ON Windsor (City) cancellations due to COVID-19: Municipality taking

action to encourage social distancing Town Council provides financial assistance for Canora The Canora Courier 2020-04-19 SK Canora

Golf and Country Club

Rural and Agricultural / Milieu rural et agricole Helping rural, remote and Indigenous communities British Columbia. Office of the 2020-04-20 BC

respond to COVID-19 Premier City of Brampton announces first citywide Backyard Brampton 2020-04-16 ON Brampton

Garden Program in Canada in response to COVID-19

Service Delivery / Prestation de services Province & County supporting more childcare for Renfrew (Ontario : County) 2020-04-16 ON Renfrew

frontline workers Thunder Bay libraries close "indefinitely" until COVID- CBC News 2020-04-19 ON Thunder Bay 19 emergency lifted: In the meantime, the library

has added new online resources Amid COVID-19, city spending $300K to outsource CBC News 2020-04-19 ON Toronto street-sweeping work: City also plans to use aging

vehicles as drivers trained on new machines & food bank team up to help Saskatoon (Saskatchewan : City) 2020-04-17 SK

hungry

Transportation / Transports Maple Ridge backs regional call for emergency Maple Ridge (British Columbia : 2020-04-16 BC Maple Ridge

funding for TransLink City)

TransLink implements cost saving measures TransLink 2020-04-20 BC Metro Vancouver

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Article Source Date P/T Municipality Cities call for help to keep running in CBC News 2020-04-20 NB Miramichi pandemic: Municipalities facing deficits as pandemic

continues Saint John Parking Commission loses $48K in CBC News 2020-04-17 NB Saint John monthly parking fees: Hundreds of monthly passes

cancelled in Parking Commission lots prepares to implement a Saint John (New Brunswick : City) 2020-04-17 NB Saint John

temporary reduction to its services due to COVID-19 Saint John Transit se prépare à réduire Saint John (New Brunswick : City) 2020-04-17 NB Saint John temporairement ses services en raison de la COVID-

19

Taxi regulation ammendments Corner Brook (Newfoundland and 2020-04-16 NL Corner Brook Labrador : City) Changes to service in response to Brampton 2020-04-16 ON Brampton

COVID-19 effective April 17

Brantford Transit moves to a 10 passenger maximum Brantford (Ontario : City) 2020-04-16 ON Brantford

City transit losing about $17,000 a week North Bay Nugget 2020-04-18 ON North Bay GOVA adjusts transit routes, service in Sudbury CBC News 2020-04-19 ON Sudbury as ridership falls: GOVA says fewer than 15 riders are

on board major routes during peak hours adjusting 'shadow buses' to CBC News 2020-04-20 ON Thunder Bay decrease passengers per bus: Focus remains on

reducing passenger load on Mainline, Memorial routes Whitby opens temporary rest stop for truck drivers Whitby (Ontario : Town) 2020-04-17 ON Whitby

impacted by COVID-19 facility closures widens sidewalks to facilitate social Montreal Gazette 2020-04-18 QC Montréal

distancing

Waste Management / Gestion des déchets

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Article Source Date P/T Municipality RDNO to start fining people who abuse staff at North Okanagan (British Columbia : 2020-04-16 BC North Okanagan

landfills Regional District) Community recycling centres to reopen on a limited Northumberland (Ontario : County) 2020-04-17 ON Northumberland

basis County Oakville strengthens penalties for littering masks, Toronto Star 2020-04-16 ON Oakville

disposable gloves Household hazardous waste & goods exchange days Owen Sound (Ontario : City) 2020-04-17 ON Owen Sound

cancelled City of Windsor expands garbage collection, allows 2 CBC News 2020-04-17 ON Windsor (City) extra garbage bags: New waste pickup comes into

effect April 20 until May 15

Réouverture de l'écocentre sous certaines conditions Matane (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-17 QC Matane Bonne nouvelle ! Les volumineux de nouveau Roussillon (Québec : Municipalité 2020-04-17 QC Roussillon acceptés à la collecte des déchets dès le lundi 20 régionale de comté)

avril

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