Canada

First troops return from Ukraine, in quarantine at Ontario military base

OTTAWA - More than 100 Canadian soldiers have returned home from Ukraine and are in quarantine at an Ontario military base for the next two weeks to ensure they do not have COVID-19. The troops arrive...

Apr 08, 2020

Ottawa relaxes wage subsidy eligibility requirements

The federal government has relaxed rules around the wage subsidy so that more businesses can qualify.Announced last week, the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy initially required a business show 30 per ce...

Apr 08, 2020

Toronto company expands ventilator production tenfold to meet demand

OTTAWA - One of the companies making ventilators for the federal government is expanding its production capacity more than tenfold to meet demands posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thornhill Medical CEO...

Apr 08, 2020

Critics alarmed by Ontario's testing shortfall

TORONTO - Ontario's overly cautious approach to COVID-19 testing is endangering lives and hindering efforts to rein in soaring infections that are ravaging long-term care facilities, filling ICU beds ...

Apr 08, 2020

'What's taking so long?' Conservatives call for faster aid for businesses

OTTAWA - Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre says relief from the federal government for small businesses suffering losses due to COVID-19 is not rolling out fast enough. He says the United S...

Apr 08, 2020

Jean Truchon, who fought to expand medically assisted death, receives procedure

MONTREAL - One of the two Quebecers who successfully fought to expand medically assisted dying has received the procedure. Jean Truchon says in a statement released posthumously that the COV...

Apr 08, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 9:25 a.m. Air Canada, which has cut roughly half its Canadian workforce, says it will apply for Ottawa's emergency...

Apr 08, 2020

23 Canadians at quarantine sites and Trump criticizes WHO; In The News for April 8

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 8 ... COVI...

Apr 08, 2020

Twenty-three Canadians being held at federal quarantine sites, government says

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government says 23 Canadians were being held at federal quarantine sites as the week began to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The newly released figure, the most current...

Apr 08, 2020

COVID-19 sparks rise in online child predators, says UNICEF chief

OTTAWA - The head of the United Nations children's agency says the COVID-19 outbreak has sparked an increase in online child sexual predators that organizations, governments and parents need to take m...

Apr 08, 2020