Canada

Head of Saskatchewan medical group says he got COVID-19 at doctors' bonspiel in Edmonton

REGINA - An investigation is underway in at least two provinces after a Saskatchewan doctor who attended a curling bonspiel in Edmonton tested positive for COVID-19. Dr. Allan Woo, president of the Sa...

Mar 19, 2020

NewsAlert: Alberta records 1st COVID-19 death; man in 60s with other conditions

EDMONTON - Alberta has recorded its first death from COVID-19. Chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the man who died was in his 60s and had underlying health conditions. She says it appears he...

Mar 19, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)

Health systems ramping up to deal with potential influx of COVID-19 cases

OTTAWA - While Canadians stay home in an effort to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, officials are working behind the scenes to try to increase the health care system's capacity to fight...

Mar 19, 2020

Social distancing: what to do and what not to do to curb spread of COVID-19

OTTAWA - Social distancing is one of the most effective ways to contain the spread of COVID-19. While specific restrictions on what Canadians can do vary from province to province, here are the basic ...

Mar 19, 2020

Ottawa to take charge of housing asylum seekers for 14-day isolation period

ST-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que. - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says that as of tomorrow all asylum seekers entering Quebec from the United States at Roxham Road will be temporarily ho...

Mar 19, 2020

Families of Canadians in Peru look for answers in face of flight cancellations

Parents in Canada whose children are stuck in Peru following border closures are anxiously waiting for any concrete information on how to get their kids home. Amit Konorty's son, Jacob, 24, ...

Mar 19, 2020

Canadians in Hong Kong settle in to new life under the cloud of the coronavirus

OTTAWA - Karen Grepin's family arrived in Hong Kong six months ago to start a grand adventure in a new country after she took a job as a professor of public health at the University of Hong Kong. They...

Mar 19, 2020

NewsAlert: Manitoba government cuts some taxes, sets money aside for emergencies

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is keeping a tight leash on spending and delaying some promised tax cuts as the province prepares for the economic effects of a stock-market plunge and COV...

Mar 19, 2020

We won't know if isolation is working for weeks, months: Tam

OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor says it could be weeks or even months until we know whether social distancing measures being employed across the country are slowing the spread of COVID-19. The numbe...

Mar 19, 2020

Some details on how to access federal financial help if affected by COVID-19

OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out $27 billion in new spending and $55 billion in credit to help families and businesses get past the COVID-19 pandemic, which has reduced consumer spending...

Mar 19, 2020