COVID-19 News (April 20–23, 2020) Revues de presse - COVID-19 (du 20 au 23 avril 2020)
Article Source Date P/T Municipality
Aboriginal Issues / Questions autochtones 'Disrespectful': Urban Indigenous population feels CBC News 2020-04-22 Canada short-changed by federal COVID-19 response: Indigenous Services Canada calls $15M for urban and
off-reserve needs just a start
Communications and Technology / Communication et technologie Telkwa struggles with business of governing due to BC Local News 2020-04-22 BC Telkwa pandemic: Last two regular council meetings have been difficult for both councillors and public to
participate
City expands social support for Kitchener seniors Kitchener (Ontario : City) 2020-04-23 ON Kitchener
Economics, Trade and Economic Development / Économie, commerce et développement économique Municipalities will benefit from changes to the Canada Alberta Urban Municipalities 2020-04-22 AB
Summer Jobs grant Association New "I Love Mission" initiative launched to support Mission (British Columbia : District) 2020-04-22 BC Mission
Mission-based businesses
Penticton resident impact survey Penticton (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-23 BC Penticton
South Okanagan business impact survey Penticton (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-23 BC Penticton City launches "Shop Local" online initiative in support Pitt Meadows (British Columbia : 2020-04-20 BC Pitt Meadows
of local business City) City of Richmond launches support centre for Richmond (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-20 BC Richmond
businesses affected by COVID-19
Addressing the financial challenges of COVID-19 Winnipeg 2020-04-21 MB Winnipeg City releases economic analysis and cash flow plan Winnipeg 2020-04-21 MB Winnipeg for the COVID-19 pandemic: Report to advise Council
on potential implications on Winnipeg
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality New website promotes shopping local in CW during Centre Wellington (Ontario : 2020-04-21 ON Centre Wellington
COVID-19 pandemic Township) Collingwood launches a new online marketplace to Collingwood (Ontario : Town) 2020-04-20 ON Collingwood help the community shop local and be
#CollingwoodStrong Mayor's Task Force on Economic Recovery assesses Guelph (Ontario : City) 2020-04-22 ON Guelph
impact on Guelph businesses from COVID-19 Smith School of Business Partners with City and Queen's University. Smith School of 2020-04-20 ON Kingston Kingston Economic Development to support local Business
organizations impacted by COVID-19 Newmarket takes creative and collaborative approach Newmarket (Ontario : Town) 2020-04-21 ON Newmarket to help local businesses respond to COVID-19: Newmarket Business Assistance Concierge (BAC) will
help community get back to business Council supports local businesses through the Richmond Hill 2020-04-22 ON Richmond Hill creation of Recover Richmond Hill Task Force: Task force will include local business leaders and focus on
economic recovery City of Toronto launches BusinessTO Support Centre Toronto 2020-04-22 ON Toronto to help support Toronto businesses during COVID-19
pandemic City implements relief for its not-for-profit tenants: Vaughan (Ontario : City) 2020-04-22 ON Vaughan Vaughan provides rent deferral for three months in
response to COVID-19 Task force established in Summerside to support CBC News 2020-04-21 PE Summerside
local business hurt by COVID-19
Un fonds pour les PME affectées par la COVID-19 D'Autray (Québec : Municipalité 2020-04-21 QC D'Autray régionale de comté) COVID-19 - $3.1 M in assistance for small and Gatineau (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-21 QC Gatineau
medium-sized business in Gatineau
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality COVID-19 - 3,1 M$ pour aider les petites et Gatineau (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-21 QC Gatineau
moyennes entreprises de Gatineau Lévis passe à l'action avec son plan de rétablissement Lévis (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-23 QC Lévis pour relancer l'économie locale et les activités
municipales The City of Longueuil announces additional support Longueuil (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-21 QC Longueuil
measures for businesses on its territory
La MRC de Matawinie au soutien de ses entreprises ! Matawinie (Québec : Municipalité 2020-04-21 QC Matawinie régionale de comté) Montreal looks for 'winning conditions' to restart CBC News 2020-04-21 QC Montréal economy and keep everyone safe: STM, chamber of commerce mull staggered work hours to reduce rush-
hour crowding Nouvelle carte interactive pour les services Saint-Constant (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-21 QC Saint-Constant
essentiels! Nouveau programme de 806 979 $ pour offrir une Sources (Québec : Municipalité 2020-04-20 QC Sources
aide d'urgence aux PME de la MRC des Sources régionale de comté)
Environment / Environnement City turns special cherry blossoms viewing into a Mississauga 2020-04-22 ON Mississauga
virtual experience in response to COVID-19 High Park cherry blossom festival going virtual during Toronto 2020-04-22 ON Toronto
park closure to stop the spread of COVID-19
Finance, Taxation and Revenue / Finances, taxation et revenu Update on provincial infrastructure funding for Alberta Urban Municipalities 2020-04-22 AB
municipalities' shovel-ready projects Association Alberta government considers allowing cities to Global News 2020-04-21 AB
budget for deficits amid COVID-19
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality [Letter from AUMA to the Alberta Minister of Alberta Urban Municipalities 2020-04-20 AB Municipal Affairs on options for economic stimulus Association
funding] Council approves tax penalty deferrals during COVID- Airdrie (Alberta : City) 2020-04-21 AB Airdrie
19 COVID-19: Alberta considers allowing municipalities Edmonton Journal 2020-04-21 AB Edmonton
to temporarily budget a deficit
UBCM endorses call for Federal support Union of British Columbia 2020-04-23 BC Municipalities Council confirms initial community relief measures, Campbell River (British Columbia : 2020-04-22 BC Campbell River
looking for more in light of COVID-19 City) Port Moody reduces tax rate increase to 1.61% to Port Moody (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-23 BC Port Moody ease burden on taxpayers during COVID-19
pandemic City of Quesnel property tax deadline extended to Quesnel (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-22 BC Quesnel
September 30, 2020 Summerland to provide relief on utility bills during Vernon Morning Star 2020-04-20 BC Summerland COVID-19 pandemic: Water rates to decrease in July
and August; reductions sought for electrical rates Offers of COVID-19 financial aid from province not CBC News 2020-04-22 BC Vancouver enough for Vancouver, says mayor: Mayor Kennedy Stewart says borrowing money from province would
saddle city with massive deficit West Van moves forward on revised 'bare bones' North Shore News 2020-04-20 BC West Vancouver budget: Budget includes tax increase of two per cent,
cuts to staff and spending
COVID-19: Municipalities seek emergency funding Federation of Canadian 2020-04-23 Canada Municipalities COVID-19 : Les municipalités demandent des fonds Fédération canadienne des 2020-04-23 Canada
d'urgence municipalités
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality Protecting vital municipal services: Urgent federal Federation of Canadian 2020-04-23 Canada recommendations to address the financial crisis in Municipalities
our cities and communities due to COVID-19 Préserver les services municipaux essentiels : Fédération canadienne des 2020-04-23 Canada Recommandations urgentes pour le gouvernement municipalités fédéral afin de contrer la crise financière provoquée
par la COVID-19 dans nos villes et nos collectivités Provinces consider controversial idea of allowing The Globe and Mail 2020-04-21 Canada
municipalities to run deficits Cities are facing a coronavirus fiscal crisis: Analysis: Maclean's 2020-04-20 Canada Canada's cities are under intense fiscal strain from COVID-19 and Ottawa and the provinces will soon
need to act
City facing financial challenges The Brandon Sun 2020-04-22 MB Brandon City of Brandon offering 2020 property tax payment Brandon (Manitoba : City) 2020-04-21 MB Brandon
deferral options 'We're not immune to the crisis': Bowman responds CTV News 2020-04-23 MB Winnipeg
to FCM report Saint John proposes major cuts, asks for help from CBC News 2020-04-21 NB Saint John province and neighbours: Proposal would see added
levy on tax bill for people in suburban communities Yellowknife finds unexpected $6.7M in 2019 audit, CBC News 2020-04-21 NT Yellowknife could it be spent on COVID-19 relief? Administration drawing up scenarios for city council to consider as
pandemic continues
City offers relief on water/wastewater bills Barrie (Ontario : City) 2020-04-21 ON Barrie City's three-month work plan and financial impacts of Burlington (Ontario : City) 2020-04-21 ON Burlington
COVID-19 discussed at Burlington City Council COVID 19 Financial/budget considerations: Burlington (Ontario : City) 2020-04-20 ON Burlington
Presentation to Council
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality Some want federal government to cover property tax CBC News 2020-04-22 ON Greater Sudbury bills, but 2 northeastern Ontario cities say no: City councillors worry that the 'recovery stage' of the
pandemic will cost the most Statement by Mayor Fred Eisenberger on Hamilton 2020-04-23 ON Hamilton municipalities seeking emergency funding from
provincial and federal governments
City Council approves property tax payment deferral London (Ontario : City) 2020-04-21 ON London
Merrickville claws back tax hike Brockville Recorder and Times 2020-04-21 ON Merrickville-Wolford Municipality committed to financial restraint during Prince Edward (Ontario : County) 2020-04-21 ON Prince Edward County
COVID-19 Region losing $4.8 million each month on user fees, CBC News 2020-04-23 ON Waterloo (Region)
court fines due to pandemic
Welland projecting a $4.4 million loss from COVID-19 Welland (Ontario : City) 2020-04-22 ON Welland COVID-19: La Ville de Montréal annonce un plan Montréal 2020-04-23 QC Montréal
financier pour pallier les impacts de la pandémie Montreal mayor says city will need financial help from CBC News 2020-04-23 QC Montréal
Ottawa, Quebec to recover from pandemic
Housing / Habitation Is it different this time? Recessions and the BC British Columbia Real Estate 2020-04-20 BC
housing market Association Town considering site to support the community's Ladysmith (British Columbia : Town) 2020-04-22 BC Ladysmith
homeless in self-isolation City uses hotel rooms to shelter vulnerable homeless Brantford Expositor 2020-04-20 ON Brantford
people Maurice Richard Arena turned into shelter as city CBC News 2020-04-20 QC Montréal seeks new ways to help homeless avoid COVID-19: Dozens of people found taking shelter in the Metro
system with day shelters closed
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality
Infrastructure / Infrastructures City of Victoria creating pedestrian space along CHEK 2020-04-21 BC Victoria
James Bay streets to ensure social distancing Pandemic causes drop in electricity demand across CTV News 2020-04-21 MB
the province: Manitoba Hydro Winnipeg eyes further street closures during CBC News 2020-04-23 MB Winnipeg pandemic: 6 more streets may become pedestrian
routes from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Brampton does what Toronto won't do: closes road Toronto Star 2020-04-22 ON Brampton
lanes to make space for pedestrians 'Keyboard nonsense': Hamilton council lets CBC News 2020-04-23 ON Hamilton emergency centre decide on closing streets: Some residents wrote saying closing James Street North
would give pedestrians more space
Municipal Governance and Administration / Gouvernance et administration municipales
City moves to temporary layoffs Kenora (Ontario : City) 2020-04-22 ON Kenora City of London adjusts service hours for weekly London (Ontario : City) 2020-04-23 ON London
cheque pick up during COVID-19. Council defers filling Councillor vacancy in Ottawa 2020-04-22 ON Ottawa
Cumberland Ward Report par le Conseil de la date d'attribution du siège Ottawa 2020-04-22 ON Ottawa
de conseiller du quartier Cumberland Owen Sound to lay off 40 full-time city employees: Bayshore Broadcasting 2020-04-21 ON Owen Sound Workers have been given notices about temporary
layoffs starting next month 1,900 city staff set to be re-deployed to COVID-19 CTV News 2020-04-20 ON Toronto
response, or put on leave
By-election postponed Longueuil (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-22 QC Longueuil
Report de l'élection partielle Longueuil (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-22 QC Longueuil
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality Tous les employés de la Ville touchés par la COVID- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Québec : 2020-04-20 QC Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
19 auront droit à une pleine rémunération Ville) Pandemic further complicating municipal election Saskatoon StarPhoenix 2020-04-21 SK Saskatoon
plans
Planning and Development / Aménagement et développement City Council highlights for April 20, 2020: Grande Prairie (Alberta : City) 2020-04-20 AB Grande Prairie [Amendments to Land Use Bylaw to clarify and expand definitions around social types of housing and clarify radius measurement for cannabis retail uses and secondary/garage suites, mayor to send a list of shovel ready projects to Province, and developing budget scenarios considering 0% tax increase as a
response to COVID-19] COVID-19 'softens' Winnipeg construction and CBC News 2020-04-20 MB Winnipeg
development says city official Bill 189, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support and Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs 2020-04-21 ON Protection Act, 2020 amendments to the Planning Act and Housing and Ontario Regulation 149/20 Special Rules Relating
to Declared Emergency Mods à la Loi sur l'aménagement du territoire et au Ontario. Ministère des Affaires 2020-04-21 ON Règl de l'Ont 149/20 (Règles spéciales concernant la municipales et du Logement situation d'urgence déclarée) apportées par le projet de loi 189 Loi de 2020 sur les mesures de soutien et
de protection liées au coronavirus COVID-19
Protective Services and Emergency Management / Services de protection et gestion des situations d'urgence COVID-19 Updates: Home break-and-enters down 40 Calgary Herald 2020-04-22 AB Calgary per cent, police say : $1,200 fines a 'last resort' for
flouting public health orders on pathways
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality Edmonton councillors urge city to crack down on CBC News 2020-04-22 AB Edmonton noisy vehicles: City also bans garage sales this
summer in latest COVID-19 response measure Tickets issued for breaking COVID-19 related orders CBC News 2020-04-21 AB Edmonton in Edmonton: Majority of 58 warnings issued last
weekend were to pet owners with dogs off leash Two tickets handed out in St. Albert for COVID-19- St. Albert Today 2020-04-20 AB St. Albert
related offences Alert Bay imposes curfew, declares state of CTV News 2020-04-20 BC Alert Bay
emergency due to COVID-19 Winnipeg mayor expects state of emergency to end CTV News 2020-04-21 MB Winnipeg
soon Western Nunavut town moves to enforce COVID-19 Nunatsiaq News 2020-04-21 NU Kugluktuk
bans: New peace officers provide education, warnings
COVID-19 update no. 13: COVID-19 Community Bracebridge (Ontario : Town) 2020-04-23 ON Bracebridge
Relief Fund now accepting applications City launches Mayor's Working Group on phased plan Brampton 2020-04-22 ON Brampton for safe reopening of facilities and resumption of City
services The City of Dryden receives a $25,000 donation from Dryden (Ontario : City) 2020-04-20 ON Dryden the Nuclear Waste Management Organization
(NWMO) 59 charges laid for COVID-19 offences in Hamilton, CBC News 2020-04-20 ON Hamilton
including 7 against businesses Kingston council passes motion to give officials Global News 2020-04-22 ON Kingston
'flexibility' under coronavirus emergency orders COVID-19 response update: [An outline of actions Kingston (Ontario : City) 2020-04-21 ON Kingston taken by the City to continue essential operations
during the pandemic as well as financial impacts]
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality Newmarket lights up in blue to thank front-line and Newmarket (Ontario : Town) 2020-04-22 ON Newmarket
essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic Niagara-on-the-Lake escalates efforts to deter Niagara-on-the-Lake (Ontario : 2020-04-23 ON Niagara-on-the-Lake
visitors Town) COVID-19 Emergency Measures By-law goes into Orangeville (Ontario : Town) 2020-04-21 ON Orangeville
effect in Orangeville Orillia extends community assistance measures and Orillia (Ontario : Town) 2020-04-21 ON Orillia
restricts events until July 5 City emergency team moving to recovery mode in Ottawa Citizen 2020-04-22 ON Ottawa
COVID-19 pandemic Where does pandemic rank on the City of Ottawa's Ottawa Citizen 2020-04-21 ON Ottawa
list of vulnerabilities? Decommissioned TTC buses to be used by Toronto Toronto Star 2020-04-21 ON Toronto
paramedics Precisions about pay for police officers in preventive Gatineau (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-22 QC Gatineau
isolation during the pandemic Précisions sur la rémunération des policiers en Gatineau (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-22 QC Gatineau
isolement préventif pendant la pandémie Re-open Saskatchewan: A plan to re-open the Saskatchewan 2020-04-23 SK
provincial economy
Recreation and Culture / Loisirs et culture The Town of Blackfalds closes playgrounds, Blackfalds (Alberta : Town) 2020-04-21 AB Blackfalds
skateboard parks and bike skills park City introduces new COVID-19 measures and Edmonton 2020-04-22 AB Edmonton
initiatives with spring in mind
A re-imagined Canada Day for 2020 Sechelt (British Columbia : District) 2020-04-22 BC Sechelt Mitchell and St. Labre make decision on summer Steinbach Online 2020-04-23 MB Hanover
festivals
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality Dog park, skate park and other city facilities closed Corner Brook (Newfoundland and 2020-04-23 NL Corner Brook
to the public until further notice Labrador : City) #RecFromHome launches WOW Social for older Cambridge (Ontario : City) 2020-04-23 ON Cambridge
adults in Cambridge
City temporarily closes all municipal boat launches Greater Sudbury 2020-04-20 ON Greater Sudbury La Ville ferme temporairement toutes les rampes Greater Sudbury 2020-04-20 ON Greater Sudbury
municipales de mise à l'eau
Quinte West events cancelled until after July 1st Quinte West (Ontario : City) 2020-04-21 ON Quinte West COVID-19 - Gatineau is postponing its day camp Gatineau (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-22 QC Gatineau
registrations COVID-19 - Gatineau reporte la période d'inscription Gatineau (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-22 QC Gatineau
à ses camps de jour Longueuil cancels all indoor and outdoor events Longueuil (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-23 QC Longueuil
through August 31 Longueuil annule ses événements intérieurs et Longueuil (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-23 QC Longueuil
extérieurs jusqu'au 31 août prochain
COVID-19 : un printemps florissant à Québec Québec (Québec : Ville) 2020-04-22 QC Québec Saint-Jérôme ouvrira ses parcs, espaces publics, Journal Le Nord 2020-04-22 QC Saint-Jérôme
espaces verts et pistes cyclables dès vendredi COVID-19: Garage & yard sales suspended until Saskatoon (Saskatchewan : City) 2020-04-21 SK Saskatoon
further notice
Rural and Agricultural / Milieu rural et agricole P.E.I.'s community gardens will run differently this CBC News 2020-04-23 PE summer amid new COVID-19 guidelines: New health guidelines will allow for the essential growing of
produce
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality
Service Delivery / Prestation de services
COVID-19 emergency social services funding update Alberta Urban Municipalities 2020-04-22 AB Association City introduces new proactive measures in the Vancouver (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-22 BC Vancouver
Downtown Eastside Durham Region sets up fund to help vulnerable Durham (Ontario : Regional 2020-04-22 ON Durham
residents during COVID-19 Municipality) City of Pickering launches new Hygiene Outreach Pickering (Ontario : City) 2020-04-23 ON Pickering
Program
Social Issues / Questions sociales Break and enters, violent crime calls have plunged CBC News 2020-04-23 AB Calgary since pandemic began, Calgary police say: Break and enter crimes have dropped by 45%, while overall
crime calls down by 15%, Calgary police say Crime data during COVID-19 shows spike in business CBC News 2020-04-23 BC Toronto break-ins, stunt driving: Early data could indicate ON Vancouver
how pandemic is influencing crime in Canada York Region Vancouver commercial break-ins up 147% during CBC News 2020-04-21 BC Vancouver COVID-19 crisis: Overall crime rate down 6.9 per cent in Vancouver, and calls to police are down 12
per cent York Region police report increase in stunt driving, Toronto Star 2020-04-21 ON York Region
domestic incidents amid COVID-19 pandemic Saskatoon records double-digit spike in violent crime CBC News 2020-04-21 SK Saskatoon in 2019: Homicides, sexual offences and robberies all
sharply increase
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality
Transportation / Transports
Roam public transit free until June 1 Banff 2020-04-21 AB Banff TransLink cuts 'difficult to swallow,' mayor says, amid CBC News 2020-04-21 BC Metro Vancouver concern over transit access for health-care workers: Maple Ridge Service suspension hit Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Pitt Meadows
hardest Mobi by Shaw Go and City offer free bike share pass Vancouver (British Columbia : City) 2020-04-21 BC Vancouver to essential workers: 90-day pass for workers on
frontline of COVID-19 crisis
Winnipeg Transit announces service reductions Winnipeg 2020-04-22 MB Winnipeg
City to resume parking fees on April 27 Fredericton 2020-04-23 NB Fredericton
Retour du stationnement payant à partir du 27 avril Fredericton 2020-04-23 NB Fredericton Barricades going up in Labrador West to stop non- CBC News 2020-04-23 NL Wabush essential travel into area: Happy Valley-Goose Bay Happy Valley-Goose Bay
considering doing the same thing
Barrie Transit extends free service until May 31 Barrie (Ontario : City) 2020-04-23 ON Barrie
Owen Sound transit rider limit Owen Sound (Ontario : City) 2020-04-22 ON Owen Sound TTC plans to temporarily lay off 1,200 workers amid CBC News 2020-04-23 ON Toronto COVID-19 pandemic: Ridership has plunged amid the
coronavirus shutdown
COVID-19:Transit passes now available for $25 Prince Albert (Saskatchewan : City) 2020-04-22 SK Prince Albert
Waste Management / Gestion des déchets Vancouver's zero-waste policy runs afoul of its Toronto Star 2020-04-21 BC Vancouver
request for takeout containers
City re-opening garden waste drop-off Victoria 2020-04-22 BC Victoria City of Saint John bulky items pick-up service will Saint John (New Brunswick : City) 2020-04-23 NB Saint John
resume Wednesday, May 6
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Article Source Date P/T Municipality Le service de collecte des déchets volumineux de la Saint John (New Brunswick : City) 2020-04-23 NB Saint John
Ville de Saint John reprendra le mercredi 6 mai
Bulk garbage collection postponed until further notice Mount Pearl (Newfoundland and 2020-04-21 NL Mount Pearl Labrador : City)
Recycling collection resumed Mount Pearl (Newfoundland and 2020-04-21 NL Mount Pearl Labrador : City)
Important recycling/blue bag update Inverness (Nova Scotia : County) 2020-04-22 NS Inverness
Compost sales suspended [and temporary suspension Whitehorse 2020-04-20 YT Whitehorse
of the collection of extra yard waste bags]
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