Canada

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7:30 a.m. Air Transat says it's starting a gradual suspension of flights until April 30 and is halting sales for departur...

Mar 18, 2020

Canada, U.S. working on mutual deal to restrict non-essential travel

WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States are working out the details of a proposed mutual ban on non-essential travel between the two countries, a federal government source in Ottawa says. The ...

Mar 17, 2020

WestJet warning recent passengers of possible exposure to COVID-19

CALGARY - WestJet Airlines says some of its passengers may have been exposed to people infected with the novel coronavirus on recent flights. The Calgary-based company made the announcement on its web...

Mar 17, 2020

'Saddened' - Calgary Stampede temporarily lays off 80 per cent of workforce

CALGARY - The future of the 2020 'Greatest Show on Earth' is up in the air after the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede temporarily laid off 80 per cent of its staff Tuesday as a direct result ...

Mar 17, 2020

As pandemic turns politics inside out, questions swirl around Democratic race

WASHINGTON - Movie theatres are shuttered, schools and universities unnervingly quiet, businesses and borders are turning people away and North America is bracing for the worst as the urgenc...

Mar 17, 2020

Thousands of doctors, nurses answer call to help with COVID-19 effort

MONTREAL - A mother with two children at home, offering to work on evenings and weekends. A senior citizen, hoping to correct misinformation about COVID-19. A newly retired nurse, calling up...

Mar 17, 2020

First Person: Getting home from Poland, in COVID-19 lockdown

POZNAN, Poland - When my wife and I left Canada on March 3 destined for her ailing mother's hospital bedside, we never imagined that we would face the prospect of being in Europe and watchin...

Mar 17, 2020

Crown says Schlatter 'stalked and isolated' woman before strangling her

TORONTO - Prosecutors say a Toronto man "stalked and isolated" a young woman who had no interest in him, then lured her into an alleyway where he sexually assaulted and strangled her. ...

Mar 17, 2020

Quebec delays provincial tax deadlines, says move will free up $7.7 billion

MONTREAL - Quebec's finance minister is delaying the deadline for individuals and businesses to pay their provincial taxes in order to ease financial pressure caused by the novel coronavirus. The...

Mar 17, 2020

AA temporarily closing some meetings to help combat spread of COVID-19

Alcoholics Anonymous is temporarily closing many of its meetings across Canada in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. AA, which typically meets in churches, legion halls, and other public meetin...

Mar 17, 2020