Canada

Provinces urged to end newcomer waits for public health insurance amid pandemic

TORONTO - Hundreds of doctors, nurses and activists are calling on provincial governments to ensure immediate access to free health care for new arrivals in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an open ...

Mar 19, 2020

Fish fingers: Origin of human hand and land animals found in ancient fish fossil

Quebec researchers have found a fossil that they say is from one of the first animals to climb out of the ancient seas to live on land. They say the fins of the 350-million-year-old fish contain finge...

Mar 19, 2020

Tory leadership candidate says he's out of the race if deadlines don't move

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Rudy Husny is calling off his campaign, saying it is just not right to be asking people for money during a public health emergency. His announcement comes as...

Mar 19, 2020

NewsAlert: Canada-U.S. border closure likely to take effect Friday night

WASHINGTON - The Canada-U.S. border will likely be closed to all non-essential travel in both directions as of Friday night. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the expected timing of the closure ...

Mar 19, 2020

Top court won't take case over late Apotex mogul's treatment of cousins

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal in a long-running case over whether the billionaire founder of Apotex deprived his cousins of their rightful share of the generic pharmac...

Mar 19, 2020

Cruise ship with COVID-19 cases and Canadians on board docks in France

MARSEILLE, France - A trans-Atlantic cruise ship carrying several COVID-19 cases among its passengers and with dozens of Canadians aboard has docked in the French Mediterranean port city of Marseille....

Mar 19, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 8:45 a.m. British Columbia's Municipal Affairs Ministry has cancelled three municipal byelections and a referendum in fou...

Mar 19, 2020

Health Canada expediting access to products that will limit spread of COVID-19

Health Canada is taking interim measures to expedite access to supplies of products that will help limit the spread of COVID-19. In light of the unprecedented demand and urgent need for hand sanitizer...

Mar 19, 2020

Canada, U.S. working out details of cross-border non-essential travel ban

OTTAWA - Closure of the world's longest undefended border will begin in earnest today as Canada and the United States work out the details of banning non-essential travel between the two countries. Pr...

Mar 19, 2020

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

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 5:30 a.m. ET on March 19, 2020: There are 727 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ British Columbia: 23...

Mar 19, 2020