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The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 12:40 p.m. Newfoundland and Labrador has confirmed one new case of COVID-19. The province has confirmed 257 cases of the ...
Apr 18, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:50 p.m. ET on April 18, 2020: There are 32,414 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 16,798 confir...
Apr 18, 2020
The Government of Canada has announced a new fund to support businesses owned by Indigenous communities.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says $306 million is being invested to allow companies to access s...
Apr 18, 2020 (CPAC)
Paul O'Neill, a former Treasury secretary who broke with George W. Bush over tax policy and then produced a book critical of the administration, died Saturday. He was 84. O'Neill's son, Paul O'Neill J...
Apr 18, 2020
WINNIPEG - Members of a Manitoba First Nation will each be handed a mask, gloves and sanitizer as they head to the ballot box on Saturday. "We've never gone through this before," said Shawn Kent, a co...
Apr 18, 2020
Health-care providers are warning of an unseen toll COVID-19 could take if people die because they are too afraid to go to an emergency room for serious health issues unrelated to the pandemic. "...
Apr 18, 2020
The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics to 2021 gave Canadian gymnast Ellie Black the gift of time. The 24-year-old from Halifax tore an ankle ligament landing a vault during last October's world ...
Apr 18, 2020
HALIFAX - As Greg Gerrits hustles to keep up with the surging public appetite for his preserves and parsley roots, his emotions shift between hope and skepticism over the revival of sma...
Apr 18, 2020
OTTAWA - Two adult patients with COVID-19 were treated in a Montreal pediatric intensive care unit this week - a sign of how hospitals are stretching to accommodate the pandemic. Hospitals in som...
Apr 18, 2020
VICTORIA - The City of Victoria is calling for the British Columbia government to take over its empty hotels and motels as a solution to housing the homeless during the COVID-...
Apr 17, 2020