Canada

Trudeau says Canada working hard, but won't be able to get all Canadians home

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says lock downs in other countries and air-space restrictions due to COVID-19 mean Canada won't be able to get every citizen home who is trapped abroad. Tru...

Mar 21, 2020

Trudeau: Not all Canadians will be able to return home

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says lockdowns in other countries and air-space restrictions due to COVID-19 mean Canada won't be able to get every citizen home who is trapped abroad.Trudeau is urging C...

Mar 21, 2020

Canada, U.S. begin turning away casual travellers at shared border

WASHINGTON - Canada's shared border with the United States is now closed to casual, non-essential travel in a bilateral effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in North America. A mutual ban o...

Mar 20, 2020

Quebec to move all lottery ticket sales online to avoid spread of COVID-19

MONTREAL - Quebec's lottery corporation says it will soon sell lottery tickets only online amid fears of the novel coronavirus. A spokesman for Loto-Quebec said on Twitter today that it...

Mar 20, 2020

Call for COVID-19 protective equipment spurs college, distiller, TV show to help

VICTORIA - The novel coronavirus shut down the respiratory therapy program at Fanshawe College but that didn't stop the school from supplying much needed frontline equipment to fight COVID-19. Pr...

Mar 20, 2020

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 20, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3 p.m. on March 20, 2020: There are 943 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Ontario: 308 confirmed (including 2 ...

Mar 20, 2020

Peterson slams party's refusal to adjust leadership rules amid COVID-19 crisis

OTTAWA - Alberta businessman Rick Peterson is abandoning his bid to lead the federal Conservatives, citing the party's refusal to adjust eligibility rules in the midst of the COVID-19 c...

Mar 20, 2020

Drastic measures to fight COVID-19 continue as case count approaches 1,000

OTTAWA - Canada continued to ramp up its fight against COVID-19 on Friday, enlisting the help of the corporate world and taking further measures to limit border crossings as the number of cases&n...

Mar 20, 2020

Dire scenario for intensive care even if COVID-19 infection rate drops: study

A study by Toronto epidemiologists suggests that Canada's largest province could run out of intensive care beds and ventilators by late April, even assuming a sharp drop in the cur...

Mar 20, 2020

Bereavement workers, including embalmers, say they don't have access to enough masks

A group that represents the funeral industry is calling for greater access to masks and other protective gear as the COVID-19 pandemic marches onward. The vice-president of the Funeral Service Associa...

Mar 20, 2020