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As COVID-19 crisis deepens, provinces look to Ottawa for direction


-- Toronto Star

OTTAWA—Provincial governments are looking to Ottawa for more direction as the country attempts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic through a patchwork of provincial responses. New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs told reporters Monday the federal government should invoke emergency powers to help the country navigate the coronavirus crisis. -- More...

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