Canada

Long john producer Stanfield's reacts to COVID-19 with 'pivot' to medical gowns

HALIFAX - A historic Canadian undergarment factory famed for long johns and boxer shorts is about to rapidly reinvent itself as a domestic producer of medical gowns. Stan...

Apr 01, 2020

Feds urged to make air transport essential service for Inuit, North

OTTAWA - The national organization that represents Inuit in Canada is calling for air transportation to be designated an essential service in Canada's 51 Inuit communities for the duration o...

Mar 31, 2020

Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19

A look at some of the top quotes from across Canada on Tuesday in relation to COVID-19: "They had nowhere to stay and didn't really know what they were doing in the community besides just comin...

Mar 31, 2020

Consider releasing some inmates to stem COVID-19 in prisons, minister requests

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has asked the federal prison service and the parole board to look at early release for some offenders to prevent the spread of COVID-19 behind bars. Mary-Liz...

Mar 31, 2020

Amid medical-supplies scramble, pandemic highlights new perils to free trade

WASHINGTON - "America First" rhetoric and disdain for free trade are old news in the Donald Trump era, but with countries in a life-or-death scramble to stockpile gowns, ...

Mar 31, 2020

Liberals delay release of wage subsidy details

OTTAWA - Canadian businesses desperate for details about the federal government's promised wage subsidy program will have to wait a little longer for answers. On Monday, Prime Minister Justi...

Mar 31, 2020

Youth worker, hockey coach one of Alberta's latest COVID-19 victims

HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. - The wife of a northern Alberta man who died this week of complications due to COVID-19 says he will be remembered as a loving father and someone who cared for youth in his commun...

Mar 31, 2020

Father of Humboldt Bronco disappointed Saskatchewan has relaxed trucking rules

REGINA - A father whose son was killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he's worried Saskatchewan's move to relax some trucking rules during the COVID-19 outbreak may me...

Mar 31, 2020

Federal government strikes new contracts for PPE: Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is ramping up efforts to provide and stockpile necessary medical equipment as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. New contracts have been struck with and handful...

Mar 31, 2020

New ventilators promised in days as industrial response to COVID-19 kicks in

OTTAWA - Hundreds of ventilators are now in production as part of the federal government's efforts to shore up national stockpiles of crucial equipment needed to fight COVID-19. Thornhill Medical, a T...

Mar 31, 2020