Canada

Gatherings restricted, schools closed: What's being done to fight COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Canada's chief public health officer and her provincial counterparts are encouraging people to wash their hands, give ea...

Apr 13, 2020

New COVID-19 measures and the rush on wills; In The News for April 13

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 13. What we are watching in Canada ... F...

Apr 13, 2020

40th anniversary of Marathon of Hope can inspire Canadians during COVID battle

VANCOUVER - Forty years after Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope, his brother says the message he shared is particularly poignant as Canadians deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Port Coquitlam, B....

Apr 12, 2020

Canada asks Iran to delay download of Flight 752 black boxes due to COVID-19

OTTAWA - Canadian authorities are blaming travel restrictions related to COVID-19 for a request that Iran hold off on downloading the flight recorders from a commercial jetliner shot down in January. ...

Apr 12, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 12:10 p.m. Nova Scotia is reporting 17 new cases of COVID-19 for a total of 445 confirmed cases. Health officials say the...

Apr 12, 2020

Sunday marks 40 years since Marathon of Hope began

Day 15: 542 km - South Brook Junction, Newfoundland"Today we got up at 4:00 am. As usual, it was tough. If I died, I would die happy because I was doing what I wanted to do. How many people could say ...

Apr 12, 2020 (TerryFox.org)

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 12:10 p.m. Nova Scotia is reporting 17 new cases of COVID-19 for a total of 445 confirmed cases. Health officials say the...

Apr 12, 2020

$73 billion wage subsidy bill gets green light after emergency sitting

Easter Sunday arrived with desperately needed aid for Canadian businesses and their workers to help blunt the financial devastation caused by the COVID-19 crisis.The federal government's $73-billion w...

Apr 12, 2020 Members of Parliament, seen here on April 11, 2020, attended in limited numbers proceedings in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, to consider a $73 billion wage subsidy plan. (The Canadian Press/Justin Tang)

COVID-19 a 'failure of early warning' for Canada, intelligence expert says

OTTAWA - It was last on a list of eight threat scenarios, but the danger of a global pandemic made the cut when the Liberal government issued a national security policy in 2004. With the then-recent S...

Apr 12, 2020

COVID-19 a 'failure of early warning' for Canada, intelligence expert says

OTTAWA - It was last on a list of eight threat scenarios, but the danger of a global pandemic made the cut when the Liberal government issued a national security policy in 2004. With the then-recent S...

Apr 12, 2020