Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 5, 2020: There are 60,772 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 32,623 confirmed (includi...

May 05, 2020

Feds to unveil emergency aid for agri-food sector hit hard by COVID-19

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is expected to announce today significant, targeted financial support for farmers hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement will come just as some farmer...

May 05, 2020

China says faulty masks a 'contractual' matter that has been fixed

OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Ottawa claimed Monday that the one million faulty N95 masks that arrived in Canada from China last month were the result of a "contractual" issue that has now been...

May 04, 2020

Ontario calls for a national strategy on contact tracing of COVID-19 cases

TORONTO - Ontario's premier is calling for a national strategy on contact tracing. Doug Ford says he spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday about the matter and planned to make t...

May 04, 2020

Nunavut's first COVID-19 case turns out to be false positive

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Canada's High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus. A case of COVID-19 supposedly confirmed in the remote Nunavut community of Pond Inlet last week has turned out to be...

May 04, 2020

Quebec police probing 3 cellphone tower fires, possible link to conspiracy theory

MONTREAL - Police in Quebec are investigating whether recent fires at three cellphone towers north of Montreal are connected and if they have anything to do with global conspiracy theories l...

May 04, 2020

Iran chief's link to 1988 massacre raises obstacles in crash probe: Cotler

OTTAWA - A former Canadian justice minister says Canada's quest for compensation from Iran for shooting down a Ukrainian airliner is fraught with obstacles because Tehran's lead investigator is a mass...

May 04, 2020

Feds eye new tools to help Access to Information system recover after COVID-19

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government says it will look at whether investments in new technology could help clear any backlog of information requests that arises from a COVID-19 related bottleneck. The Acce...

May 04, 2020

Canada spending $850M to bolster efforts on COVID-19 vaccine, treatment

Canada is contributing $850 million to the worldwide fight against COVID-19 for Canadian and international research and funding for vaccines.Trudeau said the focus of the federal government is on Cana...

May 04, 2020

Murky mystery of COVID-19's origins takes back seat in Canada to easing crisis

WASHINGTON - Health Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government will remain focused on navigating Canada out of the COVID-19 crisis before turning its focus to the murky mystery surrounding ...

May 04, 2020